MoD Contract / Chartered Aircraft

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13 Aug 2014 15:48 #1 by canberra

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MOD has been using civilain aircraft for charter for years,it was a Virgin 747 that did the first Falklands trooper in to MPA. After all werent all troopships merchant navy????

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14 Aug 2014 04:20 #2 by PETERTHEEATER

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Not sure. Perhaps the master of the Empire Windrush will know:)

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15 Aug 2014 14:30 #3 by canberra

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That was a rhetorical question, and some will say off topic. But dont forget MOD chartered quite a few ships in the Falklands war as troopships. And of course the Belfasts!

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15 Aug 2014 15:37 #4 by C.Mk.1

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Ah the Belfast, first love of my life and despite the expense another short sighted decision to get rid of it, popular rumour has it all the savings were lost in the hire fees for the Falklands conflict!!

improvise, adapt, overcome

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15 Aug 2014 16:39 - 22 Jun 2018 20:53 #5 by Paul Francis

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Interesting pun there C.Mk.1.

You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!

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17 Aug 2014 13:28 #6 by PETERTHEEATER

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C.Mk.1;149242 wrote:
Ah the Belfast, first love of my life and despite the expense another short sighted decision to get rid of it, popular rumour has it all the savings were lost in the hire fees for the Falklands conflict!!

I posted some Belfast pics under the Muharraq thread a couple of years ago.

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17 Aug 2014 18:13 #7 by Peter Kirk

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Presumably the hiring of commercial transports come under a different budget so when the PAC asks about the money spent on service aircraft the result is always good, as long as they don't ask a sensible question! Similarly the UK is run by contractors and temps so they don't appear on the headcount or payroll. In both cases they are a false economy, usually by shed loads of money! Never sure who is fooling who.

No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)

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23 Aug 2014 11:44 #8 by canberra

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The MOD has always used contracted aircraft, anyone remember Britannia airways and the 737s doing the trooping flights to Germany?

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24 Aug 2014 20:24 #9 by ted angus

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canberra;149671 wrote:
The MOD has always used contracted aircraft, anyone remember Britannia airways and the 737s doing the trooping flights to Germany?

As if it was yesterday Luton airport but I never saw Twiggy !

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26 Aug 2014 20:51 #10 by Barney

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I remember the 'Smith Air' desk at Luton where you'd get checked in by a couple of squaddies in blazers and slacks as opposed to all the other desks where there were more attractive people. I think the idea was that it wouldn't stand out as a target for republicans, but there were so many lads with green hold-alls strewn about the place you couldn't mistake it for anything other than what it was.

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