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RAF Planned to bomb Argentine Airfields

Posted: 27 Mar 2012, 19:21
by Garry Russell

Re: RAF Planned to bomb Argentine Airfields

Posted: 27 Mar 2012, 19:55
by VC10
Hi Garry,

This is typical Daily Mail old news. I had heard about the preparations for this 10 years ago.

Paul

Re: RAF Planned to bomb Argentine Airfields

Posted: 27 Mar 2012, 20:30
by Garry Russell
I must've missed it first time arround of perhaps just took no notice :lol:

Re: RAF Planned to bomb Argentine Airfields

Posted: 27 Mar 2012, 22:39
by Paul K
VC10 wrote:Hi Garry,

This is typical Daily Mail old news. I had heard about the preparations for this 10 years ago.

Paul

The Daily Telegraph carried the same story, Paul. I think its come to prominence right now because Rowland White is releasing a new version of Vulcan 607 ( the words 'it' and 'milking' spring to mind ).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -1982.html

Re: RAF Planned to bomb Argentine Airfields

Posted: 28 Mar 2012, 00:23
by DaveB
Sadly.. I'd tend to agree 8) There was a prog on a couple of weeks ago 'revealing' (not!) a lot of stuff to show how narrow to the brown stuff our little jaunt was down there 30 years ago. I saw little if anything new.

ATB
DaveB B)smk

Re: RAF Planned to bomb Argentine Airfields

Posted: 28 Mar 2012, 19:29
by Chris558
Well, I'm sure 558 would be available... :lol:

Re: RAF Planned to bomb Argentine Airfields

Posted: 28 Mar 2012, 19:41
by airboatr
for a specified sum of course. ;)

Re: RAF Planned to bomb Argentine Airfields

Posted: 28 Mar 2012, 19:52
by TobyV
Chris558 wrote:Well, I'm sure 558 would be available... :lol:
If we had a private whip-round perhaps :((

Did anyone ever think about putting the radar and systems of the Sea Harrier FA2 into the MDD/BAe AV-8B airframes? It seemed odd to me that the second generation Sea Harriers still used essentially the original airframe (with its range/payload limitations). I think the Mk.2 project must have been initiated within about 2 years of the war ending and the GR.5 first appeared in development in 1985 (?), so not a long time after? :dunno: