HA-HA!!! I wuz right all along!

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  • anjs
    anjs Posts: 486
    That will be 617 then
  • lawman
    lawman Posts: 6,868
    anjs wrote:
    That will be 617 then

    ey :lol: i always get confused between 617 and 636 for some reason :lol:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Splottboy wrote:

    Northern Monkey: My Dad worked on the Blood Hound missiles, Britains first line of defence against those pesky Ruskies in the 1960's...

    there is one of those outside my office at work.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    IcarusGreen wrote:
    Tornado's used to be in the Falklands also but they now have the typhoons.

    we were escoted off the island by one a couple of yrs ago:

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  • IcarusGreen
    IcarusGreen Posts: 1,486
    Ye, they tend to do that. I've had the pleasure of two tours of the Falklands. :D

    I can tell that that is one of the Falklands Tornadoes due to the FI badge near the nose and the Maltese cross on the tail.

    The four that were there had names and I think that one is Hope (H on the tail)

    The other 3 are faith, charity and desperation.
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  • Happy Harry
    Happy Harry Posts: 345
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    we were escoted off the island by one a couple of yrs ago
    I can claim to have been escorted out of Sofia, Bulgaria airspace during the cold war (70s) by a Soviet Mig. We were in a BOAC VC10 on a commercial flight when it appeared on our starboard wingtip. I can still see the red star on the tail and the pilot with his oxygen mask looking at us.

    We were crapping ourselves and during the 15 minutes he was flying around us the pilots were patched through to the Foreign Office via our operations centre. The Russkies weren't friendly in those days and nobody knew what might happen.

    Of course ... nothing did happen or I wouldn't be telling the story. But then again - no pics so maybe it didn't happen anyway :roll:
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    My uncle was a chief tech at 617 in Marham.
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  • addivllangirb
    addivllangirb Posts: 322
    Simpleish way to tell if they where F15s they sound have a long rumbleing sound that hangs in the air after they pass through.

    Also i'm surprised nobody has wheeled out the story about the Tornado that 'allegedly' tripped the speed camera up in North Wales a number of years ago......
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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,693
    WELL... My old man was in Egypt when the first show was fired.

    He was back in Liverpool Docks when the second shot was fired, LOL !!!

    Old joke, but no joke, he was in Suez during the crisis. Radio operator.
    He and mate we told to deliver "an important" message to the morse code centre.
    Given a gun each, but NO BULLETS, !!!

    Got surrounded by "locals" at a level crossing, and they were throwing bottles, bricks etc.
    Then, when they got to the morse code place, they fouind out the important message was...
    A birthday telegram to one of the commanding officers children!!!
    Had hairy trip back to their base too.

    Had lost of close rifle shots near him, and also close call with a scorpion in their tent too !
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    I love the F-16s, amazing looking aircraft. It's also impressive how usable they still are in this day and age, when they've been flying for so long. Several updates have kept them pretty much bang up to date.
  • anton1r
    anton1r Posts: 272
    Happy Harry wrote:
    The best place to experience low-flying jets is apparently Machynlleth Loop near Valley in North Wales. It's where the serious spotters go.

    Check out this YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-7zHlOi4T4

    There are a couple of F-15s in it.

    bloody excellent video.
    "I have a plan, a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a fox." (from the Blackadder TV series)
  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,693
    I loved the F111'S myself.

    When we were camping in S.Wales as kids, with bright orange tents, the buggers used to buzz us in the early mornings.

    Used to frighten the crap out of us young, sweet, virgin schoolboys...
  • SPIRO
    SPIRO Posts: 200
    anton1r wrote:

    A bit OT here but does anyone know what the career progression from civvi on the street would go like to getting in the cockpit of one of these bad boys...

    Are we talking Uni degree -> Join Raf -> then what??

    The "then what" is

    1) Get minimum of 5 GCSE's(c or above) , 2 A-levels(c or above) - degree optional
    2) Get through a first interview at career centre(approx 1 hour)
    3) Attend OASC (officer and aircrew selection centre) for 3 days comprising medical/interviews/gym tests/leadership exercises
    4) If selected - spend 9 months at officer training at RAFC Cranwell
    5) If you pass - spend 6 months at elementary flying training flying the Tutor
    6) If selected Fast Jet - spend a year flying the Tucano at Basic Fast Jet Flying training
    7) If you pass attend Advanced Fast Jet Flying training at RAF Valley on the hawk, again for about a year
    8 ) If you pass go to a frontline Operational Conversion Unit for a year learning to fly the typhoon/harrier etc.

