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- Dec 20, 2003
wow, that really is an amazing video, gread find 
'Videos of the Day' an ongoing thread
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Royzee617
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Cheers chaps!
Been to see another great live band today - The Zeroes. Punk (and modern s/s Kaiser Chiefs) covers and some of their own material. Video'd it of course.
Back tomorrow with another installment from WW2 doc.
Been to see another great live band today - The Zeroes. Punk (and modern s/s Kaiser Chiefs) covers and some of their own material. Video'd it of course.
Back tomorrow with another installment from WW2 doc.
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
Cheers.
Both sides were very cunning. That makes it all the more interesting. In particular the Night War over Germany with all the radio and radar equipment and techniques. One side getting the upper hand only temporarily. All too soon the enemy would deploy countermeasures. A good example is the RAF's use of Window and then the LW's Wilde Sau tactics.
And all the time thousands of lives at stake. All very brave fellows - on both sides.
Both sides were very cunning. That makes it all the more interesting. In particular the Night War over Germany with all the radio and radar equipment and techniques. One side getting the upper hand only temporarily. All too soon the enemy would deploy countermeasures. A good example is the RAF's use of Window and then the LW's Wilde Sau tactics.
And all the time thousands of lives at stake. All very brave fellows - on both sides.
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
In the news - big barney going on about the Pentagon chopping one of the engine programs for the JSF. Typically, it is the one with our Rolls Roycce as a partner (to GE). Ironic since it was RR which pioneered VTOL with its engines for the Kestrel and Harrier!
Also, for the worried and sickos amongst you -
"The number of people killed in airliner crashes worldwide has more than doubled in the past year, Sky News reported Sunday.
The 34 fatal accidents involving passenger and freight planes in 2005 resulted in 1,050 deaths, Flight International magazine reported.
The death toll, which covers both passengers and air crew, was the highest since 2000.
In 2004, there were only 464 fatalities in 28 fatal accidents.
"Airline safety in 2005 took a step backwards in terms of the number of fatal accidents and resulting passenger and crew deaths," said Flight International's David Learmount. "It was a disappointing 12 months, given the outstanding safety performance in the previous two years."
He said a number of fatal crashes last year involved airlines based in countries with "mediocre or poor safety records."
Nigeria had two fatal crashes last year in which a total of 225 people were killed, while Sudan saw three fatal accidents, all involving old Soviet-built aircraft."
Also, for the worried and sickos amongst you -
"The number of people killed in airliner crashes worldwide has more than doubled in the past year, Sky News reported Sunday.
The 34 fatal accidents involving passenger and freight planes in 2005 resulted in 1,050 deaths, Flight International magazine reported.
The death toll, which covers both passengers and air crew, was the highest since 2000.
In 2004, there were only 464 fatalities in 28 fatal accidents.
"Airline safety in 2005 took a step backwards in terms of the number of fatal accidents and resulting passenger and crew deaths," said Flight International's David Learmount. "It was a disappointing 12 months, given the outstanding safety performance in the previous two years."
He said a number of fatal crashes last year involved airlines based in countries with "mediocre or poor safety records."
Nigeria had two fatal crashes last year in which a total of 225 people were killed, while Sudan saw three fatal accidents, all involving old Soviet-built aircraft."
pbfoot
1st Lieutenant
The RR/GE engine for the JSF was cancelled in on 5 jan 2006 they are using the United Tech and PW power plant solely at this point
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
A pox on them then!
I never liked the JSF because of how it is going to mean the end of the SHAR.
I never liked the JSF because of how it is going to mean the end of the SHAR.
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
The beam war rages on...
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
Covers come off UK spy plane
By Paul Rincon
BBC News science reporter
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4617588.stm
The Corax, built by BAE Systems, is the UK's first pilotless stealth aircraft
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Images of the UK's first prototype stealth surveillance aircraft have been unveiled.
The unmanned vehicle, which has been built by BAE Systems, is known as the Corax, or as the Raven.
