In the Fighter Control Mess I have sorting set to :-
All Topics
By post time
Descending
yet I have posts from earlier this month, last month, March and February appearing before today's posts.
I'm sure this didn't happen previously.
Is it me or is there an underlying problem?

...on the Left/starboard fin the letters "AEW" and "EXMS" on the port tail... Port is left (both four letters) and starboard is right (both longer than four letters)... ;) D'oh and I googled it to look clever! And that was before I went to the pub! KO Regardless of who uses which method, port = lef...

mustang5861 wrote:

Snoop 95 wrote:Undefinitized eh! Let's think, what other words could we invent? Controlification? Fightiness?

I like Fightiness. I think that should be a performance parameter for all military types.

One of my areas of interest is the Canberra PR7 / PR9 and in particular the photo reconnaissance role, how this was delivered, equipment, mission planning, flight profiles etc. I cannot seem to find much published material about this specific area. If anyone has suggestions about good books or other...

I'm feeling old here!! I was watching Phantoms at Lakenheath in the mid-seventies and nobody else saw aircraft until mid-eighties or nineties! I'm just off to collect my pension :lol: I'm with you! First visit to a military airfield would have been when I was taken to RAF Wethersfield circa 1962/3....

Hi,
Just heard and saw a Typhoon overhead which is very unusual as I live 20 miles from Stansted on the extended centre line.
Did a bit of checking and found Ryanair flight FR2145 from KUN to LTN just landed at STN and is parked on the NW side of the airfield. Something odd going on.

Hi, (Fairly) recently retired and rekindling my interest in military aviation. Hoping to combine some other interests - motorcycling, photography, radio - into more frequent visits to various airfields. Not quite so many to choose from as there used to be when I was younger. I think those of us who ...