Well done, bravo!jimthelad wrote:At the risk of stirring the maelstrom again: 3 OTU airframes leased stateside in 2016, 1 of which is 'ours already' and then 3 + 6 bought over the next 4 budgetary years from within the conveniently unallocated Boeing serials. Sources: none I would care to share, if I'm wrong I will eat a hat of the forums choosing, that said I have called the last few correctly.
Yes, well done, Jim. Quite sure the whole forum will take your word as gospel from now on.arfah wrote:Well done, bravo!jimthelad wrote:At the risk of stirring the maelstrom again: 3 OTU airframes leased stateside in 2016, 1 of which is 'ours already' and then 3 + 6 bought over the next 4 budgetary years from within the conveniently unallocated Boeing serials. Sources: none I would care to share, if I'm wrong I will eat a hat of the forums choosing, that said I have called the last few correctly.
Some of us didn't doubt his word in the first placeThe Armchair Soldier wrote:Yes, well done, Jim. Quite sure the whole forum will take your word as gospel from now on.arfah wrote:Well done, bravo!jimthelad wrote:At the risk of stirring the maelstrom again: 3 OTU airframes leased stateside in 2016, 1 of which is 'ours already' and then 3 + 6 bought over the next 4 budgetary years from within the conveniently unallocated Boeing serials. Sources: none I would care to share, if I'm wrong I will eat a hat of the forums choosing, that said I have called the last few correctly.
My thoughts exactly!Lugzy wrote:Great news , I did think the P-8 was the only realistic contender , but I must admit I did not think they would pull the trigger on a actual purchase yet ,
somethings wrong.....downsizer wrote:Sarcasm old bean. I said all along p8 or we were out of the game.
Good result IMO.
In the same article it also states T26 will be cut from 13 to 8, you believe that as well do you ? More BBC misreporting.The Armchair Soldier wrote:The P-8s will be based at Lossiemouth:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-n ... d-34898079
Freeview 131 - BBC Parliament channel.raven111 wrote:Anyone got access to the actual document so we can check what actually is misreporting and what's just being assumed so because of a discrepancy between the reporting and the scuttlebutt?
...Yeah, I'm gonna be in a lecture then and anyway I'm at uni without a TV license.arfah wrote:Freeview 131 - BBC Parliament channel.raven111 wrote:Anyone got access to the actual document so we can check what actually is misreporting and what's just being assumed so because of a discrepancy between the reporting and the scuttlebutt?
15:30hrs, Dave will be making a speech.
Turns out neither of those were misreported by the BBC.jonas wrote:In the same article it also states T26 will be cut from 13 to 8, you believe that as well do you ? More BBC misreporting.The Armchair Soldier wrote:The P-8s will be based at Lossiemouth:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-n ... d-34898079
