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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #30 on: July 11, 2009, 06:38:46 AM »
^ that fair brought a tear to me eye guvnor! :cry
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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #31 on: July 11, 2009, 06:59:36 AM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on July 11, 2009, 06:38:46 AM
^ that fair brought a tear to me eye guvnor! :cry

hehheh  :aok


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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #32 on: July 11, 2009, 07:14:18 AM »
and xbrit likes goats but thats another story :)
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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #33 on: July 11, 2009, 07:40:29 AM »
Quote from: thrila on July 11, 2009, 04:24:29 AM
The UK has 3 air arms- the RAF, Army Air Corp and the Fleet Air Arm, which i'm joining.  Initial Officer Training is 35 weeks at BRNC Dartmouth including 3 weeks of flying grading.  Then i head off to Barkston Heath at RAF Cranwell for 26 weeks of Elementary Flight Training. Upon completion only then am i streamlined for either fast jet or rotary, so it's a long time from being able to say what i'll be flying. :)

At least you know why i was defending the Royal Navy in that thread diehard, i'm biased as hell. :D  It would be nice to fly a harrier before they are withdrawn from service.

cheers for the kind words guys.


35 weeks?!  Wow.......that's insane...
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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #34 on: July 11, 2009, 08:22:13 AM »
I say we all chip in and modify his Harrier so that when he lands it reads across the HUD, "Thrila landed 5 victories in a Harrier of The Royal Navy"

Good luck sir, Congratulations and stay safe   :salute
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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #35 on: July 11, 2009, 08:26:28 AM »
Congrats Thrila!  TAKE PICTURES.
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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #36 on: July 11, 2009, 08:29:08 AM »
tha-rilllllllllllllllllllll-lllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!


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Good luck mate.
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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #37 on: July 11, 2009, 09:13:49 AM »
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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #38 on: July 11, 2009, 09:38:26 AM »
What ever happened to Gatso?  He was at Cranwell about 4-5 years back for his flight training and I haven't heard from him since.

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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #39 on: July 11, 2009, 09:45:53 AM »
Congratulations and best of luck to you, my friend!  :x :salute

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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #40 on: July 11, 2009, 10:00:00 AM »
Quote from: Russian on July 11, 2009, 07:40:29 AM
35 weeks?!  Wow.......that's insane...

not as bad as the army - its 44 weeks at Sandhurst :uhoh the RAF guys get away with 30 :)
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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #41 on: July 11, 2009, 10:02:39 AM »
Quote from: Swoop on July 11, 2009, 09:38:26 AM
What ever happened to Gatso?  He was at Cranwell about 4-5 years back for his flight training and I haven't heard from him since.

he could tell us, but then he'd then have to kill us ;)
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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #42 on: July 11, 2009, 10:19:49 AM »
Congrats and hope you get fast jets. I would have thought there were better odds in the RAF for that though. The RAF stream only their creamies into Harriers so it's a tough gig to get to fly them. A friend is an ex RAF Harrier pilot. He is one of the best pilots I ever met. If you make it onto Harriers you will be one of the best.

I tried for the RN and the RAF. In the end never even got an interview because I wasn't born in Britain despite the fact that many Irish served as pilots over the years, including my friend mentioned above. Ironically it's the fault of the Americans who now insist on only the highest possible security clearance for personnel using US hardware or software. You can't get that if you're anything but British born. Oh well :cry What's really ironic is that the rule doesn't apply in the USA. As long as you are a citizen you can apply for aircrew in the US military. :huh

Hope it goes well for you!
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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #43 on: July 12, 2009, 08:41:14 AM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on July 11, 2009, 10:00:00 AM
not as bad as the army - its 44 weeks at Sandhurst :uhoh the RAF guys get away with 30 :)

yeah and some of the rupert's I meet and worked with should have done 88 weeks in training..its quite funny they finish officer training and come to their first field unit with their head stuck up there bellybutton only to be put in place by a stripey :D

RAF are just civvies in uniform :D  :noid
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Re: Thrila is joing the royal navy :)
« Reply #44 on: July 12, 2009, 09:19:54 AM »
The Royal Navy just got a good one!

G'Luck thrila....go gettem'!
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