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Why we are in DEEP trouble... The population of this country is approximately 60 million. 32 million are retired. That leaves 28 million to do the work. There are 17 million in school or at Universities. Which leaves 11 million to do the work. Of this there are 8 million employed by the UK government. Leaving 3 million to do the work. 1.2 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama Bin-Laden, and fighting in Afghanistan . Which leaves 1.8 million to do the work. Take from that total the 0.8 million people who work for Local County Councils. And that leaves 1 million to do the work. At any given time there are 488,000 people in hospitals or claiming Invalidity Benefit. Leaving 512,000 to do the work. Now, there are 511,998 people in prisons. That leaves just two people to do the work. You and me. And there you are, Sitting on your ass, At your computer, reading jokes. Is it any wonder that we are in such a mess and that I am stressed out through trying to cope on my own?

Many happy returns mate.

Happy birthday my new friend

A senior figure in the police force was quoted as saying: 'Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good nightstick and pepper spray at your side.'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8001644.stm An Australian airliner was grounded after four baby pythons escaped from their container in the aircraft's hold. Let the movie quotes begin...

Harrier GR7 for the Brits too - assuming it'll take about 2 weeks to put the campaign together, the plane should be available right on time!

Yep, it's Britain's Got Talent from last Saturday. From the sublime to the ridiculous - see what else was on the show too (at about 7.15pm when kids including my 9 year old daughter were watching): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFQS9Fci4SY...feature=related

Download all three parts. You know you want to!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7996087.stm Brilliant news! I wonder if it's too late to get the movie rights to this story? George Clooney as Captain Philips anyone?

Happy Pesach and Easter guys. Don't get bunged up from the matzoh, or sick from the chocolate eggs!

This might help. http://military-machine.blogspot.com/search?q=falklands Great site for ebooks on most military subjects, and updated very frequently.

Snake Plissken? I heard you were dead!

Don't you just love the ironies of international politics? The first IranIraq war saw a largely western equipped Iran against Iraq flying mainly Russian and Chinese planes. A second war may see the opposite!

Looks great! Recommended reading to get you in the mood for flying it. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joint-Force-Harrie...d/dp/0718153995

http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=6144 This should be what you're looking for.

Never mind who has the worst Prime Minister, what about who has the best looking female politician? http://listas.20minutos.es/?do=show&id...mp;c=1233508233 With apologies to all our female members for such blatant sexism. p.s. my vote was for Orly Levy!

Lol. She proabably lives in the evilcommbuilding too!

I posted this in C5's Tea and Literature Club, but I don't know how many of you get over there and thought it might be relevant for this thread too, although from what Wrench has posted so far the map he's working on isn't exactly what's needed. Just saw this while I was in the supermarket shopping. I'll probably wait till it's out in paperback but it looks really good - by the same author as Vulcan 607... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phoenix-Squadron-B...1827&sr=8-1 From the author of the superb Vulcan 607 this is another well detailed and informative account of an urgent and technically demanding long range mission by Fleet Air Arm Buccaneer strike aircraft launched from HMS Ark Royal in January 1972 in order to deter Guatemalan aggression against British Honduras (now Belize).The book encompasses the story behind the moves by Guatemala as well as HMS Ark Royal's operations in the year leading up to the event.The story is told from the perspectives of many of those involved,not just the aircrews but the British government at the time as well as many others. There are also photographs and technical information included and the gripping story reads like a techno-thriller although it is all fact. Might give us a scenario for the upcoming Buccaneer? Edit: Forgot to say, I had a look through the pictures, and there are pics of Buccs and Phantoms, Gannets, SeaKings, and Guatemalan F-51s, T-33s and C-47s. The 1972 crisis also involved RAF Harriers and Canberras too. There's stuff about NATO ops (including picture of Ark Royal in dock dwarfed by Nimitz), Bear\Badger\Bison intercepts and the Falklands too.

:blush2: My mistake. That's what I get for blindly copying and pasting without checking! Now corrected, but we still need an Eastern Front terrain to fly it over!

RIP. For us aviation movie fans, he also composed the soundtrack for Firefox.

Well if you've got Israeli jets flying over it I'm definitely interested! As to the where - I'll go for them making a strike on a Hamas convoy in Sudan.

I had a cousin who worked for Bae on the Nimrod AEW project. I remember speaking to him after it was cancelled in favour of AWACS and he said although he was disappointed for the company he couldn't argue with the decision. He had real look of relief on his face that they weren't going to get bogged down with a project that was going to haunt a lot of careers for a long time and probably never end up as what it was intended to be.

Looks great Ed. That head-on shot isn't the AEW version is it?

Some firefighter skins for the A-26B: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=2822 http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=2821 Feel free to use or mod them as you see fit.