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@Victor-Meldrew said in Planes:
@Machpants said in Planes:
@Paekakboyz F15Es are the shit. During TLP (best multi-national air training there is) we had a pair with us on the course. They'd take off first, self sweep (A2A), drop the most ordnance (along with the Tornado GR), then self escort out and land last. We had better SA with our data link, and the best heat seeker in the world with ASRAAM - but yeah awesome machines.
We often see RAF Hawk trainers doing low level stuff around our area. Think they are from RAF Culdrose.
Once in a while they get chased by USAF F15's as part of the training - which is seriously awesome.
If they're from Culdrose, and that's RNAS (Royal Naval Air Station) Culdrose ;), they'll be FRADU (Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Unit) Hawks - flown by old retired buggers and a few youngsters getting extra hours in training. Busy place Culdrose, I did a few years there, on and off - my wife is Cornish and family is mostly there too, whereabouts are you?
Oh they're not FRADU anymore, in the current MoD desperation to say 'we've got a lot of squadrons', they are now 736 NAS. All the small flying units such as RAF Flying Training Schools, or Ooperational Evaluation Units have been given Squadron plates so it looks better for PR
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@Machpants said in Planes:
my wife is Cornish and family is mostly there too, whereabouts are you?
Live nr Looe. Once saw 2 x F15's flying quite low along the valley which runs between Liskeard & Bodmin. Pretty cool thing to catch.
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@Machpants said in Planes:
@antipodean said in Planes:
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I've got that one in my log book
In fact, just checking, my first flight in that (sept twenty years ago fuck I'm old) was a basic maneuvre trip and it broke down
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@antipodean lucky I missed that. Rolling slow right now