Somebody has to programme or control them somewhere. They also have to be released from somewhere, take out those avenues, no more drones.Sparts99 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:36 pmI'd have thought they had preprogrammed flight paths rather than controllers.Ghastly Whisper wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:13 pmmeh it would be more impressive getting the crews flying the drones
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- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:28 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Ace or not?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1045
Re: Ace or not?
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 6:25 pm
- Forum: Specialist Photo Competitions
- Topic: Specialist Photo Competition - Special Schemes
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1831
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: RAF Coningsby
- Topic: BBMF
- Replies: 7
- Views: 990
Re: BBMF
I beg to differ, its not used now, but C has been used
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/476180/C4298
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:20 pm
- Forum: Airshow & Event Photography
- Topic: Happiness is Vectored Thrust...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1157
Re: Happiness is Vectored Thrust...
Christine will be upset she was not included!!
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:15 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Masters Of The Air
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1349
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: Photo Request - Waddington Gate Guard Victor XL189
- Replies: 5
- Views: 796
Re: Photo Request - Waddington Gate Guard Victor XL189
Search XL189 on Flickr, there is a few.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Warning!? Waddington and other airfields
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5275
Re: Warning!? Waddington and other airfields
There is always going to be darwin awards candidates, even if there was a giant sign in neon letters saying "do not stand here" somebody would and will.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:03 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: Lakenheath "Excalibur VII"
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3548
Re: Lakenheath "Excalibur VII"
For a couple of days air defence exercises were conducted out over the North Sea with other ground attack profiles being conducted over UK land targets.
that was the cover story the real competition was on the golf course!!
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Masters of the Air - USAF Mighty 8th in East Anglia
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6159
Re: Masters of the Air - USAF Mighty 8th in East Anglia
Episode 5 is extremely sad.
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What phone do we all use?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2064
Re: What phone do we all use?
I know someone with a Samsung fold, its been nothing but trouble for her, mostly screen issues. Check all the reviews first.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:50 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: ‘Papyrus’ Hunter grounded
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2421
Re: ‘Papyrus’ Hunter grounded
Thank you
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:55 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: ‘Papyrus’ Hunter grounded
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2421
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:47 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Red Arrows 60th Diamond Season
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3466
Re: Red Arrows 60th Diamond Season
Perfect season to finish by hanging the self important suits up for good.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: RAF BINBROOK hangar tour 9th July 1987
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2472
Re: RAF BINBROOK hangar tour 9th July 1987
The Last Last Lightning show for me, has never been surpassed! Many, many hours spent at the crash gates as a teenager, one lovely day before the last show, Group Captain John Spencer came rocking up to the gate offering a free ticket for the show, nobody volunteered!! So I did :clap: free entry to ...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Masters of the Air - USAF Mighty 8th in East Anglia
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6159
Re: Masters of the Air - USAF Mighty 8th in East Anglia
Just one small line in episode 2. Burst ulcer.
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:05 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Masters of the Air - USAF Mighty 8th in East Anglia
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6159
Re: Masters of the Air - USAF Mighty 8th in East Anglia
Take the "I know everything hat off" and watch it for what it is...entertainment. Do that and its pretty good, not a patch on Band of Brothers, but better than the Pacific.
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: AA vision problem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 798
Re: AA vision problem
blah blah blah the AA are reasonable for a rescue, much better than the RAC. Google maps is also much much better than anything the AA can come up with.
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 7:40 pm
- Forum: RAF Coningsby
- Topic: ZJ940
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4686
Re: ZJ940
945 was kicking about as QO-F for most of June/July/August 2009. As stated it went out on the 12th September returning on the 22nd. Its not flown since.
948s last flight 8th Jan 2009
940 no idea of its last flight, but not since delivery
326 has been reasonably non active with both 6 and 1 sqns
948s last flight 8th Jan 2009
940 no idea of its last flight, but not since delivery
326 has been reasonably non active with both 6 and 1 sqns
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 7:38 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: US Navy P-8 overshoots runway and land in Bay in Hawaii
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2237
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:05 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: Manston Fire Dump - 2006
- Replies: 6
- Views: 949
Re: Manston Fire Dump - 2006
Interesting stuff, some of my shots from 1991, unfortunately my shots of ZE360 from March/April 91 did not get returned from processing. 4 shots in the album are a little after 2000
https://flic.kr/s/aHsjpoGwKZ
https://flic.kr/s/aHsjpoGwKZ