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NOTES

--THE FOUNDERS INTENT PRAISE has sent you a Christmas cookie! May its sugary goodness fill you with warmth and love this holiday season. But don't eat too many!

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Thanks a lot TFI! -fnlayson (talk) 14:19, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Have a happy holiday season all! Remember the reason for the season. -fnlayson (talk) 14:19, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bzuk (talk) 15:28, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
<- Nice card. Thanks Bzuk. -fnlayson (talk) 15:39, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Happy, happy

Happy New Year, and all the best to you and yours! (from warm Cuba) Bzuk (talk) 08:13, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much Bzuk. Happy New Year to you and yours as well. :) -fnlayson (talk) 23:46, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OH-58 variants

Wow, that formatting looks kind of familiar. :D It looks like how I had it formatted long ago, patterned after an older version of the B-17 article when it was still a featured class article. --Born2flie (talk) 15:52, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Was just a coincidence as I do not remember it being like that. :) The OH-58B seems to be just an export version of the A-model, so I did not give it a separate section. Adjust section as needed. -fnlayson (talk) 15:58, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think that we could rename the last subsection as "foreign variants" and then list them in the traditional WP:AIR style. --Born2flie (talk) 16:21, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I would have used "Export variants" if the upcoming OH-58F were not in there also. -fnlayson (talk) 16:24, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
While I initially had heartburn over the switch to the WP:AIR style guideline for variants, it ultimately is the best way to make sure each variant is recognized appropriately. The problem is the amount of text for discussing each of the prime U.S. variants. If we can ensure that the majority of those paragraphs are already incorporated as part of the article elsewhere, we can boil the variant list back down to the summary WP:AIR guideline. --Born2flie (talk) 17:05, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Destroyers/frigates numbers

Mind checking the number of destroyers the USN has in service, I am damn sure not taking the word of an anon IP address but I am sure it is more than 30.Tirronan (talk) 20:37, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The IPer changed the number of frigates. I don't keep up with these type numbers. But I found a Navy Ships page with links to fact files on the different class of ships, including frigates. I count 29 USN frigates at Frigates fact file page and the page is fairly current with a Sept. 2010 date. Hope that helps. -fnlayson (talk) 20:47, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I know you didn't make the change, I checked the IP was vandalizingTirronan (talk) 01:03, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Uh, frigates, not destroyers. -fnlayson (talk) 01:12, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A320 minor incident

Hello ,

Why you have deleted my post on the A320 page about the Afriqiyah flight 953

thank you very much — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheScorpion021 (talk • contribs) 16:12, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I stated reasons in my edit summary. Mainly it appears to be a minor incident. Bring up in the A320 talk page if needed. -fnlayson (talk) 16:19, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for General Dynamics F-111C

Materialscientist (talk) 14:04, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Misplaced warning

Oops!! Sorry about that! I meant to warn the IP, not you. - BilCat (talk) 17:12, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was hoping that was the deal. No problem, carry on. :) -fnlayson (talk) 17:14, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Bill, if you have the sources, can you add to or reference info at McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II? I've done about all I can on it. -fnlayson (talk) 17:19, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have Strike from the Sea by Tommy H. Thompson, which has a chapter on it. I'm caught up with worrking on some Pratt and Whitney articles, but if I need a break from that but still want to do some work, I'll see what I can do. - BilCat (talk) 17:26, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job!

Just wanted to mention I've noticed that you do a good job maintaining the CVN-65 and B787 pages and no doubt lots of others as well. Thanks! Warren Dew (talk) 17:25, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Yea, that's 2 of 300+ articles on my watchlist. -fnlayson (talk) 22:18, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aircraft in fiction

Thanks for doing the Friday clean-up. Nice job! - Ahunt (talk) 00:40, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I beat you to it for once. :) -fnlayson (talk) 00:42, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
By about five minutes, we had company today for lunch and that slowed me down! The help is appreciated. - Ahunt (talk) 00:46, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sea Harrier in Gulf War

Finalyson,

I'm sorry but none of our aircraft carriers, Ark Royal, Invincible or Illustrious took part in Desert Storm! So no Sea Harriers took part there. Secondly the only Fleet Air Arm aircraft that took place during that conlfict were the Lynx HM8 armed with Sea Skuas which successfully sunk quite a few of the iraqi gunboats and vessels. Commando helicopter squadrons namely 845, 846 and 848 took part with Sea King Commando Mk4 painted in desert camouflage operating in support primarily the Royal Marine Commandos and other ground troops.

Sea Harriers FRS.1 and the later F/A-2 did take part in Southern Watch and Desert Fox.

By the way for the record, I;m not only an aviation enthusiast but a helicopter pilot, I've worked over 12 years in the aviation industry primarily in helicopter maintenance (EASA Part 145), and commericial aviation maintenancer research operations, published a few articles and run my own consultancy. I also have an aerospace engineering degree and you can find me at Farnborough Airshow, Heli Expos or Helitech.

Also the Telegraph like any tabloid especially here in UK doesn't get it facts right!

Please feel free to check the Royal Navy website or the Fleet Air Arm archive or ask a question on PPRUNE.

p.m me ravendriver2008@yahoo.com Best — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ravendriver (talk • contribs) 22:31, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Guess you missed the Notes at the top. This belongs Talk:British Aerospace Sea Harrier, instead. -fnlayson (talk) 22:36, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Su-35

I am an administrator, and please dont abuse the rolleback feature. Im trying to improve that article, because its in a dire need of improvement. And yes SU-35 is used also in some official papers. GP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeneralPatton (talk • contribs) 17:02, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, I have not done any rollbacks except for vandalism/unhelpful edits. Rollbacks can be used on an user's talk page, but have only done so very rarely. Use Talk:Sukhoi Su-35#Su-35BM_Big/Deep_Modernization. -fnlayson (talk) 17:49, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well I hope both of us can helpfully contribute to that article, I've been here for a long time, just haven't been in a position to contribute that much in the past few years, so im a bit rusty. --GeneralPatton (talk) 18:13, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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