RE: The Tactic Called "scrambling"

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RE: Eads Considers Lawsuit To Block Canada C-17 Buy

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RE: Cost Of Building A Runway?

It all depends on what PCN number you require. That gives you what sort of ground preperation you need, given the conditions on site. What kind of soil is it? Sand, gravel, peet bog etc. Bulding a runway on allmost even ground made up of mostly sandy earth in a hot climate is cheap. Building the sam...

RE: C-130- Extra Gizmos & Doodads

It's the latter <acronym title="Ansett Australia">AN</acronym>/AAQ-24 Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/0881913/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/0881913/M/" target="_blank"...

USAF Seeks Info On Subsidies From Tanker Bidders

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RE: C5 Crashes At Dover AFB

Location of crash: http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=39.11...82&lon=-75.443777&z=15.4&r=0&src=0

RE: Another Usaf New Tanker Thread.....

RE: Rnlaf Training In Tucson: Which Base?

All the EPAF countries send pilots to AZ ANG for conversion traning on the F-16.
Only Tactical Qualifying Programme is done at 'home'.

RE: F/A-18E For Bulgaria?

F-18E => Waaaaaaaaay to expensive!

  

RE: A-6 Crash Video

If I'm not mistaken, it happened in Vestfjorden, off the cost of Norway in the mid eighties. (Major Nato ex.)

RE: Gripen For Denmark -- The Future Has Arrived

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RE: Saab J-350E "Draken" For Sell

Is the Scandinavian Historic Flight TF-35 not airworthy???????

RE: Luftwaffe - Get An Aerobatics Team!

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RE: Does F-18 Take Off With Speedbrake Extended?

The F-18 is on "autopilot" until it leaves the deck correct??? Hands off until you have positive rate of climb or something?

RE: "no Atc Speed Restriction Applies" - Question

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RE: Fixed Wing Aircraft In The US Army?

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RE: How Capable Is Tornado In A "knife Fight"?

Accordig to some F-16 jocks I know, it's crap once you get to a turning fight. It's not even all that great BVR, since the AIM120 integration is not 100%. I even picked up on a nice bit of info in a flight safety report involving an F-16. It went something like this: "After DACT with 2 RAF Tornados ...

RE: Best Tanker Option For Usaf?

Kill me now! Please........

RE: Best Non-fiction Mil Aviation Books?

"100 missions north" by Ken Bell
"Tornado Down" by Nichols and PEters

Are both good.

"Sea Harrier over the Falklands" by 'Sharkey' Ward is the best by far.

RE: Atis Systems? What Version Of OS?

I do work in Norway, and equipment need to meet EASA/Eurocontrol. requirements, which is pretty much the same as the FAA ones when in comes to stability etc. Actually, older/curent non-COTS systems that are supposed to have much greater stability/reliablity, that I have worked with are much less sta...

RE: Atis Systems? What Version Of OS?

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RE: Tail Hooks On All Military Jets?

I guess it's all about weight. No need to fit a navy style hook on a fighter that will most probably never hit the barrier in any case. The F-4 hook is massive, so I guess the F-14 is not a lightweight eighter.

RE: Tail Hooks On All Military Jets?

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RE: What Is Moderate/severe Turbulence?

I was working TWR last winter, when a 737 stalled on the ILS due to severe turbulence, twice! They lost about 6-700ft both times, not good given that terrain under the ILS <acronym title="Airfoyle (United Kingdom) and Grant Aviation (USA)">GS</acronym> is acutally allmost that close in some places. ...

RE: Transponder To SBY Or On While On Ground.

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RE: Mode C, And Altitude Controller See On Scope

Hehe.... And not sure what you mean about NAK, Norwegian Aero Club. If it's NAC you mean (Nowegian Aviation College), they use icao short <acronym title="Tenerife Norte - Los Rodeos (TFN / GCXO), Spain">TFN</acronym>, voice callsign "Spirit". All callsigns are linked to the instructor or student pil...

RE: Transponder To SBY Or On While On Ground.

