LetLetLet ~ Warplanes
Let Let Let - Warplanes => Combat Warplanes => Topic started by: mfg495 on June 12, 2007, 09:48:29 PM
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A couple of shots of RAF Tornado F3's
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Nice shots friend :-wave
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Beauty images and specially like this sample with anniversary details ;)
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Another shot, this time a GR4 from 13 Sqn RAF Marham
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The best image of Tornado I have ever seen!!!! :)
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Thanks mate, it's from a fire-power demo.
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Another F3 on Combat Air Patrol (CAP) in the Gulf 1990
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Very good image ;) I have get it at that time from one officer from White Hall. Crown Copyright image :))
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Tornado photo named GR4 its fantastic a real beauty
Nº1 with the above photo as subject I think you could do a really good profile made out with oil paints :-ok
just an idea ;)
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Maybe one day ;)
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Some more images from the RAF Air Power Demo
Keep your heads down
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wow :-eek :-obey
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Ooopss- really low!! During the war against my country in 1999 trio of this airplanes flew over me.
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Images could be used as backdrops for others :-think
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More details please?
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Well I was looking at using the fireball has some form of overlay or background on another image. It post post an example soon. :-think
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Here are shots sent to me by friend serving in the Falkland Islands.
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Greetings to your friend :-clap :-ok What unit is this?
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nice photo. thx mate.... :-ok
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Greetings to your friend :-clap :-ok What unit is this?
The Unit is No. 1435 Flight, some background on the Flight:
While the UK officially does not foresee any threat to the Falkland Islands, it maintains significant military forces as a deterrent against any aggressor. (Argentina is the only other country to claim ownership of the Islands.) These forces also protect South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The Royal Air Force contribution to this deterrent is based at RAF Mount Pleasant, the primary component of which is No. 1435 Flight, with its four Tornado F3s providing air defence. The aircraft are permanently based in the islands, while the aircrew from the UK are cycled through 1435 flight, with the only limitation being the necessary weather flying qualifications. While there they provide a 365 day, 24 hour alert.
1435 Flight was formed in Malta on 4 December 1941, its status raised to No. 1435 Squadron in 1942, becoming the only RAF squadron to be given a four figure number. The squadron flew Spitfires, and was disbanded in May 1945. In 1988, when 23 Sqn converted to the Tornado, 1435 Flight was revived, equipped with four Phantoms. These were replaced by four Tornados when the Phantom was retired in 1992.
The Flight has maintained its Maltese connections, with its aircraft sporting the Maltese cross. The practice of naming the four-aircraft presence on the islands has also been maintained: they are called Faith, Hope and Charity, after the three Gloster Gladiators that defended Malta, and Desperation. Desperation was added to the three traditional names when Phantom FGR2s entered service in the Falklands and the flight was revived in 1988. Faith, Hope and Charity fly operationally, with Desperation appropriately in reserve. On their retirement in 1992, one of the Phantoms was placed as the gate guardian at Mount Pleasant.
1435 Flight will receive the Eurofighter Typhoon by the end of 2007.
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nice photos and interesting info Mick :-clap :-ok :-wave
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Great images !! :-obey
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Excellent info and images :-clap Just one detail- now we can upload six images per message ;)
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This is for the reconnaissance people among us :-cool
See the Recce pod under its belly.
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Sehr gutt Wingman81 :-wave
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Great shot of a Tornado from Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 51 "Immelmann".
The German airforce has one wing of TacRecce Tornados. Within the wing are 46 Recce Tornado's that can be fitted with two different types of pods.
1 - Recce Pod (top image) This is fitted with three types of sensors.
2 - Telelens Pod. Like above it is fitted with three camera positions. The front section of the recce pod is modified and its external structure extended to accommodate a telelens camera with a long focal length.
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The RAF have to types of reconnaissance pod,
Reconnaissance Airborne Pod for Tornado, RAPTOR, which is built by BF Goodrich Aerospace, is a new stand-off electro-optical and infrared (IR), long-range oblique-photography pod fitted to the Tornado GR4. The images received by the pod can be transmitted via a real-time data-link system to image analysts at a ground station, or can be displayed in the cockpit during flight. The imagery can also be recorded for post-flight analysis.
