Drowning Not Waving Goodbye
July 23rd 09, 06:30 AM
In article >,
Roger Kulp > wrote:
>Royal Navy FRADU (Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Unit) Hawks are
>flown entirely by civilians as part of the Royal Navy`s Multi Activity
>Contract with Serco Defence, Science and Technology. Using 14 Bae
>Hawk T1 advanced jet trainer aircraft on lease to the Royal Navy from
>the RAF and based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall.
>Two of these aircraft are permanently detached to Naval Flying
>Standards Flight (fixed wing) at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton
>where they are flown by RN pilots. The aircraft are maintained by
>Babcock Defence Services.
>
>All the pilots They are all ex military and all are employed as
>civilians by Serco Defence, Science and Technology All the pilots
>have fast jet backgrounds ranging from Lightnings, Jaguars, Harriers,
>to the Red Arrows.
>
>FRADU is capable of launching three waves of six aircraft a day in a
>wide variety of roles. These include; Coordinated Simulated Ship
>Attacks, Fighter Controller ('D-School') training, Airborne Early
>Warning (AEW) exercises, and Helicopter Fighter Affiliation training.
>
>During the ship attacks the unit works in support of Flag Officer Sea
>Training (FOST) in conjunction with Cobham. Cobham operate Dassault
>Falcon 20 aircraft from Bournemouth, providing ECM and radar threat
>simulation in addition to target towing.
>
>Additionally FRADU participate in 2 “Joint Warrior” Joint Maritime
>Exercises per year, involving 4 Hawk aircraft deploying to RAF Kinloss
>in Scotland for 2 weeks. Occasionally the unit takes part in NATO
>exercises throughout Europe.
>
>http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/establishments/naval-bases-and-air-stations/rnas-culdrose/fleet-requirements-air-direction-unit-fradu/
>
> http://www.fradu-hunters.co.uk/
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Roger Kulp > wrote:
>Royal Navy FRADU (Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Unit) Hawks are
>flown entirely by civilians as part of the Royal Navy`s Multi Activity
>Contract with Serco Defence, Science and Technology. Using 14 Bae
>Hawk T1 advanced jet trainer aircraft on lease to the Royal Navy from
>the RAF and based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall.
>Two of these aircraft are permanently detached to Naval Flying
>Standards Flight (fixed wing) at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton
>where they are flown by RN pilots. The aircraft are maintained by
>Babcock Defence Services.
>
>All the pilots They are all ex military and all are employed as
>civilians by Serco Defence, Science and Technology All the pilots
>have fast jet backgrounds ranging from Lightnings, Jaguars, Harriers,
>to the Red Arrows.
>
>FRADU is capable of launching three waves of six aircraft a day in a
>wide variety of roles. These include; Coordinated Simulated Ship
>Attacks, Fighter Controller ('D-School') training, Airborne Early
>Warning (AEW) exercises, and Helicopter Fighter Affiliation training.
>
>During the ship attacks the unit works in support of Flag Officer Sea
>Training (FOST) in conjunction with Cobham. Cobham operate Dassault
>Falcon 20 aircraft from Bournemouth, providing ECM and radar threat
>simulation in addition to target towing.
>
>Additionally FRADU participate in 2 “Joint Warrior” Joint Maritime
>Exercises per year, involving 4 Hawk aircraft deploying to RAF Kinloss
>in Scotland for 2 weeks. Occasionally the unit takes part in NATO
>exercises throughout Europe.
>
>http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/establishments/naval-bases-and-air-stations/rnas-culdrose/fleet-requirements-air-direction-unit-fradu/
>
> http://www.fradu-hunters.co.uk/
rec.aviation.homebuilt added to newsgroups
YOU KNOW HOW i FEEL ABOUT RETARDS RUNNING AIRSHOWS IN URBAN SETTINGS!
BAN ALL AIRSHOWS IN URBAN SETTINGS IMMEDIATELY!
--
Dr. Tom Evans Master of Puppets
DENSA Life Achievement ø Am I the only one in here with half a brain?