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There's an Osprey approaching the West coast of the Isle of Wight at the moment, appears to have come from Portland, which also apparently is where HMS QE is at anchor currently, wondering if it's landed on the ship for trails. Very rarely see them down south, hoping it turns left and comes close to work, so I can get a view.
yellowjack said:
I recall teaching aircraft recognition, and wondering why the juddering fk we had to teach the "NATO reporting names" of all 'their' aircraft. How hard is it to say "Mig-21", ffs? Why is it any easier to say "Fishbed"?
I also recall the regular 'Threat' magazine we used to get issued in units to keep us updated with developments in Soviet Bloc equipment. And how it morphed into 'Thriend' magazine when we were warned off for the 1991 Gulf War. Silhouettes of friendly forces and enemy forces kit were suddenly largely identical, which made life interesting out in the desert.
I saw the point of it with the 'Foxbat' though. Brand new Soviet fighter, known to be a MIG, previous MIG as 21 so presumably this was MIG-23, but NATO called it Foxbat. When it turned out it was the MIG-25 and the 23 was totally different there was some confusion, but if everyone called it Foxbat and kept calling it Foxbat we all knew what we meant.I also recall the regular 'Threat' magazine we used to get issued in units to keep us updated with developments in Soviet Bloc equipment. And how it morphed into 'Thriend' magazine when we were warned off for the 1991 Gulf War. Silhouettes of friendly forces and enemy forces kit were suddenly largely identical, which made life interesting out in the desert.
Not that either were a real issue for our Air Training Corps squadron in Essex.
Ash_ said:
There's an Osprey approaching the West coast of the Isle of Wight at the moment, appears to have come from Portland, which also apparently is where HMS QE is at anchor currently, wondering if it's landed on the ship for trails. Very rarely see them down south, hoping it turns left and comes close to work, so I can get a view.
Landed at the HeliOps base, sat around for a few hours before heading back east along the coast. LHB said:
43100 Is the maximum certified altitude but the 787 regularly operates at 43000 in normal flights. If it says something like 42975 on FR24 then the aircraft is actually cruising at 43000ft. Then the 15ft difference might be something to do with the data sent or received to FR24 or maybe a momentary divergence from that altitude. I think you often see aircraft on fr24 not exactly at the cruising levels they’re aiming for tbh.
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 4th March 07:24
LHB said:
Rod200SX said:
A snake callsign around there and with that flightplan looks like it will be Shadow R1shttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/squadrons-longe...
Scaleybrat said:
LHB said:
Rod200SX said:
A snake callsign around there and with that flightplan looks like it will be Shadow R1shttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/squadrons-longe...
Are they just training by looking at "stuff" already in these areas, or will they be looking for targets (people) deliberately trying not to be found in conjunction with the exercise?
Dr Jekyll said:
I saw the point of it with the 'Foxbat' though. Brand new Soviet fighter, known to be a MIG, previous MIG as 21 so presumably this was MIG-23, but NATO called it Foxbat. When it turned out it was the MIG-25 and the 23 was totally different there was some confusion, but if everyone called it Foxbat and kept calling it Foxbat we all knew what we meant.
Not that either were a real issue for our Air Training Corps squadron in Essex.
Isn't it also for radio durability? Easy to lose a simple numeric digit over a radio crackleNot that either were a real issue for our Air Training Corps squadron in Essex.
LotusOmega375D said:
I know this has been mentioned before, but the age of these active USAF KC135s is incredible. Take this one for example: it first flew 62 years ago in January 1959, which is well over a year BEFORE Vulcan XH558’s first flight.
I had read before that a KC-135 was the oldest aircraft currently in USAF service, looking it up, it isn't this one! there's older, only just though. 57-1419 being the oldest.Total loss said:
LotusOmega375D said:
I know this has been mentioned before, but the age of these active USAF KC135s is incredible. Take this one for example: it first flew 62 years ago in January 1959, which is well over a year BEFORE Vulcan XH558’s first flight.
I had read before that a KC-135 was the oldest aircraft currently in USAF service, looking it up, it isn't this one! there's older, only just though. 57-1419 being the oldest.tonyvid said:
Total loss said:
LotusOmega375D said:
I know this has been mentioned before, but the age of these active USAF KC135s is incredible. Take this one for example: it first flew 62 years ago in January 1959, which is well over a year BEFORE Vulcan XH558’s first flight.
I had read before that a KC-135 was the oldest aircraft currently in USAF service, looking it up, it isn't this one! there's older, only just though. 57-1419 being the oldest.tonyvid said:
Total loss said:
LotusOmega375D said:
I know this has been mentioned before, but the age of these active USAF KC135s is incredible. Take this one for example: it first flew 62 years ago in January 1959, which is well over a year BEFORE Vulcan XH558’s first flight.
I had read before that a KC-135 was the oldest aircraft currently in USAF service, looking it up, it isn't this one! there's older, only just though. 57-1419 being the oldest.MarkwG said:
tonyvid said:
Total loss said:
LotusOmega375D said:
I know this has been mentioned before, but the age of these active USAF KC135s is incredible. Take this one for example: it first flew 62 years ago in January 1959, which is well over a year BEFORE Vulcan XH558’s first flight.
I had read before that a KC-135 was the oldest aircraft currently in USAF service, looking it up, it isn't this one! there's older, only just though. 57-1419 being the oldest.LotusOmega375D said:
I know this has been mentioned before, but the age of these active USAF KC135s is incredible. Take this one for example: it first flew 62 years ago in January 1959, which is well over a year BEFORE Vulcan XH558’s first flight.
..and less than 57 years after the Wight brothers first flight.Total loss said:
MarkwG said:
tonyvid said:
Total loss said:
LotusOmega375D said:
I know this has been mentioned before, but the age of these active USAF KC135s is incredible. Take this one for example: it first flew 62 years ago in January 1959, which is well over a year BEFORE Vulcan XH558’s first flight.
I had read before that a KC-135 was the oldest aircraft currently in USAF service, looking it up, it isn't this one! there's older, only just though. 57-1419 being the oldest.Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff