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As it says on the tin ...
>> RAF pauses non-essential flying of Typhoons and Red Arrows <<
Can any plumbers explain more ?
>> RAF pauses non-essential flying of Typhoons and Red Arrows <<
Can any plumbers explain more ?
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Ejection Seats - more problems.
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RAF stops 'non-essential flights' amid fears ejector seats DON'T work
The RAF Typhoons are tasked with protecting the airspace of the United Kingdom and the Falkland Islands, and their grounding comes at a time of heightened tensions with Russia.
Story now picked up by a national newspaper (Daily Mail)
"The Royal Air Force's fleet of Typhoon fighter jets have been grounded by a fault that may affect the working of the jets' ejector seat, potentially leaving UK airspace unguarded."
Unguarded!!! not while we have the BBMF
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Dodgy batch of Bang is the most likely issue as discussed by my fellow LAE on duty tonight whom was an armourer for 22 years. likely the only items that are the same across the 2 seat types.
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It looks like the >> USN & USMC << may have suffered the same problems.
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And they mentioned cart equipped assemblies.