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Brian Mees
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Quoting: John (scouse) Hirons

Alright Keith, Or an a landing strip in the desert just big enough for a Charley 130 to get in & even then only the RAF could do it but even they can’t land on sand. Chalk another one up for the Hereford Hooligans & the RAF special opps boys.

I’m not sure where the idea that aircraft cannot land on sand comes from. There were plenty of rolled sand strips in the Gulf and in Libya, and we used land on them on a regular basis in the 60’s and 70’s. According to a REME chap that we flew around testing these strips, (not concrete, not asphalt, not PSP), they were hard enough to take a VC10. Maybe not long enough, but certainly had the load factor.

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27/02/2011 21:13:39

Arthur KINGO FARRINGTON
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Quoting: Keith Baron
Glad to see they did a good job and got the workers out.
Also good to see them prove that aircraft can land in the desert after all!

Well keith it proved the armchair critics wrong.

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27/02/2011 23:38:58

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Quoting: Brian Mees

I’m not sure where the idea that aircraft cannot land on sand comes from. There were plenty of rolled sand strips in the Gulf and in Libya, and we used land on them on a regular basis in the 60’s and 70’s. According to a REME chap that we flew around testing these strips, (not concrete, not asphalt, not PSP), they were hard enough to take a VC10. Maybe not long enough, but certainly had the load factor.

Brian.
only those who actualy have experienced this would know.
those who sit and play games on their pc. the armchair critics have their own ifea.
experience and being at the coal face can one get the real picture.

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27/02/2011 23:44:54

Pamela Forbes
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Congratulations to the Royal Navy (especially Captain Steve Dainton and the crew of HMS Cumberland), the Royal Air Force, 22 Sqn.SAS and SFSG for a job well done, carried out with the usual quiet efficiency.

And a reminder to those with little patience....... ’ Failing to plan is planning to fail’.

Give a man an inch.........and he thinks he’s a ruler.

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28/02/2011 00:05:10

Arthur KINGO FARRINGTON
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Quoting: Pamela Forbes

Congratulations to the Royal Navy (especially Captain Steve Dainton and the crew of HMS Cumberland), the Royal Air Force, 22 Sqn.SAS and SFSG for a job well done, carried out with the usual quiet efficiency.

And a reminder to those with little patience....... ’ Failing to plan is planning to fail’.

Pamela .
a very good job done by all three services. but i wonder of what will happen in future as the present goverment in the u.k seem hell bent on depleating all three services. and it seems they want the e.u to take over led by france and germany.
thiswill be a sorry day for great britain. and our once mighty and respected forces.
there is gonna be more trouble in the middle east in future that is on the cards . and the forces of great britain will be called upon to make future rescues ect. and we must have a great armed force to enable this.

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