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1956 Valiant crash at Southwick, UK by
Nick Pedley
"Chris McBrien" wrote in message
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On Friday the 11th May 1956 at 1315 hours a Valiant 'V' Bomber number
WP202 crashed into a railway embankment in Southwick, West Sussex. The
cause was put as a rudder lock. The pilot,...
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Irish Vampires? by
Nick Pedley
Can anyone help me with the history of the de Havilland Vampire service
record with the Irish Air Corps?
Any links to good websites or decent reference books about the whole Irish
military or even just the Air Corps are much appreciated. I'm more
interested in the period from 1935-1965.
I've seen...
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unknown aircraft by
Nick Pedley
"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote in message
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I inserted a link to a small drawing of the plane.
http://members.chello.nl/a.bruin5/onbekendvliegtuig.gif
The only likely candidate seems to be the de Havilland
Sea...
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C-124 Globemaster Links by
Nicklin
I am trying to find historical links for C-124s. I have found a few
things through the wonder of Google but now what I am looking for.
Does anyone know anything about a historical repository with things
like tail numbers, units and crew names? My father flew "Shaky" for
many years. He died a few...
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Indian AF by
Nigel Isherwood
"IanDTurner" wrote in message
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OK, so it's finally been announced theat the Indian Air Force is to buy 66
Hawk
trainers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3076932.stm
The BBC release says they are the 5th...
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[OT] Gullible Bush was suckered over bio warfare trucks by
No SPAM
Vince Brannigan wrote:
Bush: 'We Found' Banned Weapons
President Cites Trailers in Iraq as Proof
So we have problems with our intelligence being spotty. Oh really?
We have had every since the US Congress Church Commission in the
mid-1970s exposed so many CIA employees and their local agents...
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RAFA Burtonwood have launched their webpage by
No spam Charles
The Burtonwood Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association has lauched its
new webpage.
The webpage can be found at:
http://uk.geocities.com/rafaburtonwood/
Please come and visit us.
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[OT] USA - TSA Obstructing Armed Pilots? by
No Spam!
All -
I'm especially interested in comments from any of the "current and
former military pilots with top-secret clearances" (as mentioned below)
that might be out there.
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Where are the armed pilots?
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[OT] Humor by
No Spam!
A squad of Marines were driving up the highway between Basra and Baghdad.
They came upon an Iraqi soldier who was badly injured and unconscious.
Nearby, on the opposite side of the road, was an American Marine in a
similar but less serious state. The Marine was conscious and alert.
As first aid...
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Observations on the War by
No SPAM, Please
The most objective and comprehensive single article I've seen recently.
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OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAR by Harvey Sicherman
March 12, 2004
Harvey Sicherman, Ph.D., is President of the Foreign Policy Research
Institute. A former aide to three U.S. secretaries of state, he is
co-editor, with John...
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Bush on WMD: None so blind as those who would not see by
nobody
Jeff Jones wrote:
This is hilarious coming from a supporter of a president who should have a
placard reading "The Buck Stops Anywhere But Here" sitting on his desk.
"It's the Cia's fault! It's the CIA's fault! It's the CIA's fault!
ad.naseum
But when you setup the whole scheme with...
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SHOCKING: Britain's Defence Minister under fire for lying (BBCRadio) by
nobody
Oelewapper wrote:
The **** goes on,... as Tony Blair and his defence secretary keep sinking
deeper away in it, and as their relentless lies are being constantly exposed
and inquired upon.
I am not so sure. Look at Bush Jr. I strongly suspect that this was planned a
long time ago by his...
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Shuttle over Texas by
Nolaminar
I saw the TV of the investigation and saw the result when the foam was fired at
the left leading edge. The skin around the hole appeared to be rather thin.
Perhaps a type of Carbon Fiber? Would anyone know, in simple terms, the Leading
edge construction? Does anyone know if tiles are at the...
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December 25th 03 04:01 AM
by IBM
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More good news from Boeing by
noname
"The Boeing Company is running more than a year behind schedule and
billions of dollars over cost on a highly classified program to build
the next generation of reconnaissance satellites, forcing the government
to shift an estimated $4 billion from other spy programs, senior
government officials...
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Airbus tankers for USAF? by
noname
As of last week, Lockheed Martin and EADS, majority owner of Airbus,
were assembling a tanker proposal that would give Lockheed a 50% offset,
according to the Air Force official. " clearly will jump on this
as an opportunity to compete not only on subsequent buys, but also to
take another whack at...
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Finland - USA 2-0 by
noname
Finland is the world's most competitive economy followed by the United
States, Sweden, Denmark and Taiwan, according to a Global
Competitiveness Report released Thursday.
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In a separate ranking for business competitiveness, Finland retook the
leading position after dropping to second place...
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