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quite a few pics posted on UKAR with Greek F-4s etc. obviously taken on base so I guess that they have opened up some.

No, they are licence built in China. I seem to recall that P&W sold some gas turbines to China for civil helicopter use but some have turned up in a military chopper? & then of course there is the nuclear submarine technology that China got by espionage plus others e.g. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...0203952_pf.html

it would be recalled due to too much lead in the paint though ...

as are many others. F-22 won't do the job that the JSF is meant to fulfill & we are too committed to Typhoon anyway, we wouldn't/couldn't go with F-22. about on a par with other countries. Typhoon is more capable than Rafale & of course is a weight class above the Gripen largely I guess due to the twin engine config. (which is however a requirement for many airforces).

afaik the rumour was that the RAF operated some PR.9s from Chile during the Falklands, would have been odd if Chile had also lent some to Argentina ... in fact I think that the Chilean PR.9s actually were the RAF ones left as a "thank you".

these are in museums/preserved etc. XH131 Canberra PR9 Private Kemble, Gloucestershire Jan 2008 XH134 Canberra PR9 G-OMHD Private Kemble, Gloucestershire Jan 2008 XH135 Canberra PR9 Private Kemble, Gloucestershire Jan 2008 XH136 Canberra PR9 © W Private Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire Jan 2008 XH165 Canberra PR9 © Museum Walpole, Suffolk Feb 2008 XH166 Canberra PR9 341 Preserved Los Cerrillos, Chile Nov 2007 XH168 Canberra PR9 W.f.u. Marham, Norfolk Nov 2005 XH169 Canberra PR9 Preserved Marham, Norfolk Aug 2007 XH170 Canberra PR9 8379M Preserved Wyton, Cambridgeshire Feb 2008 XH171 Canberra PR9 U, 8746M Museum Cosford, Shropshire May 2008 XH173 Canberra PR9 343 Preserved Los Cerrillos, Chile Nov 2007 XH175 Canberra PR9 © Private Worcestershire Jun 2007 XH177 Canberra PR9 © Museum Newark - Museum, Nottinghamshire Jan 2008 You can probably find all the serials ever by wading through http://www.ukserials.com/ some photos http://www.paulnann.com/Make.asp?Make=Engl...Family=Canberra also check the likes of airliners.net etc. some decals to copy/paste? http://www.hyperscale.com/2007/reviews/kit...4reviewbg_1.htm

most games are more GPU limited than CPU so your problem is that your gfx card can't take advantage of the overclocked CPU.

here you would be lucky to find a dedicated sim shelf ... Other than the absolutely huge titles PC games here may soon end up being only available by mail order or download.

don't know why but your model looks short for it's height (i.e it looks dumpy)?

Happy B'day, youngster

makes a change from PEBKAC

Short Stirling, now we're talking! & the Bear, & & &

welcome :yes: but if you read the thread you would have seen that afaik we dropped the "5 post to download" ages ago - it was only trialled briefly. so, what problem are you having?

333 Squadron RNAF think it's a P-3C UIP though rather than a P-3N.

nice vid, a lot was filmed in Scotland as RAF Lossiemouth was a major Buccaneer base. 1 of the groups that I'm a member of has an adopted Buccaneer S.2B, XX894 (& 2 EE Lightnings). some pics

pretty sure that you can do something in Gunship! have a hunt through http://members.fortunecity.com/whb11/GunshipTool/Gunship.htm , http://www.simwarrior.com/gunship/index.html & http://gunshiplink.homestead.com/Hangar.html

tried http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=4363?

they all use the same game engine though, it's simply that the utility was uploaded way before FE existed hence it's label.

How hard is it to go Downloads > Thirdwire Series (SF/WOV/WOE/WWI) > Utilities/Editors & then search through them to find the SFP1/WOE/WOV CAT File Extract Utility? seems perfectly logical to me?

there is a suggestion that the aircraft showed 3 greens in the cockpit but that the nose gear wasn't down/locked. as always let's wait for the accident report rather than too much speculation. The Sun isn't what we would consider a quality source

