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Irish Air Corps / Air Corps Reserve.

« on: May 24, 2003, 12:34:53 am »

Ack just put the kaibosh on my own plan: the fouga/vampires would be thirsty feckers.. they'd really need that Bord Fáilte sponsership.

Its a nice idea though, the older cessna's and jets being kept airworthy, that added to a bit of young blood from your cadettes proposal and the elite of the old air corps pilots would do wonders for morale i'd bet. And maybe the weekend warriors would keep the air corps proper, on their toes '>

Ok... yes back to reality........ ah yes... its bleak innit
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Irish Air Corps / Air Corps Reserve.

« on: May 24, 2003, 12:05:52 am »

I think the only reserve-esque service the air corps could consider would be an air display team. Equip them with some Pitts specials or something, or maybe reconditioned ex air corps planes, I've said before I'd love a display team consisting of 2 vampires and 2 magisters, actually i'm sure everyone would love that.

Anyway they'd be a display team, sponsored by Bord Fáilte, that would represent this country at home and abroad, flown by ex air corps pilots - but they'd be officially considered part of the air corps structure. Even if they were only equipped with small prop aircraft they could function as target tugs... anyway just a suggestion '>

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Irish Air Corps / How to argue

« on: April 30, 2003, 11:59:18 pm »

Anyone out there with a pilots license? Anyone out their with access to plane at the local aerodrome?

This would probably result in a year + in jail or a serious fine and definetely the loss of your pilots license but here is the way to make the point about Irelands air defence needs:

Get a load of ten penny sweet bags, write "bomb" on each of them. Fuel your cessna up completely. Fly to RTE HQ or the Curragh. Proceed to circle as long as you have fuel, periodically dropping the sweets to the ground, (to avoid injury to anyone how about providing a nice little parachute?). Stay circling. Wait till your intercepted, which may only take an hour or so actually - lots of activity seen these days. Ask over the radio what can they do to make you land. After a further few hours when the Marchetti comes back armed with a gun pod you should probably vacate the area... but the point is made.

Maybe it'd be overkill but how about carrying a huge banner (like the advertisements you occasionally see) on the back of the plane... with the words "What capability?".

In the even a bunch of tornados make the hop across the Irish sea after a few hours, your point will still have been made to the public.