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by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Wed Sep 07, 2022 8:42 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre closure
Replies: 38
Views: 7655

Re: Cornwall Aircraft Heritage Centre

Hi Nighthawke,
Thank you for letting me know - greatly appreciated & apologies for
the delay in replying! --Paul
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:40 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre closure
Replies: 38
Views: 7655

Cornwall Aircraft Heritage Centre

Hi All, I just thought that you may be interested to know of some developments that have occurred over the preservation of our Cornwall Aircraft Heritage Centre, which is based close to Newquay Airport in Cornwall. The back story to all of this is that CAHC has been diligently renting ground there (...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Mon May 23, 2022 8:40 pm
Forum: RNAS Culdrose & Predannack
Topic: RN SAR Training
Replies: 13
Views: 3296

Re: RN SAR Training

Hi C24, You are right about the Hillers - I remember them flying over on very many occasions (I made a mistake & these were the forerunners to the Gazelles!) Thank you for the interesting link - had a look and that is indeed it! However, I think in the mid-sixties (at about 10 years old or so) there...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Mon May 23, 2022 8:27 pm
Forum: RNAS Culdrose & Predannack
Topic: RN SAR Training
Replies: 13
Views: 3296

Re: RN SAR Training

Hi EGVP,
Yes, many thanks for your reply and information. That's good to know!
Best wishes --Paul
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Sun May 22, 2022 8:32 pm
Forum: RNAS Culdrose & Predannack
Topic: RN SAR Training
Replies: 13
Views: 3296

Re: RN SAR Training

Hi C24, Yes, those were the days! I lived at Penryn at that time and we used to see the good old Whirlwinds & Wessex's going over regularly. I remember the early Sea Kings & also used to see Bell Sioux (with the large glass bubble!) which were the forerunners of the later Gazelles. There was also a ...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Fri May 20, 2022 8:59 pm
Forum: RNAS Culdrose & Predannack
Topic: RN SAR Training
Replies: 13
Views: 3296

Re: RN SAR Training

Hi C24 (and everyone!)
Hi again - just updated my profile - the first time in a very long time! --Paul
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Fri May 20, 2022 8:39 pm
Forum: RNAS Culdrose & Predannack
Topic: RN SAR Training
Replies: 13
Views: 3296

Re: RN SAR Training

Hi C24, Many thanks my friend and I am glad that you are still on here! I am still around - and as always, doing our local Stithians weather, as well as keeping my eyes on the skies! Interesting to see your notes about the UAV training at Predannick. Yes, I remember that it was reported that the Wre...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Mon May 09, 2022 8:24 pm
Forum: RNAS Culdrose & Predannack
Topic: RN SAR Training
Replies: 13
Views: 3296

Re: RN SAR Training

Hi all! I have not been on here for a long time now - so I decided to check out if anything has been added and I am quite surprised at how little content has been added recently to 'RNAS Culdrose & Predannack'. I have noted the very interesting subject of 'RN SAR Training' and would like to comment ...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:59 pm
Forum: RNAS Culdrose & Predannack
Topic: Culdrose is not what it used to be!
Replies: 4
Views: 3262

Culdrose is not what it used to be!

Hi all, I have been noting for a very long time now, that R.N.A.S. Culdrose's influence has been steadily waning! Except for the very well deserved 'marching through Helston in No.1 dress rig with arms and bayonets drawn', then it has to be said that for years and years now, the aircraft actually se...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:19 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: India v Pakistan
Replies: 25
Views: 8960

Re: India v Pakistan

Hi all, It will be very interesting to see how this develops from now on! Earlier this evening, it was being reported that India & Pakistan were both carrying out air strikes and constant shelling (presumably from tanks?) from, and into, each other's territories. If this carries on, I would not be a...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:58 pm
Forum: RNAS Culdrose & Predannack
Topic: Activity?
Replies: 9
Views: 4913

Re: Activity?

