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by alpha_india
Fri Jul 27, 2018 5:43 pm
Forum: RAF Marham
Topic: Batch 2 question
Replies: 61
Views: 21051

Re: Next batch question

Look East has just mentioned "next week" for the arrival of the next batch in a report on Chuckie's visit.
by alpha_india
Sun Sep 18, 2016 7:41 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Which ATC Squadron are/were you a member of?
Replies: 184
Views: 80889

Re: Which ATC Squadron are/were you a member of?

I forget the squadron number, but were were a Detached Flight of one of the Sheffield squadrons based in the Hope Valley and I was a member in the late '80s.

However, I can remember our callsign which was MRQ20.
by alpha_india
Tue Aug 23, 2016 12:14 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Info search - 13x Il-10 crashes 1951
Replies: 10
Views: 6467

Re: Info search - 13x Il-10 crashes 1951

I would like to get a hold of a copy of the booklet that's been produced and make a translation. Even if all thirteen aircraft were affected by the incorrect fuel in the drop tanks (a very good theory) I find it strange that thirteen aircraft (out of how many? that's also not clear) all failed to ma...
by alpha_india
Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:56 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Info search - 13x Il-10 crashes 1951
Replies: 10
Views: 6467

Re: Info search - 13x Il-10 crashes 1951

This is the adjacent plot with another six of the victims of the same incident. https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8168/29059221952_4a2b8f4ca9_c.jpg It was the scale of the loss that grabbed my attention when I found the information that's available online. I hadn't really paid much attention at the ceme...
by alpha_india
Sat Aug 20, 2016 7:22 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Info search - 13x Il-10 crashes 1951
Replies: 10
Views: 6467

Re: Info search - 13x Il-10 crashes 1951

From what I've found there's principally one reference source that's used in a few places, with odd snippets being included in only one repetition and not others. http://www.maz-online.de/Lokales/Teltow-Flaeming/Massenabsturz-von-Militaerfliegern-bei-Kemlitz http://www.lr-online.de/regionen/spreewal...
by alpha_india
Fri Aug 19, 2016 7:23 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Info search - 13x Il-10 crashes 1951
Replies: 10
Views: 6467

Info search - 13x Il-10 crashes 1951

Visiting Berlin last week I paid a visit to the Soviet cemetery south of Potsdam. There are some intriguing memorials relating to an incident that doesn't seem to feature in the English language areas of the web. From what I can determine (from mostly re-hashings of the same source), on 14th April 1...
by alpha_india
Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:00 pm
Forum: Military Aviation Memorabilia
Topic: Website Request
Replies: 3
Views: 1922

Re: Website Request

The images are the same size, consistent background (I guess you need a good photo editing software to do this?) and the images load quick. All three features you mention: - Identically sized images - Consistent background - Fast loading images Are all about better image preparation, nothing to do ...
by alpha_india
Wed Nov 04, 2015 8:40 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: YOUR BIN WATCHED
Replies: 21
Views: 8930

Re: YOUR BIN WATCHED

He is saying that it is funny that Lincolnshire Boston Council have fitted side cameras to bin lorries. (Why I don't know). and apparently someone has been prosecuted for dangerous driving. (He doesn't know if its true). Three people that I know of have had their cars, hit by bin lorries while they...
by alpha_india
Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:09 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: YOUR BIN WATCHED
Replies: 21
Views: 8930

Re: YOUR BIN WATCHED

Fining atrocious spelling and grammar would be a far more lucrative line of income for any local authority.
by alpha_india
Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:48 am
Forum: The Vulcan XH558 Forum
Topic: Salute to the V-Force Tour Details
Replies: 103
Views: 33760

Re: Salute to the V-Force Tour Details

Vulcanone wrote:What the post above yours says.
It's a driech day in the Marham area, the real question is whether it will be visible. Signs of things brightening though..
by alpha_india
Fri Jun 26, 2015 10:50 am
Forum: Holbeach Range
Topic: Holbeach range log 22nd to 26th June 2015
Replies: 13
Views: 3156

Re: Holbeach range log 22nd to 26th June 2015

11:48L Holbeach Range informs HM Coastguard on CH16 that the range is now closed.

I've not heard that one before, is it normal practice to announce the closing of the range on CH16?
by alpha_india
Thu Jun 25, 2015 2:46 pm
Forum: Recent Serial tie up area
Topic: F-15s over Marham
Replies: 2
Views: 1214

Re: F-15s over Marham

I can't be precise, but I can say who was in the area at that time from my mode-s logs..

<AE1CD4> WARDOG21
<AE1CD1> REAPER11
<AE1CC7> DOZER13
<AE2817> DOZER12

I believe they're all F-15C aircraft, and they were all active in the area for about an hour from about 8am onwards.
by alpha_india
Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:04 am
Forum: RAF Coningsby
Topic: hunter 1 & 2
Replies: 7
Views: 2729

Re: hunter 1 & 2

Could be on STANTA or Sculthorpe. You'll get similar type of target chatter when Coningsby/Marham based aircraft are working with MAGIC along the North Norfolk coast - sometimes you'll get a latitude/longitude and can work out where the target is, sometimes it's obvious from the voice descriptions a...
by alpha_india
Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:24 am
Forum: RAF Marham
Topic: Snapshot 1 17th June
Replies: 3
Views: 2456

Re: Snapshot 1 17th June

<43C09F> was in the area for several hours that day using callsign SNPSHT1 according to mode-s logs. I believe this aircraft is ZJ694
by alpha_india
Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:17 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Reporting Live Ops threads
Replies: 73
Views: 23738

Re: Reporting Live Ops threads

If a mission was 11 hours it's easy to see why 5 hours notice could be used by a conventional enemy to position air defences, or alert their crews to the possibility of attack thereby removing the element of surprise. There's a certain limitation in applying the formula (average airspeed) x (missio...
by alpha_india
Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:50 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Reporting Live Ops threads
Replies: 73
Views: 23738

Re: Reporting Live Ops threads

The problem with what was posted up the other night was the information was pretty much spot on, numbers of a/c involved and their intended destination, timings etc etc... Ok the actual target wasn't mentioned and in all reality it was never known on here. However here lays the problem in that we p...
by alpha_india
Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:09 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Reporting Live Ops threads
Replies: 73
Views: 23738

Re: Reporting Live Ops threads

There's a risk of taking FC too seriously, of underestimating how manipulable armchair enthusiasts (of any flavour) can be, and far too often of accepting appearances at face value. It wouldn't be that hard for those that manage such thing to spoof the population of a forum such as this into generat...
by alpha_india
Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:13 am
Forum: Holbeach Range
Topic: Holbeach range log 8th to 12th June 2015
Replies: 14
Views: 3814

Re: Holbeach range log 8th to 12th June 2015

12:12L VIKING 01 (43C1B0, GR4) checking in
by alpha_india
Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:38 am
Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
Topic: AMARC UK?
Replies: 5
Views: 3536

Re: AMARC UK?

I'm an H&S adviser, and often see H&S get the blame when the reality is that 99% of the time whenever it's advertised as the fault of H&S the truth is that someone didn't want to pay to do something the proper way. And it's cheaper to blame H&S than do it properly - because everyone wants to believe...

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