Monthly Archives: October 2014

problemo………in smooth seas………………….just lotsa FUN N FROLIC!!!   F-35 loading procedures… Question. You’re going to do this on a pitching deck on a carrier in the Pacific while being pounded by sea spray while the ship is doing 30 knots to put wind over the bow, not to mention rain, snow and ice?  I won’tContinue reading “F-35 loading procedures…”

The Daedalus D-Day 70th flight over Portsmouth Harbour. Picture: Lee Flying Association. by Bob Hind bobhind2014@icloud.com Published on the18October201406:00 http://ift.tt/138tDVM http://ift.tt/1sCXxWP http://ift.tt/138tEJr http://ift.tt/1sCXvydPrint this http://ift.tt/138tEZP http://ift.tt/1sCXydehttp://ift.tt/138tH7Q No doubt you will all remember the 70th anniversary of D-Day in June. One June 4 there was a fly-past of eight (DC3/C-47/LI-2) Dakota aircraft, from eight countries includingContinue reading “Magnificent men and flying machines”

New Izumo-class carriers to greatly boost Japan’s force projection Staff Reporter   2014-10-19   16:40 (GMT+8) Crew of the JDS Izumo (DDH-183) stand by the carrier at its launch ceremony in Yokohama on Aug. 6, 2013. (Photo/CFP) Japan’s new Izumo-class aircraft carriers will make the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force one of the most lethal offensiveContinue reading “New Izumo-class carriers to greatly boost Japan’s force projection”

An aerial photo of a coastal town in Leyte. AP FILE PHOTO PALO, Leyte—Seventy years ago, the first ever kamikaze (suicide) bombing in history happened as a Japanese pilot crashed his crippled aircraft into an Australian warship off the coast of Leyte province, resulting in the death of 30 Australian servicemen. The 30 members ofContinue reading “Australians return to Leyte to enshrine their war heroes Read more: http://ift.tt/1tCA6lx”

Looks like Nakhimov has been fitted with pontoons, and will enter the basin soon. via Blogger http://ift.tt/1tgBxEN