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Post by phil on Dec 2, 2011 10:53:57 GMT 12
Heya,..long time no post for me...butt slap time !! Reading this,...question has to be raised,...why would an Orion be doing dumb bomb dropping? I fairly vulnerable aircraft, even at 400 knots has to fly over the target area to do this rather than stand-off and surely would be subjected to the fairly sophisticated AAA the bad world has to offer. I know the short answer is "we ain't got nothing else to use",...but just a thought anyway? Not many submarines have AAA. The rather sad attempt at a weapon is the Mk 82 Depth Bomb. Which is just a Mk 82 with a delay. |
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Uniform
Dec 1, 2011 23:55:24 GMT 12
Post by phil on Dec 1, 2011 23:55:24 GMT 12
An excellent thread illustrating why we have no money - we waste it all on so many diffrent uniforms! Especially the navy who have a stupid number of different types, and a summer and winter version of each. |
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Post by phil on Dec 1, 2011 9:18:01 GMT 12
The army lost it's berets and corp belts so long ago there probably aren't that many still serving that remember it! I'm sure it was in the late 90s.
1NZSAS still wears the sand beret and still has a blue corp belt, they seem to have quetly ignored it all. Also members of the Commandos (formerly CTAG) and the 1NZEOD SQN also get the Sand beret now, but have their own cap badge.
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Post by phil on Nov 30, 2011 10:38:06 GMT 12
Your link takes me to somewhere in Tennessee?
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Post by phil on Nov 29, 2011 19:46:01 GMT 12
I'll have a look through my collection as well. I did a pretty detailed walk around when I was at CPE, before the last A4 left Ohakea.
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Post by phil on Nov 29, 2011 8:31:35 GMT 12
They can hit pretty hard when they land on a pitching deck, I'd expect that a larger softer tyre would deform too much on impact and this would quickly lead to damage of the sidewall structure though flexing.
Aren't larger, softer tyres used on aircraft that need to land and taxi over rough or soft grass runways/taxiways? Not really comparable to a steel deck.
But that's just a guess, tyres aren't exactly my area of expertise.
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Post by phil on Nov 26, 2011 18:37:35 GMT 12
"Cadets around New Zealand enjoy the thrilling adventures that are offered to them in all three of our Corps. Between Flying, Bushcraft, Snowcraft (in some cases), Sailing, Drill, Leadership courses, Outdoor courses, and many more, our cadets are learning lessons that will stay with them for life. But unfortunately, unit members aged 18 and over will soon be facing the end of their time as cadets.The New Zealand Cadet Forces has brought in a rule that will remove all 18+ aged persons from the cadet forces if they are below the rank of Under Officer (or equivalent). In some cases, units may stand to lose many cadets and even whole families and support committee members through issues with this ruling. We wish to oppose this ruling because this affects us directly, and it may affect you too. Sign today to keep our friends and family members in cadets going in New Zealand, no matter what age or rank!" - www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=245536035507824I am totally astounded........ Your link doesn't work? |
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Post by phil on Nov 18, 2011 16:44:14 GMT 12
RNZAF Roundels:
Feet towards the fuselage and the beaks forward
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Post by phil on Nov 13, 2011 17:52:19 GMT 12
It's not called tech admin anymore, it's TSMA, Technical Senior NCO Maintenance Administration or some such.
Yes, of course S&S do it, they run bays and certify work on aeronautical equipment just as much as any other tech trade.
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Post by phil on Nov 11, 2011 18:25:50 GMT 12
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Post by phil on Nov 11, 2011 17:15:35 GMT 12
We didn't get anything
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Post by phil on Nov 10, 2011 19:38:47 GMT 12
From the sidelines it smacks of bad planning to take the airfraft out of service (in this case its been years for the prototype) for one upgrade and not incorporate the minimum requirements for the next? It has nothing to do with bad planning, and everything to do with what cabinet (the cabinet of the day, not the current one) would approve funding for. |
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Post by phil on Nov 7, 2011 19:26:06 GMT 12
Slow news day?
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Post by phil on Nov 4, 2011 19:36:35 GMT 12
Butch O'Carrol worked in the gun room at Ohakea for many years as a civy.
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Post by phil on Nov 3, 2011 19:54:11 GMT 12
Beagle, there's a fair few familiar faces in your tech admin course photo!
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Post by phil on Nov 2, 2011 19:38:51 GMT 12
As it's a completely different medal, for serving in a totaly different time period, I can't see how it diminishes the meaning of the War medals earned by the veterans of WW2 (or any other conflict).
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Post by phil on Nov 1, 2011 16:06:00 GMT 12
I did CPL qual course in 2001, and it was much as Don describes it, but it was two weeks of mostly classroom work and was essentially an admin type course with a bit of public speaking and instructing training. These days it's four weeks long and is residential at Woodbourne. It's actually more like the old SGT qual course and more leadership and practically orientated.
SGT promotion course was five weeks long when I did mine a couple of years ago and is pretty full on. Lots of practical leadership exercises, starting with short practice assessments around CRTS (new name for GSTS), then longer (about 1 - 2 hours) down by the river. The final assessment at Dip Flat being longer more complex activities that were part of an ongoing and escalating military operation in a fictional south pacific country with increasingly violent freedom fighters, that ended up with a decent stoush up and fire fights on the last day.
There was also quite a bit of theory on that course, and the usual presentations on a given topic. Mine was 'The role of the SNCO through out history' or some such. These days they make everyone up to SGT for the duration of the course so you can all eat and socialise in the mess. A formal dining in is also held in the WOs & SNCOs on the final night.
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Post by phil on Oct 30, 2011 18:02:11 GMT 12
I just use a cheapish compressor with a tank I got from Mitre10. Although it is noisy when it's running, it's got a 25 litre tank that it charges to about 120psi and this lasts about half a painting session. Most of the time it's off and I'm just running from the tank, so there's no noise and more importantly no pulsing that you get with a lot of compressors.
The other think you need is a decent water trap, nothing is more frustrating than spitting water ruining your paint job.
I've been airbrushing for about 25 years and own three different airbrushes (a Badger 150, an Iwata HP C and an Iwata HP C+) and to be honest, having a good air supply is about 50% of the battle won when it comes to learning to airbrush well.
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Post by phil on Oct 29, 2011 18:26:13 GMT 12
So has MOTATs one arrived yet?
I'll be keen to go along and have a look.
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Post by phil on Oct 27, 2011 20:43:04 GMT 12
A109 colour is exacly the same as the Iro, having seen them on the same flight line this week.
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