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Mike Pass
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Hhhmm!!!!

Quoting: John (scouse) Hirons

If you will tell me which company of the Kings you were in I will tell you were they saw action in WW2 because up to now you seem to claim to have been in all the theaters.

That would be The Palladium, The Aldwych, The Haymarket, The Birmingham Hippodrome, The Alexandra, Wolverhampton Grand..................

Damnant quod non intellegunt.

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28/02/2011 11:40:47

Kevin McAuley
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Quoting: John (scouse) Hirons

Alright Arthur, As I’m the main critic of the British governments tardy reaction on this crisis I have to take it you are refering to me. I can assure you that I’m far from being an "armchair critic", you are not the only one on this site that has heard the guns go bang the main difference is we don’t go on about it ad nauseum. I find your slur that I "sit and play games on their pc" offencive to say but the least.

As for having a flea in my ear, think again, the sand has to be treated, flattened & hardened an aircraft can’t land on unprepared desert amen. As for "experience and being at the coal face" I didn’t know you had been in the RAF & a leading expert on modern aircraft capabilities.

If you will tell me which company of the Kings you were in I will tell you were they saw action in WW2 because up to now you seem to claim to have been in all the theaters.

You shouldn’t shout off at the mouth until you know what you’re talking about.

Mr Hirons sir.
Why don’t you cease bullying the old gentleman?
He fought in a war whose warriors helped prevent the extinction of two races.
So please show him some respect, don’t contradict and nit pick at every thing he says
Be a man, failing that at least put on some sort of an act, if just to appease.
Further more surely adim would agree that a phrase such as, shout of at the mouth
not only insulting but is also inviting negative replies.
Maybe it’s that tin of peas and a slice you claim to have in an earlier post shared with the wife that has made you talk so rude. (Any man worth his salt would not have shared he would have said no dear, you have the lot.
PS if that lady in your profile photos is your good lady. Then all I can say is you are a lucky man; also the peas must have been good for her, as she is one fine looking lady. my compliments.

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28/02/2011 12:04:45

Colin Hall
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Just for the benefit of some theatre-goers...A C130 is a hugely versatile aircraft and will do whatever it’s pilots ask of it. I know now, and have known over the years, some very experienced Hercules pilots. Those "special ops" guys are very, very good, but not stupid.

It can land on a relatively unprepared surface, but it would be highly risky. It would never land on sand, meaning an unprepared strip, because even if it looked flat, it usually isn’t and there would be a huge risk of damaging the aircraft to the extent it wouldn’t be able to take off again. Just because an aircraft can land somewhere doesn’t mean it can also take off again, because in this case they would be heavier than when they landed.

Bearing in mind the success of the mission was to get in and get out again, they wouldn’t put the aircraft at risk,: indeed it would be incredibly stupid to attempt to land on anything other than a prepared strip.

For this event, both aircraft landed on an unsealed but otherwise prepared desert strip, and I know that because they

well said so!

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28/02/2011 12:19:08

Murray Whyte
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Copy and paste the link below. It will take you to The Sun and a video that was shot by one of those rescued. You see the runway near the end.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/video/sun-exclusive/3436166/Dramatic-Libyan-rescue-footage.html

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28/02/2011 13:14:34

Phil Beacall
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Footage from onboard a flight out of Libya

Please copy and paste:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12598482

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