Top two images
and theThe Digital Joint Reconnaissance Pod (DJRP) which is mounted on the centre-line pylon of the Harrier GR7/GR9 and the Tornado GR4 aircraft. The DJRP contains various electronically-scanned sensors, a number of electro-optical camera options and an Infrared Line Scanner (IRLS).
bottom image.
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Very good close ups and cutaway :-obey Is this pod standard NATO equipment and how many units are made?
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The DJRP can be fitted to any GR4 Tornado or any GR7/GR9 Harrier.
RAPTOR can only be fitted to Tornado and is being used by II(AC)Squadron based at RAF Marham.
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Very interesting. Thanks for your expertise mfg495. Wing 51 "Immelmann" is the only recce unit in German air force. Early this year 33 recce pods were available. Since two years Immelmann are also responsible for naval air combat. Due to restructuring navy is no longer operating recce tornados. As member of NATO Tiger Association they participate in regular NATO Tiger Meetings. http://www.natotigers.org/NTM07/index.php . This years meeting is hosted in Norway and is running until tomorrow. I hope they will put some more pictures online tomorrow.
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Lovely :)
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http://flickr.com/photos/johnsen/page2/
And a bunch more :-cool
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Tiger pattern on A-7 is nice :-clap
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Great link Wingman81, also excellent image, looks like a 'Tiger Meet' shot
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Great link Wingman81, also excellent image, looks like a 'Tiger Meet' shot
Your are right..see the page before :-cool
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#1 Tornado preparing before flight @ Holloman Air Force Base
#2 at airfiled Holloman AFB
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#1 Over New Mexico
#2 Recce Tornado starts
#3 Lt.Flenders (first woman pilot in German Air Force)
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Great images Wingman81 :-ok
I found this on the web about RAF female fast jet pilots.
Nearly a third of the female pilots who have qualified to fly RAF jets since 1990 have left before their contracts were up.
Their departure is thought to represent a loss of training that cost the taxpayer nearly £100m at today's prices.
In 14 years, 70 women have won their wings. But 19 have left prematurely - including one who won a six figure payout at an industrial tribunal which heard the culture of her squadron was "macho, male and almost tribal".
Flt Lt Salter – now a lecturer in business studies - claims the sexist attitudes of her male comrades was obvious from her first day on a fighter squadron.
She said: "I did have one navigator who came up to me and said 'We're going to make sure we get rid of you from this squadron'. I don't believe there's such a thing as a man's job or a woman's job but the RAF has traditionally been a man's world."
Flt Lt Salter quit after completing her first tour on Tornado GR1 strike jets, eventually becoming a pairs leader – a senior role on any squadron.
But she says when she tried to return to work after having her first baby at the age of 30 she was not offered a job that reflected her skills or experience.
It's sad in this day and age that they look at the sex of the person doing the job and not if that person can do the task right.
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It is leading us now maybe off topic but is very interesting. In Germany it was only possible to have women in the Bundeswehr since 1. Januar 2001. It then took a few years to change structures and now we see the first effects. Even Luftwaffe homepage is somehow advertising with her. It will be intersting to see how it develops in the next ten years. It is clear that authorities may have been sceptical or critical towards women pilots because Pilot training costs a lot of money. If they quit because of pregnancy it will be hard to re-enter service afterwards. Maybe structures have to be changed to make it easier for them to come back. Problem i see in low governmental military spending for Bundeswehr. The best example, why are we still flying F-4 Phantom ? Maybe it will change now with the new Typhoon the F-4 will continually be parted with (Tornados also but i guess we will have them for at least another 10-12 years).
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A Luftwaffen Tornado crashed yesterday while trying to land on the Air Base Büchel about 120 km south of Cologne.
Both crew ejected and were brought to a nearby hospital with injuries. It was bad weather yesterday and today. Exact reason for crash is yet unknown.
http://www.welt.de/politik/article3433690/Bundeswehr-Tornado-ueberschlaegt-sich.html
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Thanks for info mate...
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Can you post infos if something like these happens in your countries? I am always interested in that. ;)
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Thanks for the update.
I will try and keep a look out at my end :-think
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This rarely happen but i will keep this on mind- thank you for suggestion :)