Tornado vs Typhoon
Discussion
gifdy said:
Not sure yet, will let you know
( Brewery is across the road from RAF Lossiemouth )
No Bucc beer bottle? I take it the bottle of Bucc beer is jinking around the table legs, 3" from the floor in the pub in the next town (heading for the piano!) whilst the Tornado/Typhoon loiter close to home awaiting refuelling.( Brewery is across the road from RAF Lossiemouth )
A shrine! http://www.buccaneerbrough.co.uk/
Edit: don't know the place, will possibly be a disappointment, as many of these pubs with historic references generally are.
Edit: don't know the place, will possibly be a disappointment, as many of these pubs with historic references generally are.
Edited by V8 Fettler on Thursday 15th January 11:37
V8 Fettler said:
A shrine! http://www.buccaneerbrough.co.uk/
Edit: don't know the place, will possibly be a disappointment, as many of these pubs with historic references generally are.
Here's one not far from me: http://www.thedouglasbader.co.uk/website/Edit: don't know the place, will possibly be a disappointment, as many of these pubs with historic references generally are.
Wonder if they have to pay the family for rights to use the name?
V8 Fettler said:
gifdy said:
Not sure yet, will let you know
( Brewery is across the road from RAF Lossiemouth )
No Bucc beer bottle? I take it the bottle of Bucc beer is jinking around the table legs, 3" from the floor in the pub in the next town (heading for the piano!) whilst the Tornado/Typhoon loiter close to home awaiting refuelling.( Brewery is across the road from RAF Lossiemouth )
Edited by gifdy on Thursday 15th January 11:49
scubadude said:
Everytime the shine is off the new toys people start wondering if the old one was better, a friend of my father worked on Buccaneers then went onto work/moan about Tornado's, I wonder if this is a universal constant? :-)
I would assume the v1 of the new thing is never going to be as good as v20 of the old thing, but the potential is much greater.
For me the Tomcat was like the Countach of the fighter aircraft world. Even now, it looks like it would hold its own against better and newer stuff. I'd love to see a dog fight between a Tomcat and a Typhoon. Only guns allowed, no fire beyond the horizon guff allowed. It'd be an interesting match.
AndrewEH1 said:
You'll have to explain that one!
Is this the 'gate guardian' by the petrol station down the road from Lossie?
No a different one. My Dad got a call from his pal saying 'I've just seen a Buccaneer going past my window'Is this the 'gate guardian' by the petrol station down the road from Lossie?
Not unusual for Lossie giving how low they usually flew over the West Beach but his pal lived in the middle of the town ! He grabbed his camera and saw it being wheeled it through the town, down to the harbour and loaded onto a ship.
It was going down South to be a gate guardian. Quite a sight !
Pickled said:
Eric Mc said:
In a turning dogfight - the Tomcat would be outmanouevered by quite a few aircraft. That wasn't its forté.
Hit the brakes and he'll fly right by surely?The F-14's role was to protect the fleet. Therefore its main aim was to keep the bad guys as far away from the fleet as possible.
gifdy said:
No a different one. My Dad got a call from his pal saying 'I've just seen a Buccaneer going past my window'
Not unusual for Lossie giving how low they usually flew over the West Beach but his pal lived in the middle of the town ! He grabbed his camera and saw it being wheeled it through the town, down to the harbour and loaded onto a ship.
It was going down South to be a gate guardian. Quite a sight !
Quite a sight indeed, great photos by your dad too!Not unusual for Lossie giving how low they usually flew over the West Beach but his pal lived in the middle of the town ! He grabbed his camera and saw it being wheeled it through the town, down to the harbour and loaded onto a ship.
It was going down South to be a gate guardian. Quite a sight !
Eric Mc said:
All sorts of tactics might be used if an F-14 pilot found himself in a close in combat. But the plan would be to not get that close in the first place.
The F-14's role was to protect the fleet. Therefore its main aim was to keep the bad guys as far away from the fleet as possible.
Hence the Phoenix missile. 160km range if I recall my childhood Top Trumps correctly!The F-14's role was to protect the fleet. Therefore its main aim was to keep the bad guys as far away from the fleet as possible.
That isn't a gate guardian now is it?
I thought this was the one bought by Hawker Hunter Aviation at RAF Scampton, with the intention of restoring it to flight.
Unfortunately they won't restore it unless they get a contract to use it.
I can't really see there being much call for military training using a 1960's vintage bomber, that can't already be done by a Hunter or Hawk.
I very much doubt it will ever fly again, although it is probably the only candidate in the country that could be made airworthy.
I thought this was the one bought by Hawker Hunter Aviation at RAF Scampton, with the intention of restoring it to flight.
Unfortunately they won't restore it unless they get a contract to use it.
I can't really see there being much call for military training using a 1960's vintage bomber, that can't already be done by a Hunter or Hawk.
I very much doubt it will ever fly again, although it is probably the only candidate in the country that could be made airworthy.
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