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JayBee

#2460
February 07, 2013, 05:37:42 AM
Quote from: Rheged on February 07, 2013, 04:07:54 AM
the Navy crews are tea drinkers ;     Earl Grey with  lemon if available.

Class will always tell  :rolleyes:
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They are just physical manifestations of collisions between enigma & conundrum particles.

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kitnut617

#2461
February 07, 2013, 05:51:41 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 07, 2013, 03:53:59 AM
In passing, do those side cheek thingies have any connection with the IDF Phalcon pods on their 707s? They look very similar.....

I think I was told they're side looking radar Kit, now all I need is some decal company to come out with a 1/72 RAF sheet for it, I've got the kit already --
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Logan Hartke

#2462
February 07, 2013, 06:28:27 AM
I've been seeing the P-8 Poseidon over Jacksonville a LOT more often.  Saw a couple of them trundling around the sky yesterday.  That's not a spotters opportunity many have.

Cheers,

Logan

PR19_Kit

#2463
February 07, 2013, 07:49:18 AM
Quote from: kitnut617 on February 07, 2013, 05:51:41 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 07, 2013, 03:53:59 AM
In passing, do those side cheek thingies have any connection with the IDF Phalcon pods on their 707s? They look very similar.....

I think I was told they're side looking radar Kit, now all I need is some decal company to come out with a 1/72 RAF sheet for it, I've got the kit already --

So are the Phalcon pods, makes me wonder if they were some sort of quid pro quo deal for many of the IDF aircraft?

Oddly enough I found I have one of those RC-135s in The loft too! Mine has TF-33 engines but I have a CFM-56 set somewhere too. Can't remember buying the darn thing....
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Knightflyer

#2464
February 07, 2013, 08:58:34 AM
Not over my house exactly ...

Yesterday on the train home an Airbus Beluga climbing Northwards out of Birmingham (UK!) Airport passed overhead. Not sure what it was doing at Birmingham?
Oh to be whiffing again :-(

lancer

#2465
February 07, 2013, 12:58:51 PM
Quote from: Knightflyer on February 07, 2013, 08:58:34 AM
Not over my house exactly ...

Yesterday on the train home an Airbus Beluga climbing Northwards out of Birmingham (UK!) Airport passed overhead. Not sure what it was doing at Birmingham?

Stopping to ask for directions???
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PR19_Kit

#2466
February 07, 2013, 01:13:55 PM
Possibly because it found out they'd closed Filton and couldn't land there?  ;)
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

lancer

#2467
February 07, 2013, 01:23:03 PM
Quote from: JayBee on February 07, 2013, 05:37:42 AM
Quote from: Rheged on February 07, 2013, 04:07:54 AM
the Navy crews are tea drinkers ;     Earl Grey with  lemon if available.

Class will always tell  :rolleyes:

Senior Service dont'cha know....
If you love, love without reservation; If you fight, fight without fear - THAT is the way of the warrior

If you go into battle knowing you will die, then you will live. If you go into battle hoping to live, then you will die

Cliffy B

#2468
February 07, 2013, 01:29:11 PM
Couldn't see anything thanks the overcast (the kind that screams snooooow) but I could certainly hear the buzzing of Bugs ALL day.  Love it when all you hear is a half second roar because they turned  ;D
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Nick

#2469
February 08, 2013, 08:32:47 AM
Quote from: Knightflyer on February 07, 2013, 08:58:34 AM
Not over my house exactly ...

Yesterday on the train home an Airbus Beluga climbing Northwards out of Birmingham (UK!) Airport passed overhead. Not sure what it was doing at Birmingham?

Normally Airbus send the wings from France to the UK (or is it the other way round?) by barge. Unfortunately said barge had a little mishap in the Atlantic and got grounded. Oops!
I think they've gone back to air delivery while the boat gets repaired.

Cliffy B

#2470
February 08, 2013, 09:12:28 AM
Thanks to our wonderful government the USN had to shuffle around its CVBG deployments at the last minute sending CVN-69 instead of CVN-75 2 days before 75 was due to leave...   Her air wing expressed their frustration and anger last night with a 5 hour display of maneuvers over the Hampton Roads area.  The heavy overcast hide them from sight but the roar of so many engines could not be masked.  What an enjoyable evening  :mellow:
"Helos don't fly.  They vibrate so violently that the ground rejects them."
-Tom Clancy

"Radial's Growl, Inline's Purr, Jet's Suck!"
-Anonymous

"If all else fails, call in an air strike."
-Anonymous

Captain Canada

#2471
February 08, 2013, 09:54:44 AM
Nice one Cliffy ! That would be awesome.....
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PR19_Kit

#2472
February 08, 2013, 10:49:26 AM
Quote from: Nick on February 08, 2013, 08:32:47 AM
Normally Airbus send the wings from France to the UK (or is it the other way round?) by barge. Unfortunately said barge had a little mishap in the Atlantic and got grounded. Oops!
I think they've gone back to air delivery while the boat gets repaired.

All Airbus wings are built in UK, AFAIK the smaller ones at Filton which are usually trucked out, but in BIG trucks, and the larger ones at Hawarden, which usually go via the barge route.

I've seen Belugas at both sites in the past, the Filton bound ones looking like Zeppelins on their approach from my front door step some 15-20 miles away!
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Martin H

#2473
February 08, 2013, 01:59:35 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 07, 2013, 07:49:18 AM
Quote from: kitnut617 on February 07, 2013, 05:51:41 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 07, 2013, 03:53:59 AM
In passing, do those side cheek thingies have any connection with the IDF Phalcon pods on their 707s? They look very similar.....

I think I was told they're side looking radar Kit, now all I need is some decal company to come out with a 1/72 RAF sheet for it, I've got the kit already --

So are the Phalcon pods, makes me wonder if they were some sort of quid pro quo deal for many of the IDF aircraft?

Oddly enough I found I have one of those RC-135s in The loft too! Mine has TF-33 engines but I have a CFM-56 set somewhere too. Can't remember buying the darn thing....

The rivet joint side cheeks predate the Phalcon cheeks by quite a margin. And you should remember having a Rivet joint in your stash...you had two, the 2nd was sold to me!
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PR19_Kit

#2474
February 08, 2013, 03:09:25 PM
Quote from: Martin H on February 08, 2013, 01:59:35 PM
The rivet joint side cheeks predate the Phalcon cheeks by quite a margin. And you should remember having a Rivet joint in your stash...you had two, the 2nd was sold to me!

Gotcha, thanks. Just an idea I had after doing some work in Tel Aviv a long time ago..........  ;)

And you're right, I DID have two of them now that you mention it. The question is, why?  :lol:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit
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