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Inside A U.S. Election Vote Counting Program by
Peter Twydell
In article , stopBush
writes
Inside A U.S. Election Vote Counting Program
Tuesday, 8 July 2003, 6:20 pm
Article: Bev Harris
Inside A U.S. Election Vote Counting Program
By Bev Harris*
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RAF Boulmer to close by
Peter Ure
During the latest Defense cuts, it was announced that RAF Boulmer in
Northumberland is to close in the near future. The base, which presently
houses the School of Fighter Control will re-locate, although the two search
and rescue Sea King helicopters will remain to provide SAR coverage over...
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Buccaneer Nav. talks about his flying career by
Peter Ure
My good friend Andrew Linsley is back in Newcastle on April 7th in order to
present an illustrated talk about his flying career in the Royal Navy.
Lieutenant Andrew Linsley (Rtd.) once of Newcastle, will be explaining his
flying activities as a navigator in the Fleet Air Arm, undertaking...
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Douglas Skyray by
peter wezeman
The Douglas F4D Skyray had high performance in its day, holding several
time-to-climb records that were not broken until the Phantom II was built.
Was the Skyray ever flown in simulated air combat maneuvering against
other fighters? If so, how well did it perform?
Thank you,
Peter...
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capt. Maurizio Poggiali- Italian Air Force by
peter25
Hello, I'm the brother of Maurizio Poggiali, captain italian air Force-died
on the 8 August 1997 in an aircraft crash over Lepini Mountains, near Rome
(Monte Lupone, Cori - Latina), caused by somebody else negligence.
I would like to know if someone knew him: he was in Mather Air Force...
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APS-4 Radar unit by
Petros
Hi everybody!
I translate books about (mostly) WWII planes
from Polish to English and sometimes I need some help with
phrasing, or to better understand how something works, etc.
An example would be about the radar unit (APS-4) used on the
F4U-2 night fighter. How was the distance indicated on...
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February 13th 04 08:27 AM
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14 years gone by
Phantom Blot
On 23rd of february 1990 Northrop filed patent D332,080 claiming the
"ornamental design of an aircraft". It was the YF-23. In 2005 the patent
rights will expire. Looking at how poorly is behaving the winning contender
of the ATF competition, I suggest somebody else takes over this original
design...
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New Film: The Need For Speed - Going to war on drugs by
Phil Carpenter
The Need For Speed: Going To War On Drugs
ARD/acftv/Studio Hamburg
Germany: ARD
More information at http://www.acftv.com
Film trailer at http://www.acftv.com/streaming/real.asp?stream_id=1
When Tom Cruise uttered those famous words in the Hollywood
blockbuster, Top Gun': "I feel a need, a need...
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comparing Eurofighter and F-35 by
phil hunt
This has probably been covered before, but how do the Eurofighter
and the F-35 cxompare as air superiority aircraft?
My understanding is the Typhoon has better manouvrability and
power-to-weight ratio, while the F-35 has stealth and better
avionics. Typhoon also carries more missiles than F-35,...
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Armed forces of an independent Scotland by
phil hunt
There's recently been speculation in the media that UK defence cuts
ewill result in some or all of Scotland's infantry regiments being
disbanded. If Scotland became an independent state, what
sort of armed forces should it have -- if you were appointed
Scottish minister of defence, what would you...
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asymetric warfare by
phil hunt
What would be sensible strategies/weapons for a middle-ranking
country to employ if it thought it is likely to be involved in a war
against the USA or other Western countries, say in the next 10
years?
I think one strategy would be to use large numbers of low cost
cruise missiles (LCCM). The...
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Did the MoD waste GBP 800 million on Hawk trainers? by
phil hunt
Earlier this year, the British govmt spent GBP 800 million on 20
Hawk Mk 128 trainer aircraft.
In a highly unusual step, the MoD's permanent secretary, Sir Kevin
Tebbit, refused to sign the contract because he thought it was a
waste of money. He only signed when his boss, Defence Secretary
Geoff...
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China to buy Eurofighters? by
phil hunt
item: In October, a Chinese official report called for greater trade
with the EU, and for the EU's arms embrago against China to be
lifted.
item: German foreign minister Gerhard Schroder recently visited
China and said arms embrago should be lifted.
item: a spokesman for EADS (large European arms...
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December 29th 03 06:16 PM
by Mike
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Airbus to move further into military AC inc Heavy Bombers by
phil hunt
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:49:27 -0000, Mycroft wrote:
According to the Financial Times Airbus want to expand further into the
military field, they have even done studies on how they could produce
bombers based on their civil aircraft.
I get an image of someone throwing...
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Cutting the UK armed forces by
phil hunt
The Powers That Be appear to have decided to cut thew British armed
forces, if this article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,11816,1066448,00.html
is to be believed. The cuts appear to be GBP 1 billion, mostly in
equipment procurement, over the next decade (the article makes...
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C-141 detailed Specs by
Phil M
Hi all,
I have some really difficult specs I need to find out about the C-141
Starlifter. If anyone can answer some or all of these questions,
please post them here or email to me
(remove NOSPAM)). I know some are very obscure, but I need them for
work (ATC). Thanks...
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Autogyro Crash - UK by
Phil Miller
On 29 Jun 2003 20:17:05 GMT, (IanDTurner) wrote:
Local news has it that a pilot has been killed in a "gyrocopter" crash at
Shipdam, Norfolk.
I know that is where Wing Commander Ken Wallis lives and flies.
Can anyone provide more details?
Either way a tragedy
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Hercules Engines by
Phil Miller
Hey Splappy,
Do you remember this series of pronouncements;
From: "Tarver Engineering"
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military
Subject: Do Hercules military aircraft use the same fuel as civilian
aircraft?
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 19:19:37 -0800
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support our troops by
Philip Spotts
you can receive some support our troops decals by sendig aself addressed
and stamped envelpe to the following address:
Phil's Patriotic Printing
1706 North Washington
Junction City, KS 66441
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