shep854 Posted June 5, 2015 Posted June 5, 2015 This thread seems to be the best place for this documentary on the carrier Ark Royal (91). It centers on the search for the wreckage, but goes into the high points of her history (though lacking the detail we would appreciate--it's mainly a human interest story with five former crewmembers on the expedition). There is an enlightening discussion of the details of her sinking.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5ibRR0h7Yo
zaarin7 Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Spit Mk XIV or XVI? BoB Memorial flight or privately owned?
MiloMorai Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Spit Mk XIV or XVI? BoB Memorial flight or privately owned? Merlin powered > note scoop just behind starboard exhaust. MK356 - Mk.IX Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, UK. http://www.military-airshows.co.uk/spitaw.htm
Adam_S Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 ...which would probably have a bad day if it ran into this...
shep854 Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Talk about role reversals! As for the Brits helping out the needy Yanks:And:
shep854 Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Vickers Valiant video. Jazz accompaniment, no dialog. Still, the footage is very good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK4Fymhm-kU
zaarin7 Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 That Spit had to be going all out and the Typhoon just above stall speed lol.
BansheeOne Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Well, they are British and were airborne. Red Devil saved by team-mate after parachute fails in mid-air drama Member of Red Devils parachute team rescues team-mate after parachute fails to open properly during Whitehaven Air Show display By Patrick Sawer, Senior reporter, video source ITN 8:08AM BST 20 Jun 2015 A Red Devil parachutist was caught in mid-air and brought to safety by a team-mate after his chute failed to open properly during an air show. The British Army freefall parachute display team was performing at the Whitehaven Air Show, on the Cumbrian coast, last night when the device failed to open. The parachutist was too close to the ground to deploy his emergency second parachute. Thousands of anxious onlookers saw the stricken parachutist "violently kicking" and tangled up in his parachute during the show on Friday. Footage and pictures of the lucky escape circulating on social media showed the soldier coming down attached to a team-mate with a working parachute before landing in the water. An Army spokesman said it was the first time a parachute has failed in 25 years. A message was later posted on the show’s Facebook page, saying: “We can confirm that the Red Devil parachutists are both safe and sound. For the first time in 25 years they had a parachute fail. “One team member caught his team-mate and brought him into Queens Dock. Our safety procedures worked perfectly and a huge thank you to Whitehaven Marina for getting them out of the water so quickly. The two team members are both fine.” [...] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11688167/Red-Devil-saved-by-team-mate-after-parachute-fails-in-mid-air-drama.html
zaarin7 Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 I imagine no pints were bought by him that nite in the pub and well earned.
DB Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Apparently beer is owed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-33211876
shep854 Posted June 26, 2015 Posted June 26, 2015 The Queen Elizabeth thread apparently drifted off the page and into the aether, so I'll post this optimistic video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=579&v=A84WcrypFX0
JasonJ Posted June 28, 2015 Posted June 28, 2015 Neat image. It reminded me of Asuka's final fight in Evangelion
JasonJ Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Is that a French flanker? Acting as an aggressor in training maybe?
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