It was to piss off the folk who constantly slag off our island as dry and bland
utterly random picture thread.
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I've been sorting stuff out on my hard drive and come across this folder from iraq 2006
847 Sqdn hangar at night, it looks like the Lynx outside had just had a jet wash
847 Sqdn hangar at night, it looks like the Lynx outside had just had a jet wash
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I can't help but think that hovering to refuel like that is just silly. I guess there's a reason but I can't think of one.
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Landing on a little (relatively) ship can be quite dicey in rough weather, they can also refuel from ships without a helipad of course.
Probably not required on a huge great aircraft carrier/helicopter carrier! I would guess they're just training.
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if there's an emergency onboard, could be a fire / flood or another aircraft has crashed on deck then the ship may not want, or be able to deal with another helicopter, but that helicopter is running low on fuel so hey have to do something.
giving it fuel can allow it to stay in the air until it can be accepted on the deck or give it enough fuel to divert elsewhere.
In this case it was practicing.
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19mm is the standard hex head size for an M12 fitting. Also used on quite a few wheel nuts cars and bikes.
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"Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn't know what you know now."
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Pre-bluetooth intercom
NB May not be covid-sade
NB May not be covid-sade
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"Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn't know what you know now."
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