Generally: STBY!!!!! Picture this: I'm working approach control, and there are some aircraft in the traffic curcuit doing TGL. All on mode C. Then 4-5 other aircraft taxi out, and 6 fighters crank up on the line all with mode C on. Can you imagine the clutter directly over the airfield on my scope n...

RE: Mode C, And Altitude Controller See On Scope

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RE: 108th Refueling Wing Moving

If precedence is anything to go by they will not use the Airforce one! On other bases where the navy/usmc are tennants, they have their own tailcodes.   

RE: Runway Question?

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RE: EH-101 Problems

The S-92 (civ) in service with Norsk and <acronym title="Christchurch - International (CHC / NZCH), New Zealand">CHC</acronym> have been grounded several times due to vibration damper problems, MGB oil pressure loss among other things. Things are not too rosy for Sikorsky eighter! 2 RAF HC3s deploye...

RE: Best Headset Under $300

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RE: Usaf Officials Now To Favour Tanker/Freighter

Kille me now, please no more A vs B tanker topics!!!!!  <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/hissyfit.gif" alt="hissyfit" border=0>  It's been debated over and over again, nothing new will arise from this!  <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/white.gif" alt="white" border=0>&nb...

RE: CIA Banned From Danish Air Space

Fact 1: The US (And other nations) have turned prisoners over to Egypt, Yemen and Pakistan Fact 2: The before mentioned countries have, and still do torture prisoners Somehow I don't think any "..oh no, we won't torture Mr. Terrorist suspect if you turn him over to us....." assurances last beyond th...

RE: Swedish Tanker Trials

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RE: Swedish Tanker Trials

The reason for the SwAF to get a tanker is not that they need a tanker for operations themselfs. It's only for pilot training and occational deployments. They wil not spend money on a large expensive tanker. And btw, the trials have begun. No contacts yet I belive though.<br><br>[Edited 2005-09-03 1...

RE: Refueling: Always Straight And Level?

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RE: Callsign Abbreviation

SAS does not use Scandi any more! They use "Scandinavian", the only ones that use "Scandi" are some old farts in the front that have a hard time adjusting back when they get stressed!!! <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big grin"> SAS&Braathens use the callsign "Scannor"...

RE: Usaf Paint

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RE: MiG-21 Name

Lancer is the name given to Romanian 21s that have recived the lancer upgrade. (Elbit-Aerostar, upgrade of basically everything; nav, coms and weapons systems)

RE: C-17 Mishap In Afghanistan

A buddy diverted into Bagram as pax on a civ An-12 earlier this year, and the runway was one big construction site. Half the with was beeing resurfaced at the time, or something along those lines. Go to maps.google.com and enter 34 56.4258N 069 15.5260E in the search field, choose sattelite. No date...

RE: Eurofighter Takes Out 2 F-15E's In Mock Dogfight

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RE: Blackburn Buccaneer: Why Was It So Popular.

US F-15 pilots could not even track Bucs during Redflag the first few times, they only way to track them, was to lock for the dust they kicked up........

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I belive the Buc is the fastest ever stike ac in the low level bracket, with warload.

RE: Bush To Ask Eads For Aircraft Plant (Jeb)

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RE: ATC Questions About Connecting Flts, Etc?

ATC*ISS is the name Terma have given their information system. <a href="http://www.terma.com/" target="_blank">http://www.terma.com/</a> (Click Air Traffic Management, then ATC*ISS) VDF= VHF direction finder UDF= <acronym title="Upper Heyford (UHF / EGUA) (closed), United Kingdom">UHF</acronym> dire...

RE: ATC Questions About Connecting Flts, Etc?

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RE: Spain�s Government Selects The NH 90 Helicopter Fo

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RE: Spain’s Government Selects The NH 90 Helicopter Fo

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RE: Bill Shields Boeing Tanker

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RE: Military Accuses Pilot Of Reckless Flying

This span have 1 F-104 and 1 Tornado on it's concience. <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/M609/Div/Wire.jpg" width="600" height="564" border=0> It was marked like this back then too, but pilots make mistakes, and if they (in general, in this kind of situation) where reckless is eighte...