RAF Jet's

[Marina]

Hello everyone,

Just curious to know
Do RAF pilots train on those american F-15s, F-16s, F14 Tomcats, stealths etc as well, or do they just stick their own British fighter planes ?

P.S
Those U2 spy planes...... if Bono or The Edge were in them, no wonder the Iraqis panicked !

[RobT]

why would they need training in the american ones?

[Topper]

Yeah, Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell was actually a Royal Navy exchange officer seconded to Tomcats, along with Algie 'Wolfman' and Ginger 'Iceman.'

[Marina]

Thanks Topper !

Since the US and the British do joint excercises, I was wondering about whether they did it with their respective Airforce.
Are these the same 'Maverick', 'Wolfman', 'Ginger' who sometimes frequent this Forum ?

[Tab]

Well that means that plane [Canberra] is the longest serving aircraft in the Airforce as it must have been in service for over 50 years.

[ExCrabMate]

Tab,
About right, though there are still some older still on the official books at the BoB Flight, such as Chipmunk, Dakota, Lanc, Spit & Hurri.

Cans can get in when then sputniks are predicable, and if needed, can drop under cloud cover to get the pix. Very handy. If needed, U-2 can't drop quick ' cos of the big floaty wing.

Old age and treachery will beat youth and technology every time.

[Tab]

The other aircraft you mentioned are not operational aircraft but the Canberra bless it then is still earning it's living, now talk about flogging a dead horse though. It must be it's range that keeps it going.

[harry hackedoff]

Salem Marina
RAF don`t train on the American aircraft you mentioned. However, there is an exchange programme, whereby crabs get to drive them.
De Haviland Pit Swamper, four-engineged bi-plane with open mid-upper. Now that was an aircraft
"Roger Algy, Biggles has just dropped his load"
Aye,

[Marina]

Walaikum-as-salam Harry,

I missed you all.
I am just browsing around and catching up on anything important I missed.

Cheers !

[Tab]

Did any one see Geof Hoon on Monday talking about the New Typhoon.
He was asked if it could be coverted to used on the new carriers if they were ever built. The reply was a very qiuck NO, as they could not be coverted for carrier work. Now with cannon ports filled with concrete as the guns on the British version have been removed, so concrete has had to be added to balance the plane. With out this concrete in the gun ports the computerized programme would be usless and they would have to write a new programme for the the British version or dam thing could not fly. Now just is this plane going to do except be well polished along side the runway or making an appearence at airshows

[ExCrabMate]

Ark operated Buccs and Phantoms (and Gannets & Sea Queens).

[RobT]

Bring back the Vulcan i say!