The Corax bears some resemblance to a cancelled US military spy plane called DarkStar, analysts have said.
By Paul Rincon
BBC News science reporter
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4617588.stm
The Corax, built by BAE Systems, is the UK's first pilotless stealth aircraft
Enlarge Image
Images of the UK's first prototype stealth surveillance aircraft have been unveiled.
The unmanned vehicle, which has been built by BAE Systems, is known as the Corax, or as the Raven.
The Corax bears some resemblance to a cancelled US military spy plane called DarkStar, analysts have said.
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
I was wrong - there's one more bit on the F14 doc.
I liked the GP series. Even tho it was nearly all yank planes it was done in Oz so it was a different angle maybe and less irritating than the usual.
One of the few times plane docs look and sound good is at the end of this doc series... the music seems to fit nicely. Shame this one is the shortened version - I will find a doc with the full one some time soon.
I liked the GP series. Even tho it was nearly all yank planes it was done in Oz so it was a different angle maybe and less irritating than the usual.
One of the few times plane docs look and sound good is at the end of this doc series... the music seems to fit nicely. Shame this one is the shortened version - I will find a doc with the full one some time soon.
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
A SENSITIVE Royal Navy document detailing a warship's top-secret Middle East tour of duty has been found lying on a pub table.
Student Michael Blown, 22, spotted the papers showing the movements of the frigate HMS St Albans as he played pool with his friends.
The lapse could have left British Royal Marines and sailors open to an attack similar to the suicide bombing of USS Cole in Yemen in 2000 which killed 17 sailors.
Mr Blown said: "If this had been found by a terrorist sympathiser God knows what could have happened. It's very serious. It's incredibly sloppy."
The two-page document lists every planned movement of HMS St Albans until the end of 2007.
Marked "restricted", it warns servicemen that the information must not be "divulged to anyone" outside their immediate family.
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The document, titled "HMS St Albans Longcast", includes the times and dates of operations in Iraq, Beirut, Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, the Persian Gulf and Suez.
The ship's patrols in the Middle East are codenamed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Last night, Ministry of Defence officials thanked the Mirror for returning the document.
The Navy may now be forced to change the ship's schedule.
HMS St Albans is a Type 23 Frigate, the mainstay of the Navy's modern surface fleet.
She has two missile launchers, a Sea Wolf anti-missile system, anti-submarine torpedoes, depth-charges, machine guns and decoy launchers. There is also an anti-submarine helicopter on board.
Mr Blown found the ship's timetable near a pool table in The Albany, a pub popular with sailors in Portsmouth.
Minutes earlier five men in their 30s, had been playing pool.
When Mr Blown realised the importance of his discovery he gave the document to the Mirror and we handed in to the MoD.
It was dated December 1 and was signed by GC Atkinson, Lt Cdr RN.
At the end of the two-year operational timetable, he warns: "This Longcast is classified Restricted and the information contained within it should not be divulged to anyone outside your immediate family."
The brief is a full timetable for marines and sailors for the next two years. The Mirror will not publish the exact dates and details for security reasons.
Mr Blown, said: "I was playing pool with my mates when I spotted it on view. It was on a small table.
"I wondered what it was and as I read it I couldn't believe my eyes.
"It didn't click at first. But when it did and I realised sensitive information had just been left lying around for anyone to pick up I thought 'bloody hell'.
"Whoever is responsible for losing it needs to be severely spoken to."
He went on: "A group of five men had been playing pool and drinking at the table before we played.
"It must have belonged to one of them. "They clearly had drank a few and just left it next to their empties.
"The document is clearly operational. It's frightening in this day and age of security worries that it could be left in a boozer. Anyone could have found it."
A spokesman for the Royal Navy said: "We are very grateful to the Daily Mirror.
"It is important that our families know what may be happening in the future and we provide this initial planning document as an indication.
"It is not classified but it is sensitive and we make it clear that those given copies should look after them.
