Good video Roy, nice one to finish that sequence on the F-14 on.
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Royzee617
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Onwards and upwards.... have just finished a book in that Osprey series about F14 operations in Iraq. Marvellous. Virtually no AAC - all C3 and LGB/JDAM ATG ops. Few would have predicted that.
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Royzee617
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Will be bringing you some bits of a doc about the film and the actual events - has its moments.
Meanwhile I downloaded a bit torrent compilation of weapons clips the other day and thought you would like to see the best.
Meanwhile I downloaded a bit torrent compilation of weapons clips the other day and thought you would like to see the best.
Nice clips Roy, I liked that first one.
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Yes, some of these are great, others were puzzling... maybe next time I will put up one of each so you can see what I mean.
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Shame about that - nice plane smashed to bits... still I suppose it is a useful end rather than being in the Boneyard.
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Please Mr V2 put your links on a new thread of your own.
Tried this and it did not work - can't see it is relevant either.
Tried this and it did not work - can't see it is relevant either.
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more missiles - AMRAAM
I was reading a book the other day which said the Yanks are happy to sell you the AMRAAM but they keep the best version to themselves... RAF ADV guys went up against LW F4s with it and beat them using good tactics and Skyflash.
I was reading a book the other day which said the Yanks are happy to sell you the AMRAAM but they keep the best version to themselves... RAF ADV guys went up against LW F4s with it and beat them using good tactics and Skyflash.
Good video Roy, interesting to see it in action, as well as to know that they aren't selling the lastest versions overseas (understandably).
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Weird coincidence this... I mention ADVs vs AMRAAM and in the news was the very first firing:
The UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Tornado F3 Sustainment Programme (FSP), primed by BAE Systems, has achieved a significant milestone with the UK's first firing of the latest (C-5) variant of the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) AIM-120.
http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_004648.php
The UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Tornado F3 Sustainment Programme (FSP), primed by BAE Systems, has achieved a significant milestone with the UK's first firing of the latest (C-5) variant of the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) AIM-120.
http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_004648.php
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The Museum of Science and Industry has had a spot of luck in its quest to find out more about five women who signed a World War II Spitfire plane it owns.
A story about the signatures, discovered inside a hatch of the British plane, appeared a few months ago in a local Wales newspaper near where the Spitfire was serviced and ultimately dismantled for shipment to Chicago.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-spitfire13.html
A story about the signatures, discovered inside a hatch of the British plane, appeared a few months ago in a local Wales newspaper near where the Spitfire was serviced and ultimately dismantled for shipment to Chicago.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-spitfire13.html
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Here's a chunky file but it's over 10 minutes about WW2 radar - Battle of the Beams.
Barsteward, how dare you stop the video halfway through, I was finding that most fascinating, love that bit in the beginning with the armourers slinging a bomb over the shoulder as if it was a sack of cement or something 
Skyflash achieved the best results for an air to air missile ever when it was tested in the USA. Made the Yanks own AIM-7 look like the junk that it was
Most other countries like Russia and Israel will happily sell you superior missiles to anything america can provide.
Skyflash achieved the best results for an air to air missile ever when it was tested in the USA. Made the Yanks own AIM-7 look like the junk that it was
Most other countries like Russia and Israel will happily sell you superior missiles to anything america can provide
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My little game. Keep 'em wanting more as they say!
The Sparrow seldom gets talked about let alone having a book on the subject. No matter how good your fighter plane it has to have a better weapon system than the other guy.
As Vietnam showed, for a variety of reasons (not all technical) the Sparrow needed a lot more work to be any good.
Lawdy knows how good the NATO partners' versions were. Money well spent on improving it to make Skyflash.
BTW I am quite interested in all this because I write about the electronics for such things for a living. Always been interested in EW and avionics tho.
The Sparrow seldom gets talked about let alone having a book on the subject. No matter how good your fighter plane it has to have a better weapon system than the other guy.
As Vietnam showed, for a variety of reasons (not all technical) the Sparrow needed a lot more work to be any good.
Lawdy knows how good the NATO partners' versions were. Money well spent on improving it to make Skyflash.
BTW I am quite interested in all this because I write about the electronics for such things for a living. Always been interested in EW and avionics tho.
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Royzee617
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Saturday matinee performance for you...
I live not far from Daventry where all these early experiments took place.
You can see the radio masts from the M1 motorway. Few passers by on their way to Brum realise the historical importance of this dull looking bit of England.
http://www.radarpages.co.uk/oral/scanlan/chr/scanlan1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_radar
I live not far from Daventry where all these early experiments took place.
You can see the radio masts from the M1 motorway. Few passers by on their way to Brum realise the historical importance of this dull looking bit of England.
http://www.radarpages.co.uk/oral/scanlan/chr/scanlan1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_radar
Two very interesting videos Roy, although cutting that first one in the middle did annoy me a bit!
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Sorry about that - there was no obvious place to cut it. Also, the file would have been huge.
Good video Roy, interesting footage. Some great colour sequences of the Halifax and the Lancaster.
