naw, they used them all up in the hulk film

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I always admired the Mil-24 Hind. beautiful machine imho, big tough mean-looking.beastie. saw quite a few of em on patrols and exercises. very impressive.

ff, most of the world could see the Comanche and Raptor in Hulk and never know they exists. Most people aren't that attentive about things like that.

No, the Camanche hasn't been mothballes it's just moving very slowly.

jedierrant

Saving damsels in distress,
Defending the defenseless,
Fighting for the underdog,
Don Quixote in an X-wing.

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The Hind is nice too. Very capeable and yes, a "mean looking beastie". Are you in an air force or somthing Taw?

The Hind is one of the toughest copters out there. It'll take more damage than some APCs.

jedierrant

Saving damsels in distress,
Defending the defenseless,
Fighting for the underdog,
Don Quixote in an X-wing.

Play UT, and you'll leave crying Volun-Tears!

no I'm not. I used to be Royal Navy. My father was in the RAF, his best friend worked at Lucas Aerospace and I was always around planes and aircraft factories, so I know a lot about planes. But I always preferred ships.

eeek someone from the senior service being asked if they were RAF wow thin ice


anyone know anything of the ww2 british fighter prototype by avro designation"utility fighter" it supposedly flew rings round spits and all other fighters of the day but was cancelled due to its balsa construction (as in same method as the mosquito)

it's ok steel, it's when people ask me if i was a bl**dy pongo that I get offended!

btw sure it was an Avro design? there was a Miles M20 utilty fighter (looked like a small Typhoon) which fits ur description.

Edited by - Tawakalna on 03-10-2003 14:01:23

My grandfather was in the RAF during the War, and was a Rear-Gunner (either Lower or Upper) on one of these Planes:



The Handley-Page Hampden

@ taw yip it did look a bit like a tiffie but was definitely avro
im gonna have to do some digging to find a piccy though
think i first read about it in a book by a former test pilot called
"sigh for a merlin"

Edited by - [STEEL on 03-10-2003 16:06:38

next door neighbour works on eurofighter

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i read "Sigh for a Merlin" years ago, it was by the Spitfire chief test pilot (don't remember his name) it was one of me dad's books.

i still don't clock this Avro thing of urs, to my knowledge Avro made no prototypes of anything but bombers and transports during the war, ur description does match the Miles M20 (it was low wing monoplane with spats and v.large intake under the prop hence why looks like a Typhoon) it was tested in 1940 but by the time it passed testing we'd won the Battle of Britain and it wasn't needed anymore. however I'd like to know the full gen, if I'm wrong I'm wrong.

@ff kewl but shouldn't that be pronounced (gutturally) Uuuurrrew-faytttairrrhhh?

Edited by - Tawakalna on 03-10-2003 19:20:10

well im not sure it was that book but ill do my best to get more info
im pretty sure though it isnt the m20 im thinking of

WTF taw? have you been drinking extra strong cider?

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