Steve Davies

What parallels was he trying to draw between the US and Taliban side of the story? The video has been pulled from YouTube, so I haven't seen it.

Hope they get on better with the F-15 Raptor than they do the Eurofighter. On the day that they sign a Eurofighter training agreement with the Spanish, a Saudi Lt Col is killed flying one: From Flight Global

Wilco. Thanks.

Gentlemen (and Ladies) I am about to select a subject for my dissertation for my English Language and Linguistics degree, and am considering a linguistic analysis of spoken discourse in Aviation English (i.e. the words and phrases that are used everyday on the radios). At the moment, I am trying to establish whether or not there are areas that I could look more closely at with a view to researching them in detail. If I get lots of shoulder shrugs to these ideas, I'll have to start again! I wondered if anyone had any observations they could share about problems, issues or general observations related to following: The choice of words used to communicate certain meanings - it could be that one word is always difficult to hear over the radio, is too similar to another word which has different meaning, or just seems like an odd choiceThe way in which you are expected to construct transmissions using a certain word order (e.g. receiver call sign, sender call sign, message) - are any of these word orders counterintuitive or consistently confusing?Differences between standard comm in the US and standard comm in other countries you have flown in - have you ever been issued an instruction by ATC, but not known exactly what they are asking because they have used what you consider to be non-standard terminology?Problems with understanding foreign controllers because of their accents - are there words or phrases that are consistently difficult to understand?Are there any phases in your mission where the comm becomes something that you need to spend more time thinking about (thus draining SA)? Can you say why?As UPT, UNT, or RTU students, were there particular areas of comm that you found difficult to get to grips with, and if so, why? I appreciate that everyone here is busy, but your input here could really help me. Thanks in advance. Steve

That is funny.

Gents, thanks very much for the very detailed and informative replies. Much appreciated

I read a report recently in which an officer wrote that he graduated ENJJPT in the early 1990s and was designated a 'banked pilot'. He then did seven months of school cross-training to Intel. I don't know if he returned to the cockpit. Can anyone say whether such a categorisation was either common or permanent? Seems odd to spend so much money training someone who then ends up doing a completely different job.

As if it's not bad enough that you are tying to sell a product that promises not to plagiarise, despite the fact that you can barely string a sentence together yourself, the post above is a cut and paste job. And if you thought it couldn't get any worse, you've plagiarised the work of someone who *belongs to this forum*! and has posted *the exact same text in the first page of this thread* That is so sloppy that it hurts. Brick, do you recognise the words above?! Check the second post in this thread, or checkout post #4 on PPRuNe: http://www.pprune.or...p/t-204422.html I wouldn't touch your writing services with a barge pole.

That really is the bollocks. That's a Hungarian Fulcrum.

I love how Bentwaters (or was it Woodbridge?) has left you speaking a little 'English' English!. Nice one, mate!

I thought the Pope shits in the woods, and bears are catholic? Admit it, M2. Your wife is pretending to be crushed by the news; secretly, she only ever said she liked him because she knew it pissed you off.

God speed

A wonderful piece of history. Thanks, M2.

Because then you wouldn't be able to call it "a crisis", God dammit!

Birds lose SA: http://news.bbc.co.u...set/8560398.stm Mystery of 75 starlings falling from the sky The deaths of 75 starlings which appeared to fall from the sky and crash land on to a driveway in Somerset has mystified the RSPCA animal charity. The birds were spotted falling onto the entrance of a house in Coxley in Somerset on Sunday 7 March. Animal welfare officer Alison Sparkes, who was called by police, said: "It was a remarkable sight, I've never seen anything like it." There is no evidence the birds were ill or poisoned before they hit the ground. Predator theory Ms Sparkes said: "Onlookers said they heard a whooshing sound and then the birds just hit the ground. "They had fallen on to the ground in quite a small area, about 12ft (3.6m) in diameter. "They appeared to be in good condition other than injuries that they appear to have suffered when they hit they ground. "Our best guess is that this happened because the starlings were trying to escape a predator such as a sparrow hawk and ended up crash landing." She said that the birds had suffered broken beaks, broken legs and wings and abdominal injuries. Five of the birds survived the fall but had to be put down because of their severe injuries.

That's no Viper. It's a Hawk 115 (CT-115) of the NFTC. Stud was RAF and IP Canadian. Thanks for the link, though.

Thanks, Gents.

Can anyone provide a brief overview of how the Air Force mitigates against low-level bird strikes? I seem to recall from a trip to Seymour Johnson that there was a service which highlighted low-level routes where birds might be more prevalent at a given time of the year. I also believe that there was a grading system for risk. Are these systems still in effect, and are they integrated into Falcon View or similar? Is it down to the discretion of the mission commander to avoid these, or are the AFIs that mandate flagged areas be avoided? TIA

And a fine one it is!

Indeed. A worthy thread revival. More stories please, HF...

Interesting responses and stories, thanks. So, is there some kind of etiquette for dealing with the post-mission aftermath of an incident such as this? When you are helped out of the suit by the life support guys, do they make themselves scarce as quickly as possible, or do you have to buy them a bottle of whiskey because they are the only ones qualified to 'assess any damage' outside the liner? Clearly, it is not your fault, but then neither is being sick in the jet, and you still have to clean that up yourself if you miss the sick bag...

Hi Flyer After that happened, did they keep the pressure suit? I read a similar story about an SR-71 pilot who had diarrhoea at the start of an operational mission. He shat himself but chose to press on because of the importance of getting the mission 'take'. When he landed some 9 hours later, the acid in the faeces had burned him. I am pretty sure the story is in one of the SR books by either Brian Schul or Rich Graham.

So the only thing that defines AFRC is the war in AFG? Once can infer from his statement that he wouldn't have a problem with the ARFC using his music without permission when there is no war going on. I wonder if the defence lawyers will be able to make anything of that given that the advert has nothing to do with the war, does not mention the war or use it to apply pressure, and is in fact about telling people that they can have a good time in the Reserves. As an aside, his music is shite.

I just want to know what song - or more specifically, what song that people deployed to combat would want to hear in order to unwind - could possibly require anyone to dress up like that. Surely, the fewer clothes the better insofar as combat detox is concerned?