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-Dazza
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- Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:30 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: Andrews AFB early 1990s
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2607
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:30 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: F-35 drag chute test - in the air
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3476
Re: F-35 drag chute test - in the air
One option for spin recovery for the F-4 was brake chute deployment, nothing new under the sun...
-Dazza
-Dazza
- Sat Jun 22, 2019 1:55 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Diversionary Airfields
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11872
Re: Diversionary Airfields
There is often some breathtakingly stupid comments written on this forum but, bravo, this one takes it to whole new level!
I am (almost) lost for words...
-Dazza
- Wed May 15, 2019 1:17 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: RAF to get second hand jets in wedgetail buy
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9366
- Sun Dec 16, 2018 3:30 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Europe's Most Powerful Nations
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5041
- Sun Oct 21, 2018 2:36 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: RAF to get another 16x chinooks
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13571
Re: Ra f to get another 16x chinooks
Who, or what, is the 'R af', and also, the 'raf'?
-Dazza
-Dazza
- Tue Oct 09, 2018 3:15 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Top fighter
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4823
Re: Top fighter
I'm pretty sure the F35 is a classed as a fighter. JSF? JSF was/is just a catch-all name for the overall project and the roles the F-35 will undertake, however, it's primary role is NOT that of a fighter, don't let the 'F' prefix in 'F-35' fool you into thinking that it is, think F-105, F-111, F-11...
- Fri Oct 05, 2018 3:27 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Top fighter
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4823
Re: Top fighter
The F-22, that's what it's designed to do and it's primary mission, the F-35 is NOT a fighter...the concerned wrote: ↑Fri Oct 05, 2018 3:16 pmJust wondering which would lock on first the f-22 or f-35
-Dazza
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 1:11 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Pigeon chicks rescued from HMS Queen Elizabeth by FAA
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4545
Re: Pigeon chicks rescued from HMS Queen Elizabeth by FAA
What a bunch of miserable sods! 'Waste of fuel, blah blah blah...', 'Vermin, blah blah blah...', 'What about crew hours, blah blah blah...' It's a good news story for the Royal Navy that the public most likely will lap up, which equals good PR for the RN. Fuel won't have been wasted, neither will cr...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:31 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Turning back the clock(reactivating airfields)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3557
Re: Turning back the clock(reactivating airfields)
Cottesmore is still active, only it's now called, Kendrew Barracks, and the Army are the current tenants...
-Dazza
- Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:24 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Eurofighter - accidental missile shot.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9125
Re: Eurofighter - accidental missile shot.
Regarding the shoot down of Jaguar XX963 by Phantom XV422, as well as the Master Arm switch being taped over, which it wasn't, there was also a circuit breaker in the rear cockpit related to the missile firing circuit which was supposed to have been pulled but, it was thought it was possibly faulty ...
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 12:57 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Does the RAF F35 have a gun?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 16810
Re: Does the RAF F35 have a gun?
I have read them (in my office seat, not an armchair) The fact is, if you stand still you get left behind, and there is nothing comparable available. What do you say we should buy instead? I'm not really sure why you think what type of chair and it's location is relevant to where you read the DOT&E...
- Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:41 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Does the RAF F35 have a gun?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 16810
Re: Does the RAF F35 have a gun?es
Grossly over budget? No... the cost of an F35B is equivalent to the cost of a 737 Max 200, and the third the price of a 777-300ER... Underperforming? No... If you seriously believe any of what you wrote above, you must be living on a different planet to the rest of us! And there's that staggeringly...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 2:22 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Does the RAF F35 have a gun?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 16810
Re: Does the RAF F35 have a gun?
Dazza , any info otherwise. I always thought hanging stuff on the outside of a stealth platform would negate any advantage. Correct me if I am wrong with any info you may have. Yes, Scott, hanging external stores/fuel tanks on a LO aircraft increases it's radar signature, It's also pretty obvious t...
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:44 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Does the RAF F35 have a gun?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 16810
Re: Does the RAF F35 have a gun?
I wondered how long it would be before someone mentioned this old chestnut...bang goes stealth if you hang a gun pod onto it !!!
-Dazza
- Sat Jul 28, 2018 9:47 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Tempest - Britain's new stealth fighter
- Replies: 47
- Views: 15842
Re: Tempest - Britain's new stealth fighter
I wish people would stop saying that Tempest is just Replica renamed etc, it isn't, it looks nothing like Replica! Replica was a LO research tool and Tempest is a mock up of a proposed future aircraft, the two are linked only by the fact that they are both LO designs from the same company...
-Dazza
-Dazza
- Tue Jul 24, 2018 3:12 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Red Arrows RAF Scampton air base to be sold off
- Replies: 145
- Views: 39202
Re: ARROWS RAF HOME FOR SALE
So you didn't bother reading the thread already running on this subject then?
-Dazza
-Dazza
- Sat Jul 14, 2018 12:50 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: IX and 31 Sqns to live on
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3896
Re: IX and 31 Sqns to live on
Thanks.Trevster wrote: ↑Fri Jul 13, 2018 5:32 pmhttps://youtu.be/BK8eq92bF8A
IX announcement around 9:08, 31 at 11:32
-Dazza
- Wed Jul 11, 2018 2:54 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: IX and 31 Sqns to live on
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3896
Re: IX and 31 Sqns to live on
Do you have a link to these announcements?
-Dazza
-Dazza
- Thu May 24, 2018 11:15 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Performance take offs
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9969
Re: Performance take offs
It’s not really a fast jet thing to perform de-rated take-offs to preserve engine life. I’m not totally familiar with the Typhoon but each take off (unless it was a formation t/o when the leader would not use full power) was at full power in every military type I’ve flown so I can’t see that it wou...