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    Never knew there would be a navalised Gripen NG variant. However, if as stated its CATOBAR due to various messy decisions a few years ago (its a long story), then no HMS Liz Two wouldn't be able to deploy them.
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    In answer to the "What else do we fly from HMS Her Maj" replies 1) as far as I'm aware, theres no naval Gripens and we can't use Rafales because shes not a CATOBAR carrier and 2) Didn't we sell all the Harriers to you lot anyway? Can we have some back please? Elsewhere in the UK, someone finally got Galland his "squadron of Spitfires" [1] (sort of): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-40426747/luftwaffe-ace-flies-in-spitfire [1] I will not be the first to point out that this is one of the most mis-interpreted wartime quotes ever.
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    I say it again, chaps, please get the F-35 to work otherwise we're going to have to hire her out as the worlds biggest pedalo or something... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-40402153
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    Meanwhile, mines also on the '35... https://www.defensetech.org/2017/06/23/mig-35-russia-4-gen-light-fighter-combat/
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    Regards last nights penultimate episode of the season: Holy. Cow.
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    For the record, the current software for the F-35 limits it to just over 7Gs, 9Gs will be the next release. I also recall similar comments made about the Eurofighter Typhoon vs the Rafale, when the Typhoon had also had less of its flight envelope cleared compared to the Rafale...
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    F-35A at Paris airshow, where that ultimate arbiter of combat aircraft effectiveness the online airshow video has definitely determined, ending all possible arguments and stopping any further discussion that the F-35 is the ultimate air combat machine past, present or future/more useless than a Brewster Buffalo thats already been shot down/sexier than a PaK-FA wearing a bikini/uglier than something found at the bottom of the ocean/what actually launched the proton torpedoes that destroyed the Death Star:
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    So, having seen that MiG-29, the F-35 probably doesn't seem quite so lumpy anymore right?
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    Look, however you feel about the F-35, could you please just make sure it works in the end? We're starting to run out of potential substitutes over here... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/29/last-sea-vixen-plane-foxy-lady-performs-emergency-landing/
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    Dobber, interesting you picked up the tight formation, because thats another historical accuracy (though it could just have been done for filming purposes); the RAF called it a "Vic" and the Luftwaffe - who from their Spanish experience learnt that such formations were too inflexible for modern air combat - called it the "Idiot rotte" ("idiots formation/group") ; it took quite a while for the RAF to realise the Luftwaffes looser, four-plane formations were superior (so much so, its still used today). Also, the soldiers comment about "Where are the bloody air force!" is sadly accurate; the RAF were there, but often were fighting above visual contact from the ground and were limited by having to get across the Channel first which ate into their fuel supply (the same problem the Luftwaffe fighters had, in reverse, during the Battle of Britain). It often gave the mistaken impression to the troops on the ground that there were no friendly fighters at all engaged.
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    Its a bit hard to tell from the brief moments shown, but for once they seem to have the correct Mark of Spitfires for that time period (three exhausts stubs each side, eight machine guns, black-and-white undersides), though the Bf109s seem to be the usual Merlin-engined suspects, which is fair enough given that the correct alternatives are very, very hard to source...! (another giveaway is that they appear to lack struts under the tailplane... ).
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    I remember seeing those in a "Janes All The Worlds Aircraft" back in the late 80s. Its kind of amusing to me that the real-life "X-Wing" was borne from a concept by an English person, I only found out the other day that Lukes "Red Leader" came from a town just a few miles up the road from me...
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    And if you remember, "Information is ammunition!"...
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    Lockheed-Martin clearly entering early production on "Iron Eagle V: Rise of the Machines": https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/10/air-force-tests-air-to-ground-strikes-with-an-autonomous-f-16-wi/ I know what you're thinking: 1) Wow, the F-16 VISTA is still flying? and 2) Wait, they made a fourth film?!!
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    Its not completely a new idea - theres at least one recent "Doctor Who" novel by Alastair Reynolds (yes, that Alastair Reynolds) where the 70s-era Master meets some of his... other... selves (though for plot reasons they don't play a major role in the story).
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    Which is one of those brilliantly simple ideas that Moffat tends to do so well - "Okay, we've had Doctors meeting before - why not Masters?".
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    LOL! Can't believe I didn't make that connection myself earlier!
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    BAE Systems is one of the largest ar - defence manufacturers in the world. I don't know if it would be possible to produce an aircraft "end to end", but even projects like the F-35 tend to be at least a bit international these days... We could call the aircraft Yukikhazi [1]... [1] "Khazi" is a British slang term for a toilet. It is pronounced largely the same as "kaze"...
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    Apparently Japan and the UK are looking into a joint project to develop a new fighter aircraft for the 2030s timeframe. Well, we are both fond of tea...
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    Regards Gundam shows to watch, its around this point that I crop up and... "Turn-A Turn Turn-A Turn, Turn AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA... Turn-A Gundam."...
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    I'm currently reading a book about the naval battles at Guadalcanal, and in one of the accounts it had this cool story that I hadn't heard before; apparently a Wildcat trying to intercept a "Betty" bomber at low altitude ran out of ammunition, so the pilot of the Wildcat used a bit of lateral thinking, lowered his landing gear, and literally bounced the bomber into the sea! I don't know how accurate this account is, a quick search doesn't seem to bring up any other references but if true its got to be one of the more unusual aircraft kills of all time...
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    The latter is probably reasonably likely once it gets into RAF/Fleet Air Arm service, providing as ever with us we can find the required spare change down the back of the sofa [1]... [1] Pardon me, I mean couch...
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    I have to say, they have captured the noses perfectly.
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    For the young 'uns: Laserdisc was like a DVD, but you could use one as a (very shiny) hat. (Records, ask your grandparents! Never knew they actually made them, though it makes sense for the era I guess). I can certainly imagine that "Crisis" cels, at least of the main characters or famous scenes, are going to be both rare and expensive.
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