Hi tm74sqn We 'avid observers' do keep a good look out as to what is happening out of Culdrose, but, for the most part nowadays there seems to be very little going on. Over our area, apart from an odd Merlin (such as last evening at 1915Z) there seems to be almost nothing. Scattered Hawk trainers ar...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Wed Dec 05, 2018 11:45 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: USMC F-18 & KC-130J Down
Replies: 17
Views: 6846

Re: USMC F-18 & KC-130J Down

This is the 'Independent's' article about this terrible incident.
'F-18 jet and tanker crash in mid-air during refuelling near Japan'
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 69506.html
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Mon Mar 12, 2018 9:46 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: U S Navy to scrap 140 FA-18s
Replies: 38
Views: 10353

Re: U S Navy to scrap 140 FA-18s

Vulconone - Yes, a 'Google search' brings this subject up in a blog of around 2010! (Sea Typhoon) - obviously, it did not get 'off the ground'! (so to speak!) :)
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Mon Mar 12, 2018 8:58 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: U S Navy to scrap 140 FA-18s
Replies: 38
Views: 10353

Re: U S Navy to scrap 140 FA-18s

Agent K With all due respect - there is (as far as I am aware) no Carrier version of the Typhoon (it would be nice if there was one though!) And you are right in what you say - Wildcats and Chinooks could also operate from the 2 new Carriers! I forgot to say earlier that in the world that today's Mi...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Mon Mar 12, 2018 8:35 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: U S Navy to scrap 140 FA-18s
Replies: 38
Views: 10353

Re: U S Navy to scrap 140 FA-18s

Seahornet - This is exactly what I am saying - the F-18's are superb aircraft - why just not buy them from the yanks, and then just reconfigure our Carriers to accept them! For years now, our R.N. personnel have been sent on deployment to U.S. Carriers, (such as the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan) to 'learn t...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:37 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: U S Navy to scrap 140 FA-18s
Replies: 38
Views: 10353

Re: U S Navy to scrap 140 FA-18s

Agent K & Nighthawke, I can only assume that the new F-35's are better than the older version. I once saw a TV documentary about the F-35 when it was undergoing proving trials by test pilots in the U.S. They put them up against (I think) F-15's & F-18's and the F-35 was described as being heavy and ...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Sat Mar 10, 2018 6:33 pm
Forum: MoD Boscombe Down
Topic: JARTS Tonka's and Sea King
Replies: 7
Views: 3596

Re: JARTS Tonka's and Sea King

Hi Vulcanone,
Sorry about this - my post should have been in answer to 'Jamiep', and not your good self, - so I slipped up there! Apologies again --Paul
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:14 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: U S Navy to scrap 140 FA-18s
Replies: 38
Views: 10353

Re: U S Navy to scrap 140 FA-18s

Hi all, Why not buy all of them up from the U.S.! Forget the 'F-35' - also known as the 'flying hippopotamus'! Just get rid of these F-35 aircraft! I suggest using all of these F-18's both 'shipboard' on our 2 'new' aircraft carriers and 'onshore' at the main RAF strike bases. Together with the Amer...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:04 pm
Forum: MoD Boscombe Down
Topic: JARTS Tonka's and Sea King
Replies: 7
Views: 3596

Re: JARTS Tonka's and Sea King

Hi Vulcanone, Is the Sea King this one perhaps? https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8707441 A really nice helicopter - I used to see this Mk when they were based at Culdrose in around 1977 (they used to fly over Penryn where I used to live at that time!) I seem to remember that after the Falklands War a...
by Aircraftpaulcornwall
Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:44 pm
Forum: MoD Boscombe Down
Topic: JARTS Tonka's and Sea King
Replies: 7
Views: 3596

Re: JARTS Tonka's and Sea King

Hi Vulcanone,
Ref the Sea King - this may possibly be one from the German Navy - for some reason brought back to the U.K.? --Paul

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