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- Sat Dec 19, 2015 12:06 am
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: USAF C-17 07-7187 Passing OTT West Lancashire
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5221
Re: USAF C-17 07-7187 Passing OTT West Lancashire
Not being a photographer of aircraft. I now have the the "bug" to me these pictures are stunning. What camera and lens would you have to have to replicate these images.I just got a cannon sx 60 and i love it, so i know i have to enter the big boys league already got a Opticron gs-815 if that helps l...
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:46 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: USAF C-17 00-0178 From Garden Viewing Spot West Lancs
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3630
- Fri May 22, 2015 10:15 pm
- Forum: Northern England
- Topic: Barnard Castle
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3723
Re: Barnard Castle
Years ago there was a place you could park your car, coming off Scotch corner roundabout. Heading towards Barnard castle about 6 miles , it over looked a valley. Great spot for low flying aircraft
- Thu May 07, 2015 4:53 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Airshow makes a return - Teesside
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8218
Re: Airshow makes a return - Teesside
Great news for DTV, but for that amount to be charged. Are they getting a 9 ship of F-22A doing a diamond nine,or something rare ha ha
- Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:55 pm
- Forum: RAF Leeming
- Topic: 2XF-16 inbound
- Replies: 0
- Views: 896
2XF-16 inbound
Live in Trimdon just south of Durham there heading twds Leeming about 5-10min away
- Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:45 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: F-16 ordinance question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2402
Re: F-16 ordinance question
AN/AAQ-14 part of the LANTIRN system i think. The AN/AAQ-19 Sharpshooter i believe is a slightly cheap version with some capability deleted and was basically for export. I may be wrong but some one will put me right regards
- Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:20 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: AN/ALQ-164
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1130
Re: AN/ALQ-164
Try www.fas.org hope it helps
- Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:32 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Caught by the AC-130!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4276
Re: Caught by the AC-130!
40mm comes in a clip of 4 rounds on the initial order of load you can only put two clips in. Its impossibleto achieve that rate of fire. I think its a 20mm or a bushmaster
- Sun Nov 16, 2014 4:08 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: #31Sqdn due back today
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2698
Re: #31Sqdn due back today
Its bootifull,cluck cluck
- Sat Oct 04, 2014 11:16 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: The New Avengers : Obsession (1977)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5716
Re: The New Avengers : Obsession (1977)
My cheese ball question, as a kid in the 70's I remember a show in French featuring Mirages??? Does any one remember it!
- Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:00 pm
- Forum: RAF Leeming
- Topic: Joint Warrior 142
- Replies: 118
- Views: 33016
Re: Joint Warrior 142
Looks like another C-130T inbound 164994
- Fri Oct 03, 2014 11:31 am
- Forum: RAF Leeming
- Topic: Joint Warrior 142
- Replies: 118
- Views: 33016
Re: Joint Warrior 142
Just gone pass my house in Trimdon turning over twds Middlesbrough about 2000Ft
- Fri Oct 03, 2014 11:26 am
- Forum: RAF Leeming
- Topic: Joint Warrior 142
- Replies: 118
- Views: 33016
Re: Joint Warrior 142
C-130T 165160 on PP now
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:54 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: BBMF To Host Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Lancaster
- Replies: 232
- Views: 65670
Re: BBMF To Host Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Lancaster
Wow so many good people working together to get this incredible lady back in the air. I'm proud to be British.
- Sat Aug 16, 2014 11:48 pm
- Forum: Northern England
- Topic: Mynarski Lancaster Day - Durham Tees Valley Airport
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4247
Re: Mynarski Lancaster Day - Durham Tees Valley Airport
After DTV where are they going. I'm working in Durham that day
- Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:18 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: VULCAN 51's first AR.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2865
Re: VULCAN 51's first AR.
Why don't we "Rent the tankers", apparently that's what where doing with ours. RC-135 refuelling from Thomas Cook or Virgin. Ha ha
- Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:22 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Crippled AV-8B lands on carrier
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1653
Re: Nice Landing
I remember watching a chinook that lost its rear wheel. Land on HMS Ocean, the crew dumped a load of mattreses on the flight deck amazing landing
- Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:26 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: AirTanker Cuts Refueling Deal With Thomas Cook
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4055
Re: AirTanker Cuts Refueling Deal With Thomas Cook
How ridicules ,what next. Typhoons towing "happy birthday mum". One of the largest defense budgets and over a 100 idiots on more money than the PM at the MOD. Sorry can't defend the country were flying tourist. Well we could lease some Aircraft " sorry already done that ,we call it the C-17 fiasco"....
- Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:24 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: AirTanker Cuts Refueling Deal With Thomas Cook
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4055
Re: AirTanker Cuts Refueling Deal With Thomas Cook
two min to calm down
- Sat May 24, 2014 10:50 pm
- Forum: RIAT
- Topic: RIAT Arrival Routes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1628
Re: RIAT Arrival Routes
Anything from Canada would probably route through the North and come down the West of Scotland and England