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- Sat Aug 03, 2019 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: US F15e pilot displays Welsh flag over Snowdonia
- Replies: 42
- Views: 14326
Re: US F15e pilot displays Welsh flag over Snowdonia
Courtesy Ensign - ships do it all the time.
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 7:53 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: New Rule Allows Military Aircraft to Turn Off ADS-B Transmissions
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1680
Re: New Rule Allows Military Aircraft to Turn Off ADS-B Transmissions
US warships have been doing this for some years, or using a spoof identlty, though the MMSI Number 000000000 or 99999999 usually gives the game away. French warships often do the same but using 888888888.
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 7:49 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Patrouille de France 2 accident - off runway
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5310
Re: Patrouille de France 2 accident - off runway
It's an elderly aeroplane so may be a Constructive Total Loss.
- Mon May 06, 2019 6:56 pm
- Forum: Prestwick
- Topic: Monday 6th of May 2019
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7519
- Mon Apr 15, 2019 11:25 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Hawk Near Miss
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5234
Re: Hawk Near Miss
Map slid off the coaming?
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 8:35 pm
- Forum: RAF Lossiemouth
- Topic: Joint warrior
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9329
Re: Joint warrior
They are expected to embark in USNS Medgar Evers. Did anybody catch the serials?
- Sat Mar 23, 2019 9:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Joint Warrior 19 Participants R&R Liverpool.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1110
Re: Joint Warrior 19 Participants R&R Liverpool.
We tracked the ships of SNMCMG1 as they came north and only saw four (Thetis, Hinnøy, Dillingen and Cattistock) coming up the river. Thetis and Hinnøy secured at the landing stage while Dillingen and Cattistock entered Canning Dock. Do we know the identities of the other two? (we have 8 MCMVs on the...
- Sun Mar 17, 2019 12:12 am
- Forum: RAF Valley & Mona
- Topic: T-6 ZM324 airborne
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8825
Re: T-6 ZM324 airborne
That's VATA-D, which is east of GH North.
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:03 pm
- Forum: RAF Valley & Mona
- Topic: T-6 ZM324 airborne
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8825
Re: T-6 ZM324 airborne
Texan sorties are currently following a fairly standard format of:
Launch from Valley
General Handling in GH North
Circuits at Mona
Recovery to Valley.
Launch from Valley
General Handling in GH North
Circuits at Mona
Recovery to Valley.
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:52 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Has anyone else heard this story and is it true or even possible?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 16537
Re: Has anyone else heard this story and is it true or even possible?
Lewis's story about Roland Beamont's arrival over the USA reminds me of the dit about the Canberra PR9 requesting clearance to join US Upper Airspace from Oceanic:
"RAFAIR xxxx request FL660"
"Yeah, if you can get that high"
"Thank you, descending to FL660"
"RAFAIR xxxx request FL660"
"Yeah, if you can get that high"
"Thank you, descending to FL660"
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:06 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Radar Corridors
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12172
Re: Radar Corridors
The E-3 Orbit Areas are all on the RAF UK High ENR chart.
- Mon Nov 26, 2018 3:35 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: T6-c aircraft at valley
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8628
Re: T6-c aircraft at valley
In its heyday, RAF Finningley operated 6 different types (a mix of piston, turboprop, jet, fast jet and rotary), happily integrating all on a single runway. To assist in identification, each of the aeroplanes had a different callsign suffix and headlight pattern.
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:18 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Online Radar and Radio Options
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2182
Re: Online Radar and Radio Options
360Radar has by far the densest network of ground stations in the UK, and they don't need to be sophisticated. When I started contributing data, it was via a dongle with a twiglet aerial on the window sill and a biscuit tin for a ground plane.
- Sat Nov 10, 2018 12:02 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: RAF PUBLICATION AIR CLUES.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2779
Re: RAF PUBLICATION AIR CLUES.
He'd been around for years in the 1960s when I was a cadet, and he was already a good deal older than any of our Officers.
- Sat Sep 08, 2018 3:05 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Bristol Brabazon hangars.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4914
Re: Bristol Brabazon hangars.
The owners are usually the last people to want a structure listed, specially if they have purchased it for redevelopment.
- Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:40 pm
- Forum: RAF Valley & Mona
- Topic: Another pair of Texans
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4089
Re: Another pair of Texans
Both aircraft now on the ground at Glasgow, having arrived just now from Reykjavik. Expected at Valley tomorrow morning.
- Sat Aug 18, 2018 2:02 pm
- Forum: RAF Valley & Mona
- Topic: Another pair of Texans
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4089
Another pair of Texans
'Scramble' reports that the next two Texans for Affinity Flying Training Services are expected to arrive at Valley early next week. ZM327 (N2856B) and ZM328 (N2857B) are currently being prepared for the crossing at CFB Goose Bay.
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 1:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Specsavers England vs India Test match series
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6318
Re: Specsavers England vs India Test match series
Before I retired, TMS was my constant companion in the car. Gasholders, buses, pigeons and dirigibles - the very essence of an English summer. When I was working at home, my ploy to minimise distraction was to listen to TMS and leave the TV on in the next room with the volume turned down. Then if so...
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 12:25 pm
- Forum: RAF Valley & Mona
- Topic: Visitors PM 6th August
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4386
Re: Visitors PM 6th August
The Strikemasters recovered to Hawarden when the weather eventually cleared yesterday afternoon. However, due to the Anglesey Show taking place at Bodedern, there will now be very few jet movements at Valley before Thursday.
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 12:15 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Another MP jumps on the make me popular bandwagon - Low Flying Complaints
- Replies: 31
- Views: 9700
Re: Another MP jumps on the make me popular bandwagon - Low Flying Complaints
The "Machynlleth Loop" was created to deconflict low level traffic in transit, but has since become an objective in itself. There are plenty of other valleys in Wales which are underused by the UKLFS (e.g. here in Dyffryn Clwyd, we see fewer than half a dozen low fliers per annum, a fraction of the ...