https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/raf-moves-two-fighter-jets-to-yorkshire-in-exercise-to-help-defend-the-u Two Tiffies eh! We're going to win. Is this another indication that UK and NATO defenc... Read More

How do you think the Army, Navy and the RAF Chiefs of staff are feeling after Boris agreeing to come to Sweden and Finland's aid if attacked. Are they saying this gives us a good chance of having an increased Defence budget or OMG we given most of our kit to the Ukrainians, any chance of setting the LDV again in case we're invaded by, say for argu... Read More

Firstly I would like to start off by thanking anybody who replies to this thread as in this day and age forums are one of the last few places where you can find valuable information from industry experts and people with real-world knowledge rather than YouTube, Twitter and Facebook where adults and children seem to blurt out any old rubbish about a... Read More

I know there is a cohort of strong Putin supporters here, but this looks to be getting serious and his shtick might be going over for the home side, but maybe it is time for him to stop playing with matches. Lots of jaw-jaw going on at the moment as it should. Options, however, to give leverage to those talks seem limited in this scenario. Fo... Read More

I have just been reading again the book “Call of the Kyeema” by Doug Whitfield, which tells the story of the early days of DCA and Flight Service. I particularly like this bit in relation to Alice Springs in 1970: [QUOTE]“The staff included six flight service radio operators... Read More

I'll start with the easy ones: Overlord - Normandy Invasion Fortitude - Deception operations for Overlord Jericho - The low level attack on Amiens prison Chastise - The Dambusters raid Paravane - The several attacks on the Tirpitz in Alta Fjord Market Garden - An operation n the Netherlands aimed at reaching and crossing the Rhine Mincemeat - Anot... Read More

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10815185/RAF-probe-drunken-Red-Arrow-airman-sent-Greece-following-inappropriate-behaviour.html [QUOTE]The [url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/new... Read More

Happened today 12:30pm local time according to this report/video: https://www.airlineratings.com/news/passenger-no-idea-lands-plane-pilot-falls-ill/?fbclid=IwAR2S-JIQUCugF3... Read More

Hi guys. Recently I am dealing with a dilemma. I have Been accepted for a FO possition on a widebody in a different company (would have to move out of the country to the middle east). Ive been flying as a FO for almost 7 years literally giving Up hope for an upgrade so started looking for a different company. So there are rumours there could be a c... Read More

There are a lot of soundings at the moment in relation to Eastern Ukraine and the possibility that Kiev Government will look to conduct a major attack on this area. In 2014 the people in this area disliked the Maidan Sq protests and did one of the own which was attacked by Kiev. As this area is populated by people with more Ethnic ties to Russia... Read More

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[left]BBC exit poll giving Con 368 seats Lab 191 SNP 55 Lib 13 an 86 majority.. We have a couple of billboards up round here, large one for Con in the local horses field as normal, and a tiny one in a garden for Lab[/left] Read More

The winners are The United Kingdom (the public vote for Ukraine being musically speaking total garbage)!! ​​​​​​ Read More

[QUOTE=Kiltrash;10642121]Not a Caption. Buster has gone missing; he has had the call from Goodison Park[/QUOTE] Couldn't do much worse than the last 6! :mad: Anyway...many thanks Kilty. Always an honour. Seeing we're on a theme...

The following email was recently leaked to the Press, and highlights the disgusting and inexcusable prejudice that still festers in the RAF. What have 'White Males' done to deserve this? If I was a serving White Male pilot (I am an 'ex' one), I would be so disillusioned with the RAF's opinion of me as being unworthy of representing the Organization... Read More

Or in fact it would seem the price of anything. Not so long ago Truckers were up in arms when Diesel went past .99p a litre. Now it's £1.89 a litre. No riots, no protests, nothing? Soon it will be £2 a litre. Have we just accepted our fate? Read More

I was part way through my cabin crew training with Virgin Atlantic but ended up in hospital for mental health (admitted for observation because of symptoms from tablets I took to try and kill myself). I’m out of hospital now but don’t know how to get better as I have no one I’m my life to support me or to talk too. Sorr... Read More

[h1]"Crew failed to monitor speed loss before 757's aggressive manoeuvres[/h1] By David Kaminski-Morrow10 May 2022 US investigators have found that aggressive control inputs to increase poorly-monitored airspeed resulted in injuries to three flight attendants on an American Airlines Bo... Read More

Just above our bedroom window, which is always a bit open through the night, we have a house martin nest. This time last year there was much activity from first light onwards. We remember as we only took possession of the property on 22 April and were not used to the noise so close by. This year they have not returned, yet. Has anyone else in... Read More

I was due to fly from Manchester to Munich on Friday 27 May, returning Sunday 29 May however, easyJet has now cancelled this flight at a great inconvenience to myself and everyone else booked to travel, simply so they can cash in on the Champions League Final. Using the easyJet website it is very easy to see t... Read More

Qantas this morning has advised the ASX of the acquisition of 100% of Alliance. Subject to ACCC approval. Didn't see that coming so soon. Read More

Various reports on social media of an incident involving China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 operating flight MU5735. Some reports - unconfirmed by news sources as I type - state that the flight has supposedly crashed near Wuzhou. Read More