"That this information has entered the public domain is disappointing.
"We will need to take this into account when we make the risk assessments for the port visits and in finalising the ship's programme over the next year. We will be reminding our people of the importance of looking after this document in the future.
"We do of course conduct a rigorous risk assessment before any port visit is finalised."
HMS St Albans was launched on the Clyde five years ago.
After a brief stay in Portsmouth in November 2000, she patrolled waters for six months around the Horn of Africa to the northern Gulf, intercepting suspect vessels in the hunt for terrorists.
HMS St Albans, which is the last of 16 Type 23 frigates built for the Navy, has taken over duties from her sister ship HMS Kent.
The vessel has one of the Navy's newest anti-submarine helicopters on board - a Merlin - to help hunt down suspicious vessels.
In 2004 HMS St Albans was deployed on Operation Oracle, patrolling the Arabian Sea looking out for terror suspects.
She is currently in dock in Portsmouth.
Student Michael Blown, 22, spotted the papers showing the movements of the frigate HMS St Albans as he played pool with his friends.
The lapse could have left British Royal Marines and sailors open to an attack similar to the suicide bombing of USS Cole in Yemen in 2000 which killed 17 sailors.
Mr Blown said: "If this had been found by a terrorist sympathiser God knows what could have happened. It's very serious. It's incredibly sloppy."
The two-page document lists every planned movement of HMS St Albans until the end of 2007.
Marked "restricted", it warns servicemen that the information must not be "divulged to anyone" outside their immediate family.
Advertisement
The document, titled "HMS St Albans Longcast", includes the times and dates of operations in Iraq, Beirut, Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, the Persian Gulf and Suez.
The ship's patrols in the Middle East are codenamed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Last night, Ministry of Defence officials thanked the Mirror for returning the document.
The Navy may now be forced to change the ship's schedule.
HMS St Albans is a Type 23 Frigate, the mainstay of the Navy's modern surface fleet.
She has two missile launchers, a Sea Wolf anti-missile system, anti-submarine torpedoes, depth-charges, machine guns and decoy launchers. There is also an anti-submarine helicopter on board.
Mr Blown found the ship's timetable near a pool table in The Albany, a pub popular with sailors in Portsmouth.
Minutes earlier five men in their 30s, had been playing pool.
When Mr Blown realised the importance of his discovery he gave the document to the Mirror and we handed in to the MoD.
It was dated December 1 and was signed by GC Atkinson, Lt Cdr RN.
At the end of the two-year operational timetable, he warns: "This Longcast is classified Restricted and the information contained within it should not be divulged to anyone outside your immediate family."
The brief is a full timetable for marines and sailors for the next two years. The Mirror will not publish the exact dates and details for security reasons.
Mr Blown, said: "I was playing pool with my mates when I spotted it on view. It was on a small table.
"I wondered what it was and as I read it I couldn't believe my eyes.
"It didn't click at first. But when it did and I realised sensitive information had just been left lying around for anyone to pick up I thought 'bloody hell'.
"Whoever is responsible for losing it needs to be severely spoken to."
He went on: "A group of five men had been playing pool and drinking at the table before we played.
"It must have belonged to one of them. "They clearly had drank a few and just left it next to their empties.
"The document is clearly operational. It's frightening in this day and age of security worries that it could be left in a boozer. Anyone could have found it."
A spokesman for the Royal Navy said: "We are very grateful to the Daily Mirror.
"It is important that our families know what may be happening in the future and we provide this initial planning document as an indication.
"It is not classified but it is sensitive and we make it clear that those given copies should look after them.
"That this information has entered the public domain is disappointing.
"We will need to take this into account when we make the risk assessments for the port visits and in finalising the ship's programme over the next year. We will be reminding our people of the importance of looking after this document in the future.
"We do of course conduct a rigorous risk assessment before any port visit is finalised."
HMS St Albans was launched on the Clyde five years ago.
