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Working from home going better than expected, although the grass is a state and the cat's a bit cross.

@NormanSufrin @nicholadrummond @Telegraph x.com/RDPHistory/sta… "Name one country that offered assistance?" New Zealand for a start.

Two ships who’s running costs and manpower have sucked the life out of the RN. Two ships that can’t emergency dock on demand like the Invincible class could which was proved on many occasions. IMO they’re are lesson about just cos you can build it, doesn’t mean you should! They can only realistically deploy every 4 years and that, because of the first point, can only be done with the help of other countries sending their own ships. The Falklands was all about UK military. Name one country that offered assistance?

A great image of HMS Prince of Wales courtesy of the @Telegraph. I count 19 F-35Bs on her deck. That's a serious complement of aircraft. To all critics of both carrier and the JSF, I say this: If we had had this ship in 1982, she would have dramatically altered the course of the Falklands War by preventing Argentine aircraft from attacking the fleet or troops on the ground.

@Kingwolf84 @RDPHistory I wonder if government was concerned about speculation that if a small group of Royal Marines could inflict that much damage, what could a more substantial defensive force have achieved? Would inevitably lead to awkward questions regarding government lack of action!

@RDPHistory It will be interesting to understand why they didn't want it public how bravely they fought.... Or was it the lack of preparation etc that put them off.... 🤔

April 5th 1982: The men of NP8901 and heroes of #TheFirstCasualty return to the UK from Ascension, having been told to never reveal the true story of the invasion by Thatcher herself. An MOD official meets them at Brize Norton telling them bluntly that: "It never happened"...

@Sherpa51 @rawlimark This could be the start of an entertaining meme...

@rawlimark A 400 by the looks of it.

@GuideScot @Whyno_Scotland Parochial racist.

@Whyno_Scotland Fucking insane. Scotland has no beef with anyone apart form the English arse lickers so that is no use to us. Its the fucking English who are our enemy and always have been. They murdered, raped and stole and still do. Send MI6 to Mars.

The Scottish people just spent £738 million on nuclear reactors for the Royal Navy They spent this money in Derby, so any tax revenue from the spend will accrue to the Westminster parliament Also the wages earned building reactors will be spent in Derby ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-signs-9bn-s…

@airnavgirlie @BT77W Not remotely operated, but the teams working the Jedi pad are the more experienced folk and the rigs are generally single operator, controlled from the deicing cab. On aircraft stands it's two people operating them, with one in the vehicle cab and one upstairs.

@BT77W @British_Airways @HeathrowAirport this is SO cool - I used to deice at CVG! are these deice trucks fully remote? at CVG, we had “single operator” trucks that could be driven from up in the bucket, but still required 1 person.

JEDI (@British_Airways remote de-icing) in full affect this morning. #avgeek #avgeeks #aviation #Heathrow #snow

@UKDefJournal I'd consider 'on Scotland' to be factually correct!

The recent steel-cutting ceremony for HMS Formidable, the third Type 31 frigate, is especially significant as the programme to build 13 frigates on Scotland is now over halfway. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/now-seven-roya…

@MagdalenDolores @geoallison @ItsTaz1989 @YaotlAltan @UKDefJournal Finally, you may wish to compare these two images for their similarities.

@MagdalenDolores @geoallison @ItsTaz1989 @YaotlAltan @UKDefJournal The 6 high pressure compressor rotors (shown here on the left) and the single high pressure turbine (on the right) are approx. 1/3rd the diameter. So, very roughly, 60cm in diameter. Which, using the leg for scale, looks a similar size to the wreckage in the right-hand photo.

Well, clearly our editor @geoallison is doing something right if the Russian embassy are raging.

@clark_aviation I find it pleasing that at least five of the actual airframes depicted in the artwork are on display. SR.53 XD145 - Cosford S.6B S1595 - Science Museum DH.88 G-ACSS - Old Warden R.E.8 F3556 - Duxford P1127 XP831 - Science Museum

It's Saturday and if I had 2 shillings (10p) in my pocket in the 1960s, one of these bagged Airfix model kits would have made that coin burn a hole right through my pocket to purchase one...in seconds!🔥🚒 But which one would you buy?? 🤔

@BT77W @HeathrowAirport I'm calling this month 'October'. It makes more sense.

Good morning from cloudy #Heathrow #avgeek #avgeeks #aviation

@PilotHusky @BrooklandsMuseu @MercedesWorld Visited today. Very satisfying that aircraft can still land there 👍

Landing on part of the old #Vickers Weybridge #Runway 19 yesterday having had to hold off for a #Aircraft to backtrack. Great visit to @BrooklandsMuseu which always makes for a good day out along with @MercedesWorld

@ron_eisele @militaryhistori First flights of each type just 33 years apart!

13 June 1990. Along England's south coast, Concorde and a Spitfire of the BBMF.

@geoallison @BillDunblane @albions012 @Stephen82293563 Slight correction... there's a second one just visible too!

@BillDunblane @albions012 @Stephen82293563 Here's one of the ships you have decided don't exist, you guessed it, being built in Scotland.

If the SNP for a minute think they will be allowed to take charge of the Yes campaign, they'd better start by depositing the missing £600,000+ that they gathered ringfenced for the next indy campaign or they can go and visit a taxidermist on their own behalf.

@scottiebateman Appears to me to be a pilot well familiar with the glide performance of that aircraft. Converting height to speed to maintain control authority. Final wings level was prompt and neat, implying spare energy. The proximity of left wing tip to roof of final building though... 😯

I have just watched this video of an engine failure in a 172? from Australia. I found myself thinking “go on…go on” as the shadow of the aircraft gets bigger on the buildings below….stretching that glide. It seems that the last second decision to go for the taxiway was the right one…resulting in a safe outcome. What’s your thoughts on this approach and what would you have done differently? I have some thoughts but let’s see what you think.

@RDPHistory "Don't win too convincingly"

May 22nd 1982: In Lisbon, the Portuguese Foreign Ministry issues a statement in support of the UK's "right of legitimate defence" but cautions against "an excess of legitimate defence." Their spokesperson reaffirms the Government's adherence to Security Council Resolution 502.

@rafredarrows Thank you. RAFAT's turn next! 👍

@RampRatRick Outstanding work.

Great news! After months of training, the British Airways Aircraft Movements Synchronised Towing Team has successfully completed its annual assessment and has been awarded Public Display Authority for the 2024 season. Yours truly in Blue Two.

@_littlecreature @alexisk79 After the recent T3 incident, we're trying to discourage the 'break' component...

@alexisk79 @RampRatRick And break!