Ryanair engineers assisting Boeing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67994140 Edit - see message below, duff link - not sure why
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67994140 Edit - see message below, duff link - not sure why
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After seeing the TV programme RAF Top Gun which featured the Boring Poseidon I wondered why they went off station so soon . I thought I would just look it up and it seems that their range is 1,200 miles, in comparison the old Nimrod had a range of 5,000. The new Poseidon seems a bit pathetic to me !
I was quoting the range given on the net .You're not comparing apples to apples.
The Nimrod's 5,000 nm range was the maximum distance it could cover from A to B (corresponding to abut 10 hours endurance).
The Poseidon's 1,200 nm is its mission range, in other words it can fly that far, then spend up to 4 hours hunting subs, and then return to base. So its total endurance isn't that much less than the Nimrod's.
I wouldn't dwell too much on the MRA4 - it never actually made it into service.I was quoting the range given on the net .
The Nimrod MRA 4 range was 6,900 miles.
Lots of military our tonight
F15 circling around East anglia.
Lots of US stuff around Lakenheath, a C17, Boeing tanker, Boeing AWACs (it's not AWACs now, I just cant remember the term) other Boeings, an Embraer Phenom headed maybe from Conninsby toward Lakenheath, Typhoons out plus one headed up north of Dundee.
It's all going on...
Lots of military our tonight
F15 circling around East anglia.
Lots of US stuff around Lakenheath, a C17, Boeing tanker, Boeing AWACs (it's not AWACs now, I just cant remember the term) other Boeings, an Embraer Phenom headed maybe from Conninsby toward Lakenheath, Typhoons out plus one headed up north of Dundee.
It's all going on...
I watch far more YouTube than I do TV and meander through various stuff. Watching a few like this tonight...
View: https://youtu.be/24CaLD8l0OE?si=DGzf0TuUKwLAULyQ
Interesting how superior aircraft won't help you if the opposing tactics are better. Particually one 8 watched, Tornado F3s vs F16s.
You can take it that US technology and equipment is generally better, but there's a theme where tactics will overwhelm that superiority.