The 'new' Typhoon is amazing to watch taking off. Just like the old Lightnings. Down the runway a little the straight up. Joys of living and working near to Lossiemouth
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I really miss living on an RAF base. When at Marham, you could just open the windows and listen to Tonkas all day. Now I live close(ish) to Liverpool airport and all you hear are complaints from the people of Hale about the "noise". They have no appreciation for the smell of F34 and the rumbling in the kidneys hah
Ed. I used to live at Brize (worked in Base Hanger before moving to Saints) and you could hear the old VC10 taking off and carrying on for about 10 miles. Was a pain when you were watching the tv.
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Cor you are lucky Al livein nr a live airbase with the typhoons as coltishall is now a prison an dead as a doornail but back in the days when it was a airbase with the lightnings it was very exciting as you never knew when one would crash as i see an heard the pilots ejecting right over my head an watched the plane go down as the bolts on the radar nose cone came lose an were ingested in to the engines an it crashed about 3 mls away as as us kids rode up on bikes to see just the tail stickin up that was the only bit i could reconise
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Welcome Ed
Welcome Ed from another Aviation type......almost 50 years under me belt as an Airframe and Powerplant type here in the US. Retired a little over a year ago.......sure do miss the smell of JP4 in the morning. Enjoy the Forum.....we're mostly crazy here and those that aren't prolly wish they were 
Rick H.
Rick H.
Another split brainWelcome Ed from another Aviation type......almost 50 years under me belt as an Airframe and Powerplant type here in the US. Retired a little over a year ago.......sure do miss the smell of JP4 in the morning. Enjoy the Forum.....we're mostly crazy here and those that aren't prolly wish they were
Rick H.
Thanks for the welcome Rick, I dreamt of getting my hands on some of the nice little air pumps you have over the pond, but alas, not to happen. 
Thank you
Hi Ed and welcome... Great another crabfat! 
So we have pongos, spanner monkeys, I think we have royal navy security... am I the only member of her majesties senior service here?
Lee
So we have pongos, spanner monkeys, I think we have royal navy security... am I the only member of her majesties senior service here?
Lee
Thank you Lee. As a member of the youngest service, I was willing to sacrifice my safety and check the room service and hotel rooms if ever sent on detachment. Unfortunately, I was unable to ensure the safety of the other services as I was never detached anywhere.....Great another crabfat!
That's not to say my willingness to be put in harm's way ever wavered, I would have jumped in front of a late bar, or club sandwich and taken the hit to protect any of my distant comrade relatives.
Thank you Lee. As a member of the youngest service, I was willing to sacrifice my safety and check the room service and hotel rooms if ever sent on detachment. Unfortunately, I was unable to ensure the safety of the other services as I was never detached anywhere.....
Great to have the banter, even from sprog service!
Welcome aboard... well when you have checked out!
Lee
There was always a saying i loved about our lovely armed forces.
In the Navy the officers and grunts go into battle together in a little tin boat
In the Army the officers send the grunts into battle against machine guns.
In the RAF the grunts send the officers into battle then retire to their air conditioned hotel and bar
In the Navy the officers and grunts go into battle together in a little tin boat
In the Army the officers send the grunts into battle against machine guns.
In the RAF the grunts send the officers into battle then retire to their air conditioned hotel and bar
Working on aircraft gives a very warm fuzzy sensation, usually on Lady's mile beach in Akrotiri (if you were lucky enough to get there) after a couple of cold ones... But more so, knowing we were able to give the Army a lift if they needed one and teach the RN how to fly something that didn't float 
Thanks JoeWelcome aboard Edward
Working on aircraft gives a very warm fuzzy sensation, usually on Lady's mile beach in Akrotiri (if you were lucky enough to get there) after a couple of cold ones... But more so, knowing we were able to give the Army a lift if they needed one and teach the RN how to fly something that didn't float
I had a warm fuzzy feeling once... I divorced her!
Nothing ever came close to the warm fuzzy feeling of being part of a weapons firing mechanism and feeling the recoil, still undecided... 7.62mm gimpy or a 1941 20mm Oerlikon
I've flew with Crab Air once... note once! Stewards were a bit weird, all that make up... they could of shaved first!
Our WAFUs wouldn't of been able to concentrate that long to fly from Souda Bay back to Brize Norton...
Lee
.........and it`s a warm welcome from me too Ed ,
Andy
(Also ex RAF,was at Marham from Apr `90 to Dec `92).
,Andy
(Also ex RAF,was at Marham from Apr `90 to Dec `92).
Thanks Andy. You were there a few years before I got there (98 - 00) - TPF on the test bed.........and it`s a warm welcome from me too Ed
Andy
(Also ex RAF,was at Marham from Apr `90 to Dec `92).
I'm confident that mine looks nothing like this (nor will). I'm having issues with paint right now; the gulf war desert pink I've chosen is a nightmare. It reacts when applied by brush or airbrush and no matter how I think it (or not), it will not apply properly (Gulf war pink by Xtracrylix). The model itself is also a pig, nothing lines up, and I'm regretting getting a Kitty Hawk.
Did you notice some of the parts are also incorrectly numbered on the sprues?