Simviation Forum - While you where sleeping Pt 4A

Oct 26^th, 2007 at 2:57pm

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As I said, an over night visitor. I was somewhat surprised that I was able to get so close. She was all alone on the ramp, no security or movement sensors (as previous sensitive visitors have had).
You could have eaten your dinner off the engine cowls she was so clean. Thought about a magic marker and a "I was ere" in the undercarriage bay, but international incidents can be ugly things Grin

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Reply #1 - Oct 26^th, 2007 at 3:25pm

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Mmm, somewhat surprising they don't cover the turrets (not for any security reasons, but to prevent thm from people poking around). I suppose in the end it's just like any other aircraft - they expect the airport to do its security, and I'm sure depending on the nature of the "freight" they'll take adequate precations the next day, and take the keys with them! Grin

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Reply #2 - Oct 26^th, 2007 at 6:46pm

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Nice. An airplane fit for a queen... Wink

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Reply #3 - Oct 26^th, 2007 at 7:26pm

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beaky wrote on Oct 26^th, 2007 at 6:46pm:

Nice. An airplane fit for a queen... Wink

Not good enough for some people though. That's why we have Blair/Brown Force 1 on order (a civvy aircraft). The RAF aren't good enough for them... Tongue

What would have been sensible would be another A330 or two as part of the FSTA contract for the RAF with a VIP fit...

...then again, the RAF may never actually get FSTA, or any other tanker. Huh

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Reply #4 - Oct 27^th, 2007 at 1:40am

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Great shots, especially for a cell phone Shocked

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Reply #5 - Oct 27^th, 2007 at 3:45am

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Charlie wrote on Oct 26^th, 2007 at 7:26pm:

beaky wrote on Oct 26^th, 2007 at 6:46pm:

Nice. An airplane fit for a queen... Wink

Brown Force 1

Brown Force 1, that is even better than Blair Force 1 Grin

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Reply #6 - Oct 27^th, 2007 at 5:06am

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Brown force 1 ...... sounds like he's constipated ...... but then again he looks like that all the time Grin

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Reply #7 - Oct 27^th, 2007 at 8:08am

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That's the one with the flares and missile detectionsystem, isn't it?

Brown Force 1? One word.... Airwick! Grin

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Reply #8 - Oct 29^th, 2007 at 5:24am

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Omag 2.0 wrote on Oct 27^th, 2007 at 8:08am:

That's the one with the flares and missile detectionsystem, isn't it?

Brown Force 1? One word.... Airwick! Grin

Looks like IR flashers to me... only one that is supposed to have IR flares is El-Al... the rest isnt allowed to dump burning things overboard in flight

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Reply #9 - Oct 29^th, 2007 at 5:54am

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Ivan wrote on Oct 29^th, 2007 at 5:24am:

Omag 2.0 wrote on Oct 27^th, 2007 at 8:08am:

That's the one with the flares and missile detectionsystem, isn't it?

Brown Force 1? One word.... Airwick! Grin

Looks like IR flashers to me... only one that is supposed to have IR flares is El-Al... the rest isnt allowed to dump burning things overboard in flight

You could be right but I don't think that applies to military aircraft. This aircraft is operated by the RAF. No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron

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Reply #10 - Oct 29^th, 2007 at 10:31am

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eno wrote on Oct 27^th, 2007 at 5:06am:

Brown force 1 ...... sounds like he's constipated ...... but then again he looks like that all the time Grin

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