    All in all your looking at about 4-5 years from start to finish at a cost of about 4-6 million pounds to the taxpayer. Its tough to get in and even tougher to make it all the way, but possible, and i shoot you not better than anything you can do with your pants on or on a mountain bike (dons flame suit)

    Hope this helps :wink:

    oh ps, they will have been f-15 or 18's, there was a big exercise recently. All the us navy 14's are now retired and the saudi ones are all broken!
    S-Works Enduro 09'
  • anton1r
    anton1r Posts: 272
    epic answer SPIRO... speaking from experience?
    ... i shoot you not better than anything you can do with your pants on or on a mountain bike (dons flame suit)

    Just talking about this in the office, if its your job to regularly fly these machines. What the hell do you do for an adrenaline rush at the weekends? :shock:

    Another video for all to enjoy

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dr2ZB36p9Y

    #4 is particularly ridiculous! 8)
    "I have a plan, a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a fox." (from the Blackadder TV series)
  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,693
    SPIRO; You forgot a few things...

    The ability to fly over my house, Dinas Dinlle/Newborough beach, doing dog-fights for a free show for all the tourists/locals. Brilliant fun !!

    And scare the poo outta me when I'm just getting to lip of a blind Mtn bike summit, and Johnny Flyboy come hairing over the lip about 10 ft above me 'ead...or what seems like it anyway.

    " Goose?! Goose?! Are you there Goose?! "
  • SPIRO
    SPIRO Posts: 200
    anton1r wrote:
    epic answer SPIRO... speaking from experience?

    Yep :D
    anton1r wrote:
    Just talking about this in the office, if its your job to regularly fly these machines. What the hell do you do for an adrenaline rush at the weekends? :shock:

    Most of us go MTB'ing tbh, gives a similar sort of excitement and adrenalin spike, prob 70% of the guys i know hit the trails regularly.
    S-Works Enduro 09'
  • SPIRO
    SPIRO Posts: 200
    Splottboy wrote:
    And scare the poo outta me when I'm just getting to lip of a blind Mtn bike summit, and Johnny Flyboy come hairing over the lip about 10 ft above me 'ead...or what seems like it anyway.

    Thats outrageous!!, I'll admit to buzzing the odd walker on a blind summit but never a fellow MTB'er :wink:
    S-Works Enduro 09'
  • mrfmilo
    mrfmilo Posts: 2,250
    Video from RIAT 2009 - F-18 performing a high speed pass but had to pull out, nearly breaking the sound barrier - camera can't pick up the sound well but it was immense :D



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xW2osSVoww
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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,693
    Gotta love the Fly Boys.

    Saved me life when I crashed at CYB, busted my femur.

    As we were flying over Snowdonia, me on Morphine, being bounced all over the place in a tiny chopper, pilot goes...

    "You can see Russell Grants house down there!"

    Yeah, funny, very bloody funny. Didn't predict my crash did he, fat poof Psychic...
  • mrfmilo
    mrfmilo Posts: 2,250
    Ramp your speakers up...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL9XmYIe4_4
    Marin
  • anton1r
    anton1r Posts: 272
    Again cheers for the answers SPIRO! :)
    "I have a plan, a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a fox." (from the Blackadder TV series)
  • SPIRO
    SPIRO Posts: 200
    On the flying related theme, my fave youtube vid - ignore the first 40 seconds of gay-ness!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dr2ZB36p9Y
    S-Works Enduro 09'
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    Splottboy wrote:

    Northern Monkey: My Dad worked on the Blood Hound missiles, Britains first line of defence against those pesky Ruskies in the 1960's...

    there is one of those outside my office at work.

    and here is a picture of it:

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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,693
    The horozontal one, not the black/white one!!!

    That b/w one looks like something Wylie Coyote would drop on Road Runner.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Splottboy wrote:
    The horozontal one, not the black/white one!!!

    That b/w one looks like something Wylie Coyote would drop on Road Runner.



    the big bomb is a Grandslam, was pretty awkward to get the bloodhound in without including the most hilarious bomb of all time.
  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,693
    Grandslam? Think the Mrs has dropped a few of these a few times.

    I keep telling her, "For Gawds sake! Flush TWICE!!! Damn it, woman..."
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    They were brilliant though. 10 tons of bomb falling at the speed of sound :lol: You could drop 10 tons of custard on someone at the speed of sound and it'll spoil their day, using explosive just seems rude.
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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,693
    Thats spooky...just got a Ambrosia Devon Custard outta the fridge, sat down, and read this!!!

    Ten Ton Killer Kustards, good name for Andy's team?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Northwind wrote:
    They were brilliant though. 10 tons of bomb falling at the speed of sound :lol: You could drop 10 tons of custard on someone at the speed of sound and it'll spoil their day, using explosive just seems rude.

    i love em and love that i walk past one (albeit an empty one) every day.

    have you seen the newest rambo film? he manages to blow one up in the jungle!!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Northwind wrote:
    They were brilliant though. 10 tons of bomb falling at the speed of sound :lol: You could drop 10 tons of custard on someone at the speed of sound and it'll spoil their day, using explosive just seems rude.
    :lol:

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