Cheers DW........first time I've ever noticed similar airbrakes on the 146 also!
I've a feeling that there is another small airliner/executive jet with the petal-type planks, but it escapes me at present. As you have probably gathered, I'm a bit of a Buccaneer obsessive
Buccaneer S.2B XV352 of 237 OCU on take-off from its former home here at Lossiemouth. Its nose section is now resident at a museum at Manston in Kent.
Cool jet, very Gerry Anderson
Nooooooo ... ... ...Originally Posted by NovocastrianUK
very Gerry Anderson
Not a Supermarionation fan, eh? not even TB2? These are British icons!
Actually I grew up with the Jerry Anderson stuff, but only really watched Thunderbirds. I can see a certain resemblance of TB2 to the Bucc's area ruled fuselage/boundary layer control wing.
In reality, the Buccaneer is virtually unique - aerodynamics-wise, perhaps the closest thing was the Supermarine Scimitar (another DW-fave) which also had an area ruled fuselage. One of my son's kindergarten teachers was the wife of the most experienced Buccaneer pilot of them all who I have mentioned before. He shared quite a few first-hand accounts of the Buccaneer world over the odd pint or five. He once described to me how the Buccaneer would cruise in ground effect at high speed with very little effort, the Buccaneer was in effect an ekranoplan at low level over the sea.
He took the Bucc to war in GW1, and I think also participated in operations over Beirut in the 1980s.
As I'm sure every CQMS has said: "If it is too small, it'll stretch. If it is too big it'll shrink. If it is just right bring it back so it can be too big or too small for someone else."
Bear - out.
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment head out on a normal routine patrol in the area of the Showal bazaar today (26 Mar 11) in Afghanistan. The men from A Company are now able to step outside their patrol base and chat to the locals in an area that has seen significant change over the past six months.
Through strong tactics and persistence the boys from 3 Para have restored a sense of security within the local area and have improved relations with the Afghan National Army (ANA), with whom they regularly patrol. Crown Copyright MoD
I like how their Taliban Hunting Club patches got censored!
bloke without wings?
Budget cuts innit (not recent ones either). Not enough course slots to get everyone winged before arriving in Bn. So lots have to wait.
That'll be the British Aerospace BAe 146
I've a feeling that there is another small airliner/executive jet with the petal-type planks, but it escapes me at present. As you have probably gathered, I'm a bit of a Buccaneer obsessiveAs you can see (above) I mentioned the BAe 146/Avro RJ already - I'm rather familiar with it having about 70 or so flights in them.That'll be the British Aerospace BAe 146
I'm pretty sure that there's another executive jet/feeder-liner with similar air brakes but I'm damned if I can remember what it is.
Fokker 70/100 (and also the Fokker F28, if we're going way back)
HMS Campbeltown returns to her home port of Plymouth for the final time after 22 years of service to the Royal Navy across the globe [Picture: Leading Airman (Photographer) Dan Hooper, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
A Sentinel Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) aircraft from No 5 (Army Cooperation) Squadron [Picture: Senior Aircraftman Andy Holmes, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Aircrew onboard a Sentry E-3D AWACS aircraft from RAF Waddington
[Picture: Ed Marshall, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
A Sentry E-3D AWACS aircraft from RAF Waddington
[Picture: Senior Aircraftwoman Emma Walker, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
A ground crewman checking a wing sensor [Picture: Corporal Dave Blackburn, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Lieutenant Erik Smith conducting a lesson for troops [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Lieutenant Claire Westerman teaching Afghan soldiers at a forward operating base in Helmand's Nad 'Ali district [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Lieutenant Erik Smith teaching in the cookhouse at Patrol Base Nahidullah
[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Lieutenant Erik Smith teaches soldiers at a forward operating base in Helmand's Lashkar Gah district [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Lieutenant Claire Westerman teaching Afghan soldiers at a forward operating base in Helmand's Nad 'Ali district [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
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