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Irish Air Corps / Re: IAC Fouga tails

« on: February 01, 2011, 05:21:33 pm »

Damnit!! Excellent picture to whoever took it, absolutely brilliant.

I believe it was Cpl Deco Parke (Photo Section, now 105 Sqn) who shot that fantastic image! 
Himself and John Daly shot a lot of Fouga air to air back then.

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Aviation News / Re: RAF Tornado Down

« on: January 28, 2011, 02:56:22 pm »

How was I to know? 

The reference to 'pie warmer' is a dead giveaway!!

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Aviation News / Re: RAF Tornado Down

« on: January 28, 2011, 07:03:38 am »

equipment from an MRA4 overheated and caught fire.

Eh, you think if you read that again you will see it's a joke. He's talking about the notoriously dodgy oven in the Nimrods galley! 

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Irish Air Corps / Re: PC-9 recon cameras?

« on: January 25, 2011, 07:15:00 pm »

...in the rest room?

Well, its actually a colour negative enlarging room. All photo Lab rooms plumbed for draining water, which is a big part in Developing film and printing, but I can see your point 

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Aviation News / Re: RAF Typhoon's scrambled yesterday (24/01/11)

« on: January 25, 2011, 08:24:41 am »

A typhoon is currently on CAP over Marham call sign F4Y46, tanker support up call sign 5DU62 (VC-10) has shut down an engine. Typhoon has been refuelled and has 60mins playtime. Comms on 270.150

Etihad Airways A340 flight call sign ETD19 was the aircraft intercepted

 From a U.K forum.

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Irish Aviation History / Re: Iona and Pearse Cahill on TG4 Sunday 1715

« on: January 24, 2011, 11:34:28 pm »

BTW: Don't shoot the messenger!! 
 

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Irish Aviation History / Re: Iona and Pearse Cahill on TG4 Sunday 1715

« on: January 24, 2011, 10:39:37 pm »

Always thought a fly on the wall documentary about the day to day workings of the Air Corps along the lines of the Waterford S-61 show would be of interest, after broadcast DVD seals would recover part of the production costs, maybe one day.

Watch this space!!

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Irish Air Corps / Re: PC-9 recon cameras?

« on: January 24, 2011, 09:11:50 pm »

indeed they were removed from storage and placed in the museum hanger last year!!

I must appologise, the aul grey matter is not what it used to be! Thety are not in the museum but still in storage....



 

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Irish Air Corps / Re: IAC Fouga tails

« on: January 22, 2011, 12:41:14 am »

Fouga, It is an Air Corps picture and is copyright, OK?

And I'll rat on ye to the lad who took it!! 

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Irish Air Corps / Re: IAC Fouga tails

« on: January 21, 2011, 09:40:51 pm »

I had to use the secret entrance  

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Military Photography / Machloop October 2010

« on: January 21, 2011, 06:16:39 pm »

Just a selection from a great trip (Picture Heavy):









Oldest Herc flying in the RAF








Fairwell Old Friend:

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Irish Air Corps / Re: IAC Fouga tails

« on: January 21, 2011, 06:05:05 pm »

Fouga23 your wish is my command,

Yes, they are on both sides!


L/H side:






R/H side:


CLose up top(L/H side inboard):


Close up bottom (L/H side outboard):


 

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Air Corps News / IAC PC-9M fleet reach 10,000 flying hours today!!

« on: January 17, 2011, 10:27:17 pm »

The PC-9 fleet reached a milestone at sunset this evening when FTS clocked up 10,000 Hrs on the type!

http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/irishaircorps/

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Irish Air Corps / Re: IAC Fouga tails

« on: January 16, 2011, 09:25:53 pm »

Tony, if you look at the right(left as you look at it)  elevator/rudder of 220 you will see the two dischargers behind the counter balance!

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Irish Air Corps / Re: IAC Fouga tails

« on: January 15, 2011, 11:52:40 pm »

If it's the bits on the trailing edges you mean then yes, they are static dischargers. They are braided pieces  of wire frayed at the end which where simply screwed(or riveted, cant remember?) on via a solid bracket attached to the braid.