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Old 02-16-2008, 13:46 PM   #256 (permalink)
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Oh,,,,,, you really did take in the lessons huh ? and there was me thinking you were sleeping after a night at Udo,s , Charlies.

But just to clarify me likkle desert chicken , it was TARGET ..TARGET STOP
Actually boys, you are taking in both cmdrs and gnr's orders together there, it should be

cmdr... 'Sabot dot 2 traverse (right or left) tank .....on
gnr ......"on" ............(in an extremely loud voice after aquireing the target in his sight screen)
loader...." loaded"
cmdr ...." fire" ....................(in a very very loud and enthusiastic voice)
gnr....."firing now".......and hitting the tit on the N of now)
gnr...."target" .....................(smilng like a labrador who just bagged his first bird and awaiting his treat)
cmdr"target stop" ................( now awards the accolades and tells the crew not to rest on there laurale's)

here endeth the lesson .........your round Ewic my chuckling chum
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Old 02-17-2008, 15:26 PM   #257 (permalink)
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The Blackburn Roc used by the Royal Navy in small numbers at the start of WW2 had a pretty dismal record BUT it established a most unusual 'first'. What was that?
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Old 02-17-2008, 15:34 PM   #258 (permalink)
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The Blackburn Roc used by the Royal Navy in small numbers at the start of WW2 had a pretty dismal record BUT it established a most unusual 'first'. What was that?
Originaly fitted with "floats"?
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Old 02-17-2008, 15:38 PM   #259 (permalink)
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Originaly fitted with "floats"?
The earlier "Shark" had floats as well, if memory serves.
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Not floats. They have been around since the dawn of aviation. The Rocs performance was dismal enough without adding the weight and drag of the floats to it.
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Yes you are right, they were originally planned to be fitted with floats but the first crashed.

One ROC ( L3089) was modified with a special turret to take a cine camera for air to air photography?
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Yes you are right, they were originally planned to be fitted with floats but the first crashed.

One ROC ( L3089) was modified with a special turret to take a cine camera for air to air photography?
You were a minute before me, sir.
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No. Not that, guys
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Old 02-17-2008, 18:52 PM   #264 (permalink)
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Some of them were used as machine gun posts
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No. Not that, guys
Ok ...............You flew it ?
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Actually boys, you are taking in both cmdrs and gnr's orders together there, it should be

cmdr... 'Sabot dot 2 traverse (right or left) tank .....on
gnr ......"on" ............(in an extremely loud voice after aquireing the target in his sight screen)
loader...." loaded"
cmdr ...." fire" ....................(in a very very loud and enthusiastic voice)
gnr....."firing now".......and hitting the tit on the N of now)
gnr...."target" .....................(smilng like a labrador who just bagged his first bird and awaiting his treat)
cmdr"target stop" ................( now awards the accolades and tells the crew not to rest on there laurale's)

here endeth the lesson .........your round Ewic my chuckling chum
Quite right Wayne, but as I was talking to Eric. I have to keep it Simple if you know what I mean
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Quite right Wayne, but as I was talking to Eric. I have to keep it Simple if you know what I mean
I don't know what a tank gunnery exercise is doing in an aviation thread, but I think I have and aviation question that some of you may know immediately and I don't know if it can be googled or not. But I have heard it first hand from an aviation historian and engineer.

What modern aircraft has been described as being able to fly "in spite of itself"?
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I don't know what a tank gunnery exercise is doing in an aviation thread, but I think I have and aviation question that some of you may know immediately and I don't know if it can be googled or not. But I have heard it first hand from an aviation historian and engineer.

What modern aircraft has be described as being able to fly "in spite of itself"?
A10-Warthog??
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A10-Warthog??
No, sorry. Although just by its looks you would think so.
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Did we get the answer to Glyn's question ?
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