After a brief stay in Portsmouth in November 2000, she patrolled waters for six months around the Horn of Africa to the northern Gulf, intercepting suspect vessels in the hunt for terrorists.
HMS St Albans, which is the last of 16 Type 23 frigates built for the Navy, has taken over duties from her sister ship HMS Kent.
The vessel has one of the Navy's newest anti-submarine helicopters on board - a Merlin - to help hunt down suspicious vessels.
In 2004 HMS St Albans was deployed on Operation Oracle, patrolling the Arabian Sea looking out for terror suspects.
She is currently in dock in Portsmouth.
Nice video Roy. That is a pretty serious lapse by the Navy there, as that article says lucky it didn't fall into the wrong hands.
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
Sea King crews refuse to fly
January 18, 2006
TWO aircrew members have refused to fly the navy's troubled Sea King helicopters because of concerns over maintenance after a disastrous crash last year, the Defence Department has admitted.
Defence said that since the Sea King accident in which nine personnel died during a relief operation after an earthquake on Nias Island, Indonesia, last April two aircrew had refused to fly the helicopters.
"Since the Sea King accident of April 2005, two Sea King aircrew have refused to fly in Sea Kings due to a loss of confidence in the maintenance of the aircraft," a Defence Department statement said.
The crew members were being "managed" by defence and have been provided with "appropriate support", the statement said.
"Navy is managing these members through its Aircrew Advisory Board regime and Medical Employment Classification (MEC) scheme, and is providing them with appropriate support and career management," it said.
It came just a month after the Australian Defence Association (ADA) called for the ageing Sea Kings to be scrapped and replaced with more modern aircraft.
ADA executive director Neil James warned in the ADA's national journal, Defender, ADF confidence in the Sea King might have reached tipping point – as it did before the Army's Nomad aircraft were withdrawn from service in 1994.
Nomad acquired a poor reputation in domestic service and abroad. Five Australian defence personnel died in two Nomad crashes.
Mr James said it was not that the Sea Kings were too old nor navy safety standards too lax.
The main problem was inadequate investment in defence capabilities by both Labor and coalition governments, he said.
"The underlying point is that the navy should have been able to retire the Sea Kings but they have had to keep them flying because they haven't been given enough money over the years for replacements," he said.
Mr James also said the fleet – which remain grounded at HMAS Albatross in Nowra where they are based – should be reduced from the current 10 to a more manageable five or six.
Opposition defence spokesman Robert McClelland said a defence board of inquiry into the Nias disaster had already uncovered Sea King maintenance issues.
"It is vital that the personnel who actually fly the Sea King helicopters have absolute confidence in the safety of the aircraft," he said in a statement.
"Any allegations that have been raised by serving personnel on matters of safety must be followed up promptly and with complete diligence."
January 18, 2006
TWO aircrew members have refused to fly the navy's troubled Sea King helicopters because of concerns over maintenance after a disastrous crash last year, the Defence Department has admitted.
Defence said that since the Sea King accident in which nine personnel died during a relief operation after an earthquake on Nias Island, Indonesia, last April two aircrew had refused to fly the helicopters.
"Since the Sea King accident of April 2005, two Sea King aircrew have refused to fly in Sea Kings due to a loss of confidence in the maintenance of the aircraft," a Defence Department statement said.
The crew members were being "managed" by defence and have been provided with "appropriate support", the statement said.
"Navy is managing these members through its Aircrew Advisory Board regime and Medical Employment Classification (MEC) scheme, and is providing them with appropriate support and career management," it said.
It came just a month after the Australian Defence Association (ADA) called for the ageing Sea Kings to be scrapped and replaced with more modern aircraft.
ADA executive director Neil James warned in the ADA's national journal, Defender, ADF confidence in the Sea King might have reached tipping point – as it did before the Army's Nomad aircraft were withdrawn from service in 1994.
Nomad acquired a poor reputation in domestic service and abroad. Five Australian defence personnel died in two Nomad crashes.
Mr James said it was not that the Sea Kings were too old nor navy safety standards too lax.
