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- Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:22 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: D Day Squadron European tour 2024
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1476
Re: D Day Squadron European tour 2024
Wonder if 'Whisky 7' will be allowed a fly through at Cottesmore like she did in 2014.
- Wed May 25, 2022 10:45 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1430
Re: Atlantic Conveyor - 40 years
I wonder if they ever found out what she was actually carrying on that fateful day. It did seem a lot of inventory items were 'lost' when she went down ;-)
- Tue May 10, 2022 1:49 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Queens birthday Flypast
- Replies: 314
- Views: 46658
Re: Queens birthday Flypast
All this reminiscing reminds me of the 1990 Battle of Britain Flypast, the whole flypast using Wittering as a datum. They were the days ;-)
- Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:28 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: A rare at-sea look at China’s aircraft carrier the Liaoning and fighter jet training
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2040
Re: A rare at-sea look at China’s aircraft carrier the Liaoning and fighter jet training
First flight of the Chinese Navy AEW aircraft, designated Xian KJ-600. Likely there will be a carrier on-board delivery variant? https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/commercial-vehicles/2049696d1598819286-indian-naval-aviation-air-arm-its-carriers-kj600.jpg https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutt...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:58 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: Cottesmore BofB Airshow 15/09/1973
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3705
Re: Cottesmore BofB Airshow 15/09/1973
My first ever airshow, 10 years old. I think I might still have some Kodak Instamatic shots somewhere.
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 6:33 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Bruntingthorpe news
- Replies: 157
- Views: 50535
Re: Bruntingthorpe news
Don't know what you mean regarding Wyton. The airfield might become full of cars but they can't touch the Tech Area or the Air Ambulance area; both are fenced off.binbrook87 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:17 amAnd if they weren't content with Bruntingthorpe the same fleet management company plans the same fate for RAF Wyton
- Tue May 19, 2020 8:06 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Red Arrows New Base?
- Replies: 157
- Views: 40692
Re: Red Arrows New Base?
The only feasible option. Leeming and Wittering too close to A1 for safety reasons.
- Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:37 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: RAF aircraft serials with names
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6039
Re: RAF aircraft serials with names
Aircraft down in the Falkland Islands used to have names, not sure if they still do.
- Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:10 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: US airforce scraping planes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4005
Re: US airforce scraping planes
There's a difference between scrapping and retirement. Look at the B52H (Wise Guy) that came out of retirement last year after 11 years ;-)
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:18 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: 216 Sqn to stand up in April as a swarm drone squadron
- Replies: 44
- Views: 11786
- Sat Aug 10, 2019 6:41 am
- Forum: RAF Waddington
- Topic: Ex Cobra Warrior parking restrictions
- Replies: 282
- Views: 77041
Re: Ex Cobra Warrior parking restrictions
If a Spotters Day was to be organised, we would have 10 pages of why, where, what and moans because it doesn’t fit in with everyone or cones are n front of aircraft. Just be glad that CW will give the people the opportunity to see something; heaven forbid we become a Russia of China type state and t...
- Fri Aug 09, 2019 8:12 pm
- Forum: RAF Waddington
- Topic: Ex Cobra Warrior parking restrictions
- Replies: 282
- Views: 77041
Re: Ex Cobra Warrior parking restrictions
i think when the base sees how many people turn up for this, they will have to organise something akin to the Park and View for arrivals/departures if they hold another excercise at Waddo Why and who pays for such a facility? The RAF has a job to do, and its not supplying a facility that gets used ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2019 7:08 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Tornado GR Interview with Dennis Brooks
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1122
Re: Tornado GR Interview with Dennis Brooks
Good ol' Dennis. Still going strong at 7AEF, RAF Cranwell.
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:35 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Hawk Near Miss
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5216
Re: Hawk Near Miss
Think it was a B17
- Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:57 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: World Tornado situation......
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4528
Re: World Tornado situation......
OUr fleet was slated to go out to mid-2020s, but then again so was Harrier; and look what has happened to both. As for spares, it depends on what you mean as the nuts and bolts elements will be passed around other current platforms to see if they need in the future. Larger bits, all depends on if th...
- Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:39 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: Marham 23 Jan 19 - Marham 'Special' day
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10703
- Thu Jan 03, 2019 1:03 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Machloop ban
- Replies: 252
- Views: 85427
Re: Machloop ban
Mark wrote "There were 2 parties in the wrong here. The Pilot for performing the climb out and the poster for publishing it despite public opinion regarding the potential ramifications..." Regards the second comment, the ramification only happened after the video was posted. You could also raise the...
- Sun Nov 25, 2018 7:41 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: Waddington photocall 28 April 1990.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4035
Re: Waddington photocall 28 April 1990.
Remember it well, a cracking day out.
- Sun Nov 25, 2018 11:48 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: RAF Mildenhall to close. Lakenheath to get F-35 by 2020
- Replies: 1467
- Views: 585365
Re: RAF Mildenhall to close. Lakenheath to get F-35 by 2020
Exactly AndrewN. A Security Team that can be moved to somewhere else; say Fairford?!?!
Airfield is gone.
Airfield is gone.
- Sat Nov 24, 2018 8:00 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: RAF Mildenhall to close. Lakenheath to get F-35 by 2020
- Replies: 1467
- Views: 585365
Re: RAF Mildenhall to close. Lakenheath to get F-35 by 2020
Don't know what be done at Alconbury that cant be done elsewhere. Alconbury is under housing and iso-containers