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[philmophlegm]

The Cold War historian Robert Conquest has died. Second obituary.

The Tornado is still a useful combat aircraft.

The antirant - "What an amazing time to be alive!"

Global median income doubled between 2003 and 2013. Global income inequality declined over the same period.  Absolute poverty rates have fallen around 80%. Understanding why is very

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[wellinghall]

I can remember when the Tornado was being introduced to RAF service.

[philmophlegm]

Me too. In Wrexham, they were a common sight over our house (presumably to and from low level training in Snowdonia). Here in the Tamar Valley, we rarely see anything faster than a Hawk, but we do quite often see Chinooks and Hercs below us flying down the valley (never up the valley strangely).

[wellinghall]

I grew up on the border of Leicesteshire and Lincolnshire, so very handy for both bomber county and the TTTE at Cottesmore; and pretty handy for the harriers at Wittering, and even the Yanks in East Anglia. The result was that we got an awful lot of things over, from Provosts, Jet Provosts and Gnats to Vulcans, Shackletons and A10s.

[philmophlegm]

F111s?