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Sub in at Portsmouth

Hi all,I'm not into the ships as much as the planes but for all those of you that are I noticed that a foreign submarine was tied up in Portsmouth Naval Base this morning (29/05/12). Sorry I had no camera with me but I can tell you it had what appeared to be a Dutch flag draped over the conning tower. It was very short looking for a submarine! I'm sure it would be visible from the Gosport ferry or from the Gosport side of the harbour. It was still there at 1300 when I left the area. Hope anyone…See More

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David Slater replied to Kenneth Frost's discussion MON8754 From RAF Brize Norton

"Everyone is quite correct about the flights being MOD charters. Brize is the hub for military personnel flights and has a purpose built terminal. The RAF simply hasn't the capacity to do all the flights and, I believe the charters are cheaper.…"

Feb 29

David Slater replied to Paul Green's discussion Black Ex Jet,not showing on site

"This is purely guesswork but it is possible that the aircraft was a RAF Sentinel R1. The air force operate 5 of these airborne intelligence and battlefield observation aircraft. They are based on the Bombardier Global Express biz jet and…"

Feb 28

David Slater replied to Bob Moore's discussion Flight above Matlock

"I imagine an avionics engineer is doing a transponder test. It might not even be in an aircraft. Some airfield vehicles carry transponders so the ground controllers can pick them out on the ground surveillance radar. It may be on sometime if it has…"

Feb 27

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