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I completely agree with you with Bremont!
Their flying connection comes from marketing and nowhere else.
The Concorde watch should be a Quartz: all official Concorde watches at the time were celebrating the victory of electronic and accuracy over dirty mechanic systems!
But it is true that they know how to do nice dials and on how to make attractive product. I would be tempted but only for half the price at the maximum.
I saw their stand at Yeovilton Airshow, walked home with some nice booklets and two caps. Their stand was nice and quite educative, even for kids.
I am still debating on my "real" pilot watch, and I am leaning towards a Breitling Aerospace Night Mission. My first cheap one was a Casio G-Shock GW-2500 (aerospace look-a-like).
Best,
É.
Ps nothing wrong with being a lawyer
When my flying days were over I moved into investment banking and left in 2006, well before the crisis brook out
My last flight
And this was shot during My very last low pass during my last flight ...
Amazing shot Jurry! It must be so hard stopping flying these after 14 years!!
It was a dream for years, never tried hard enough. Now seriously considering PPL, hopefully starting next year. Thanks for sharing your nice photos! And happy independance day to the country that made the F-16 Best, É.
Many thanks
Well a PPL is meant for single seat single engine aircraft and the F16 is just that. There are two basic principles to flying: 1) what’s goes up will come down 2) if you’re pulling on the stick and the trees are getting bigger, you’re probably flying upsi...
That is a terrific capture.
My Uncle flew the F4 Phantom many years, and logged over 4000 hours and mission time in Vietnam. I loved that aircraft, and sat in it several times as a youngster. These past few years, he has flown the plane at airshows. He is mid 70s now, but still gets...
One ride
I got one ride in the backseat of an F4, amazing machine Back in Vietnam it was an incredible machine and it still is Thanks for sharing
That’s very much appreciated
More than you can imagine I belief I’m one of the very few nonAmericans who flew combat in Iraq as member of the US Airforce and till today I’m proud I served
You bethca, and you deserve it. Interestingly enough, I have met an Iraqi soldier here in the US.
He also fought with the US, and after the conflict, was brought here to live. He suffers with severe PTSD but is managing.
I’ve seen more guys
Suffering from that. But that’s more appropriate for PM rather than public website or forum Will drop you a note It’s good the US is taking care of such individuals
Hi Jurry - just a minor technical question when you have time.....
and a reply is not necessary. Thanks for your pic; it is a lovely piece of work, the F-16, and thanks for your service indeed; not easy to train and then fly those things well. Whilst I am not a great fan of Bremont - they do have some lovely timepieces -...
Hi Eddie
Sharp eyes I must say. It’s AIM 120 and the sidewinder. Underwing left side is, from memory, the ASRAAM which doesn’t have the forward wings (only when fired will they pop out) On Bremont; I’m not a huge fan of them. And their link to flying seems bit as ...
I completely agree with you with Bremont!
Their flying connection comes from marketing and nowhere else. The Concorde watch should be a Quartz: all official Concorde watches at the time were celebrating the victory of electronic and accuracy over dirty mechanic systems! But it is true that they k...
Just an aside: my Uncle Kris, who passed away a few years ago, was instrumental . . .
. . . in the development of the AMRAAM. The story, to the best of my memory, is that the missile was constantly failing at some point in the testing phase. Kris, who was an electronics engineer, devised a circuit that corrected the problem. For this, he w...
Wow. Thanks for sharing, Dr No.
I can appreciate the immense pride of your Uncle, may he rest in peace, and am glad that he was able to sort out the circuitry issue.
I just spoke with Uncle Kris's daughter a few hours ago, and her recollection . . .
. . . is that Kris customized a resistor that permitted the circuit to work as intended. Perhaps the off-the-shelf resistor originally selected had a limitation (temperature variation, impedance tolerance, etc.) that caused constant failure. At any rate, ...
Late response
Apologies late response but you’re niece is not far from the truth. Can’t say more about it other than that once operational, the failure rate was still high (putting it mildly) and no pilot really liked carrying them because you never knew. Later version...
Piloting skills and reliable weaponry/ordnance - both are indeed needed.
Definitely stressful to go on active duty knowing the questionable reliability of your weapons/ordnance. I believe when the F4 Phantoms first went into battle in the Vietnam war, the pilots then had similar issues with their Sparrow missiles. And without ...
Hi Eddie
Much appreciated. Please allow me evaporate one of the biggest nonsense scenes in this movie that apart from some items was/is a great movie; - “hitting the brakes so the aircraft chasing you will pass you and as a result you’ve turned from being chased i...