Bruntingthorpe & Elvington

Peasant 1: Who's that there? Peasant 2: I don't know... Must be a king... Peasant 1: Why? Peasant 2: He hasn't got s**t all over him. ----------------------- Arthur: I am your king! Woman: Well I didn't vote for you! Arthur: You don't vote for kings. Woman: Well how'd you become king then? [Angelic music plays...] Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering silmite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king! Dennis interrupting: Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony! ----------------------- Dennis: Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you! ----------------------- Dennis: Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! ----------------------- Dennis: Help! Help! I'm being oppressed! Violence inherent in the system! Violence inherent in the system! ============================================================== GALAHAD: Look, please! In God's name, show me the Grail! ZOOT: Oh, you have suffered much! You are delirious! GALAHAD: L-look, I have seen it! It is here, in the-- ZOOT: Sir Galahad! You would not be so ungallant as to refuse our hospitality. GALAHAD: Well, I-I-uh-- ZOOT: Oh, I am afraid our life must seem very dull and quiet compared to yours. We are but eight score young blondes and brunettes, all between sixteen and nineteen and a half, cut off in this castle with no one to protect us! Oh, it is a lonely life -- bathing, dressing, undressing, making exciting underwear.... We are just not used to handsome knights. Nay, nay, come, come, you may lie here. Oh, but you are wounded! GALAHAD: No, no -- i-it's nothing! ZOOT: Oh, but you must see the doctors immediately! No, no, please, lie down. [clap clap] PIGLET: Ah. What seems to be the trouble? GALAHAD: They're doctors?! ZOOT: Uh, they've had a basic medical training, yes. GALAHAD: B-but-- ZOOT: Oh, come come, you must try to rest! Doctor Piglet, Doctor Winston, practice your art. PIGLET: Try to relax. GALAHAD: Are you sure that's necessary? PIGLET: We must examine you. GALAHAD: There's nothing wrong with that! PIGLET: Please -- we are doctors. GALAHAD: Get off the bed! I am sworn to chastity! PIGLET: Back to your bed! GALAHAD: Torment me no longer! I have seen the Grail! PIGLET: There's no grail here. GALAHAD: I have seen it, I have seen it. I have seen-- GIRLS: Hello. GALAHAD: Oh-- VARIOUS GIRLS: Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. GALAHAD: Zoot! DINGO: No, I am Zoot's identical twin sister, Dingo. GALAHAD: Oh, well, excuse me, I-- DINGO: Where are you going? GALAHAD: I seek the Grail! I have seen it, here in this castle! DINGO: No! Oh, no! Bad, bad Zoot! GALAHAD: What is it? DINGO: Oh, wicked, bad, naughty Zoot! She has been setting alight to our beacon, which, I just remembered, is grail-shaped. It's not the first time we've had this problem. GALAHAD: It's not the real Grail? DINGO: Oh, wicked, bad, naughty, evil Zoot! Oh, she is a naughty person, and she must pay the penalty -- and here in Castle Anthrax, we have but one punishment for setting alight the grail-shaped beacon. You must tie her down on a bed and spank her! GIRLS: A spanking! A spanking! DINGO: You must spank her well. And after you have spanked her, you may deal with her as you like. And then, spank me. VARIOUS GIRLS: And spank me. And me. And me. DINGO: Yes, yes, you must give us all a good spanking! GIRLS: A spanking! A spanking! DINGO: And after the spanking, the oral sex. GIRLS: Oral sex! Oral sex! GALAHAD: Well, I could stay a BIT longer. LAUNCELOT: Sir Galahad! GALAHAD: Oh, hello. LAUNCELOT: Quick! GALAHAD: What? LAUNCELOT: Quick! GALAHAD: Why? LAUNCELOT: You're in great peril! LAUNCELOT: Silence, foul temptress! GALAHAD: Now look, it's not important. LAUNCELOT: Quick! Come on and we'll cover your escape! GALAHAD: Look, I'm fine! LAUNCELOT: Come on! GALAHAD: Now look, I can tackle this lot single-handed! DINGO: Yes! Let him tackle us single-handed! GIRLS: Yes! Tackle us single-handed! LAUNCELOT: No, Sir Galahad, come on! GALAHAD: No, really, honestly, I can go back and handle this lot easily! DINGO: Oh, yes, he can handle us easily. GIRLS: Yes, yes! GALAHAD: Wait! I can defeat them! There's only a hundred and fifty of them! DINGO: Yes, yes, he'll beat us easily, we haven't a chance. GIRLS: Yes, yes. [boom] DINGO: Oh, s**t. [outside] LAUNCELOT: We were in the nick of time, you were in great peril. GALAHAD: I don't think I was. LAUNCELOT: Yes you were, you were in terrible peril. GALAHAD: Look, let me go back in there and face the peril. LAUNCELOT: No, it's too perilous. GALAHAD: Look, I'm a knight, I'm supposed to get as much peril as I can. LAUNCELOT: No, we've got to find the Holy Grail. Come on! GALAHAD: Well, let me have just a little bit of peril? LAUNCELOT: No, it's unhealthy. GALAHAD: Bet you're gay! LAUNCELOT: No, I'm not.

yup, I'm hoping that she comes up to Scotland for the RAF Leuchars airshow - been too long without the tin triangle in the sky & the howl of those Olympus in the ears. btw another one, XL462, is being rebuilt/restored to power as well although the CAA won't generally allow aircraft like this to be operated by normal civilians. We've got quite a few historic aircraft (Victor, Buccaneer, EE Lightnings etc.) in the UK that are kept at least in fast taxi status.

it was the main production variant, but yes, any Halifax is better than none.