steve66 3,602 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Sounds like the vulcans up at 10.30 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 how they cant save these british icons is beyond belief.Now theres a plane as well the mozy wow but got to be one of my favourite modern planes with the typhoon is the A10 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,832 Posted October 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) Tornado for me, flying low and fast. A plane designed for high risk missions, playing right into the strengths of the RAF pilots. For the last 30-40 years when a NATO force has needed recon or something bombing deep into enemy territory with strong air defences, they have looked to the RAF and the Tonka. Be another sad day when that fleet is finally retired. Edited October 13, 2015 by Born Hunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flipper_Al 1,012 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Have a look on youtube for mach loop, the cockpit footage from the Typhoon is mental 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) Tornado for me, flying low and fast. A plane designed for high risk missions, playing right into the strengths of the RAF pilots. For the last 30-40 years when a NATO force has needed recon or something bombing deep into enemy territory with strong air defences, they have looked to the RAF and the Tonka. Be another sad day when that fleet is finally retired. what was the latest model/upgrade of the tornado ? when they due to retire any idea mate? they seem to be around a long time to me for some reason I think of them as bit old, that's not say I don't think they served the RAF well and the pilots seem to love them. It seems they are finally ironing out the f35 problems out maybe we will get a plane to match them big tubs just a shame they didn't put arrester wires on I think EDIT just seen you put last 30/40 years lol Edited October 13, 2015 by staffs riffraff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,832 Posted October 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Tornado for me, flying low and fast. A plane designed for high risk missions, playing right into the strengths of the RAF pilots. For the last 30-40 years when a NATO force has needed recon or something bombing deep into enemy territory with strong air defences, they have looked to the RAF and the Tonka. Be another sad day when that fleet is finally retired. what was the latest model/upgrade of the tornado ? when they due to retire any idea mate? they seem to be around a long time to me for some reason I think of them as bit old, that's not say I don't think they served the RAF well and the pilots seem to love them. It seems they are finally ironing out the f35 problems out maybe we will get a plane to match them big tubs just a shame they didn't put arrester wires on I think EDIT just seen you put last 30/40 years lol I'm not sure but they are equipping the Typhoon to fulfil the same role that the Tornado does now, once the F-35 is operational they'll phase it out completely. It was under consideration before, but the Harrier got the bullet instead. The Tornado is old, lol, but it performs and still does. It's a cold war era plane designed to penetrate deep into heavily defended territory, I just love the 'attitude' that that carries, ballsy as f**k. It will be cool seeing the F-35 JSF, it offers a new dimension to the RAF and RN being stealth and finally we'll have a proper carrier battle group. That shape is becoming quite recognisable now as the 5th gen shape. The yanks have the Raptor and the JSF, the Russians have the Su PAK and the Chinks have just copied the yanks JSF. I'm sure it'll piss all over the Tornado as a multirole jet, but there's still something very admirable about the gutsy style the Tornado was designed for and how hard it has worked for this country. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,602 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Taken this morning 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,602 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 sad to see them in this state Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,602 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Ment to post this pic as well 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 anyone interested in a bit of recentish info on the f35 ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtZNBkKdO5U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHlp7tJrxY 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 The Harrier Jump Jet was my second favourite airfix kit as a kid. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 The Harrier Jump Jet was my second favourite airfix kit as a kid. another awesome bit of British engineering the airfix 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Tornado for me, flying low and fast. A plane designed for high risk missions, playing right into the strengths of the RAF pilots. For the last 30-40 years when a NATO force has needed recon or something bombing deep into enemy territory with strong air defences, they have looked to the RAF and the Tonka. Be another sad day when that fleet is finally retired. blue circle airways Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Seeker 3,048 Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 The Harrier Jump Jet was my second favourite airfix kit as a kid. Modern warfare aircraft for a pure out and out fighter, the English Electric Lightning for me 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 The Harrier Jump Jet was my second favourite airfix kit as a kid. Modern warfare aircraft for a pure out and out fighter, the English Electric Lightning for meGreat choice, but it was a point defence interceptor rather than a fighter. Built with the single purpose of getting up and at the big bombers as soon as possible and so by design was extremely limited in any other role by its fuel capacity. Loved that plane, seen them at the airshow as a kid and all. Still holds a few records to this very day. For me it represented the pinnacle of British air power from a time when we used to lead the world in design, manufacturing and tech. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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