The main problem was inadequate investment in defence capabilities by both Labor and coalition governments, he said.
"The underlying point is that the navy should have been able to retire the Sea Kings but they have had to keep them flying because they haven't been given enough money over the years for replacements," he said.
Mr James also said the fleet – which remain grounded at HMAS Albatross in Nowra where they are based – should be reduced from the current 10 to a more manageable five or six.
Opposition defence spokesman Robert McClelland said a defence board of inquiry into the Nias disaster had already uncovered Sea King maintenance issues.
"It is vital that the personnel who actually fly the Sea King helicopters have absolute confidence in the safety of the aircraft," he said in a statement.
"Any allegations that have been raised by serving personnel on matters of safety must be followed up promptly and with complete diligence."
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
Now that we have the F14 one out of the way I am preparing some other materials. Meanwhile, more missiles... of the AGM variety.
Nice videos Roy, they really show the power of nowdays AGM's.
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
Yes, scary. But then they are probably manufacturers' best clips.
I liked the use of concrete warhead LGBs in Iraq... less spectacular but destructive without collateral damage.
I liked the use of concrete warhead LGBs in Iraq... less spectacular but destructive without collateral damage.
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
A UK tabloid once again demonstrates its informative unbiased, well-written reporting of a landing accident.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006020681,00.html
nice girls there too!
A £50MILLION RAF Eurofighter has crashed — just weeks before the 1,500mph super jet is due to come into service.
The Typhoon suffered "considerable" front-end damage after it nose-dived on landing.
The pilot and co-pilot escaped unhurt when the jet's front wheel failed to go down properly.
Last night Ministry of Defence insiders claimed that the Eurofighter had suffered a series of problems with its front wheel.
But official sources insisted the accident at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Monday was the first involving a wheel failure.
The Eurofighter has previously been heavily criticised for its spiralling costs and teething problems.
Britain has ordered 144 Typhoons — with the first due to come into service with the launch of a new squadron at the beginning of April.
Last night RAF top brass insisted that the accident would not delay the start-up date of the Typhoon unit — Number 3 Fighter Squadron.
An RAF spokesman said: "The damage to the aircraft is being assessed and the incident is the subject of an inquiry."
The Typhoon can fly at twice the speed of sound and above 65,000ft.
RAF chiefs insist its agility means it can "out-dogfight" any jet in the world.
Critics have said that the plane — developed by the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy — was designed for an enemy that no longer exists, the former Soviet Union.
Two new aircraft carriers ordered by the Navy are due to carry 36 Typhoons each.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006020681,00.html
nice girls there too!
A £50MILLION RAF Eurofighter has crashed — just weeks before the 1,500mph super jet is due to come into service.
The Typhoon suffered "considerable" front-end damage after it nose-dived on landing.
The pilot and co-pilot escaped unhurt when the jet's front wheel failed to go down properly.
Last night Ministry of Defence insiders claimed that the Eurofighter had suffered a series of problems with its front wheel.
But official sources insisted the accident at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Monday was the first involving a wheel failure.
The Eurofighter has previously been heavily criticised for its spiralling costs and teething problems.
Britain has ordered 144 Typhoons — with the first due to come into service with the launch of a new squadron at the beginning of April.
Last night RAF top brass insisted that the accident would not delay the start-up date of the Typhoon unit — Number 3 Fighter Squadron.
An RAF spokesman said: "The damage to the aircraft is being assessed and the incident is the subject of an inquiry."
The Typhoon can fly at twice the speed of sound and above 65,000ft.
RAF chiefs insist its agility means it can "out-dogfight" any jet in the world.
Critics have said that the plane — developed by the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy — was designed for an enemy that no longer exists, the former Soviet Union.
Two new aircraft carriers ordered by the Navy are due to carry 36 Typhoons each.
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
Here's one from the TV doc on PH. Chunky but over 10 mins.
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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
Lanc in flight
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=228987
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=228987
