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23rd May 2013, 08:02

Riaino replied to a thread Your Favorite Hornet/Super Hornet pics. in Modern Military Aviation

I can't seem to get my favourite Hornet picture in, I don't know why.

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17th May 2013, 20:58

Riaino replied to a thread Australian defence cuts short lived.... in Modern Military Aviation

I know, I just plucked the dole from the list of thing the government spends money on as an example of what might be cut.

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17th May 2013, 13:39

Riaino replied to a thread Australian defence cuts short lived.... in Modern Military Aviation

I'll have a look at the Growlers on Monday. Yes, Defence costs money and if we want to do the good stuff we have to back off on the dole payments...

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17th May 2013, 08:14

Riaino replied to a thread Australian defence cuts short lived.... in Modern Military Aviation

We already own the Growler airframes, they're the 12 we bought pre-wired to accept the Growler EW fit. As for submarines, they're a pressure...

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17th May 2013, 06:02

Riaino replied to a thread Attrition and activity in Modern Military Aviation

I think the technology of fast jets has become inherently less prone to the sort of crashes that terrorized air forces in the 50s and 60s. Things...

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14th May 2013, 08:07

Riaino replied to a thread Your Favorite WVR Aircraft. in Modern Military Aviation

http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/albums/Meteor-A77-15/Meteor_A77_15_001.jpg The old meatywhore; broke even with the much better Mig15 in...

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10th May 2013, 21:47

Riaino replied to a thread Great Navy fighter in Naval Aviation

That list of survivors alone makes the figure of 88% wrong since there are over 200 hundred survivors on there rather than less than 150 that this...

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10th May 2013, 14:15

Riaino replied to a thread Great Navy fighter in Naval Aviation

The Phantom could have operated from the Eagle, and her rebuild would have taken her to the early/mid 80s, but this was not taken up; due to...

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9th May 2013, 08:36

Riaino replied to a thread Great Navy fighter in Naval Aviation

I don't think Crusaders would have saved the RN's bigger carriers, common sense was entirely absent and stupid politics was rampant in that array of...

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8th May 2013, 20:21

Riaino replied to a thread Great Navy fighter in Naval Aviation

I don't think it was cost in a small way, ie the cost of individual ships or planes, but cost in a big way, ie the overall cost of defence that...

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8th May 2013, 08:15

Riaino replied to a thread Great Navy fighter in Naval Aviation

How would the 2 seat Crusader be better than the Phantom for the RN, other than having guns and better turning performance? It would be slower,...

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7th May 2013, 20:22

Riaino replied to a thread Great Navy fighter in Naval Aviation

However in the missile age shooting down migs has been one of the rarest missions a fighter pilot will undertake and most fighter losses have been to...

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6th May 2013, 21:05

Riaino replied to a thread Naval pilot first Brit in US Top Guns in Naval Aviation

I read about Dick Lord and Top Gun recently, would that have been in 'Phoenix Squadron' by Rowland White? It does make sense for the FAA pilots to...

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6th May 2013, 10:16

Riaino replied to a thread Great Navy fighter in Naval Aviation

Was the reason for only carrying 4 bombs (rather than the full 6) on the MER a clearance thing with the fuselage? I've seen photos of A7s doing the...

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6th May 2013, 10:03

Riaino replied to a thread Naval pilot first Brit in US Top Guns in Naval Aviation

Up until 2010 or so RN-FAA pilots wouldn't have needed to go to Top Gun, they would just have done the British QWI course. IIRC there were several...

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27th April 2013, 03:43

Riaino replied to a thread The father of all forth gen aircraft in Naval Aviation

It is a cool unit no doubt, and massive, they take up acres of flight deck space.

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26th April 2013, 22:19

Riaino replied to a thread The father of all forth gen aircraft in Naval Aviation

For me the only thing 'wrong' with the Vigilante was that rearward ejecting weapons tunnel, it made the plane a one trick pony just at the time when...

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26th April 2013, 21:14

Riaino replied to a thread Grumman Trackers and Traders in Modern Military Aviation

That's better, what is the fuel load of a TTT, is it considerably better than a Skyhawk with a buddy tank?

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26th April 2013, 14:01

Riaino replied to a thread Weapons systems air to air victories. in Modern Military Aviation

Missiles get a bad rap because of their early limitations, but the drastic limitations of guns such as a range of less than 1000 yards are ignored. I...

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26th April 2013, 02:20

Riaino replied to a thread Grumman Trackers and Traders in Modern Military Aviation

KC 130 has a cruise speed of 300 knots+, which is a much more comfortable speed for fast jets when refuelling than the 130 knot cruise speed of a...

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25th April 2013, 23:45

Riaino replied to a thread Grumman Trackers and Traders in Modern Military Aviation

Is the Turbo-Trader fast enough for inflight refuelling? I think trying to manoeuvre around the back of a Turbo-Trader Tanker to get the probe into...

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25th April 2013, 22:49

Riaino replied to a thread Weapons systems air to air victories. in Modern Military Aviation

Off-board sensors such as radars, elint is just as useful for heads-up day-fighters as heads-down all-weather fighters' The difference is in how the...

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25th April 2013, 04:18

Riaino replied to a thread Weapons systems air to air victories. in Modern Military Aviation

I'm reading John Boyd's biography and he's obsessed with gun-fighting and manoeuvrability as late as 1971. It strikes me as extremely limiting to...

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24th April 2013, 09:07

Riaino replied to a thread Weapons systems air to air victories. in Modern Military Aviation

Sharkey Ward did use it to good effect on a number of occasion, particularly shooting down the Hercules. Despite it's limitations it was what the FAA...

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24th April 2013, 07:49

Riaino started a thread Weapons systems air to air victories. in Modern Military Aviation

From what I can gather even in the age of airborne radar and air to air missiles air to air victories not involving a lot of Mk 1 eyeball were quite...

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