Tuesday 12th October mission, pilots required.

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Tuesday 12th October mission, pilots required.

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Mission posted for 12th October, Op Palmyra, Pilots required, sign up below. mission overview, frag & miz here: viewtopic.php?f=68&t=5074&p=37991#p37991

I will be attending this one.
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Hi Paul,
Sorry, it will be back up shortly I've just had to pull it to make some changes.
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Sorry Paul. Cannot make this flight.

I'll be in Yorkshire from the 9th, for one week. That should be our last 2021 break.

Fly safe all.
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Have a good trip Geoff, the plan is to run this twice, so again the following week.
It's a low level attack, just as you ordered.
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Sadly I'm working so won't be able to make this or next week's mission
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0405 Andrew wrote: 03 Oct 2021, 08:30 It's a low level attack, just as you ordered.
Andrew,
Thanks. Shame I'll miss the first installment.
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Thanks for letting us know, have a good break, Geoff

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Paul, the sortie looks fine, if a little short and basic.

I would have thought that it could be done comfortably by a 4-ship, even if we lost a couple en-route. I will plan a 100-200 ft low-level route through the hills, dodging to avoid the various hot-spots. There are about 20-25 targets which we will take out using Mavs and guided rockets - finishing up with some juicy gun targets.
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Nice one Alan, Andrew requested if we could do a lo-lo-lo mission. Good job.
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Sortie is planned. Will test run it later today and get it back to Andrew tomorrow.

I have limited it to a single flight of 4 ac. Should be achievable with 2 or more, provided time is not of the essence. Would be too crowded for more than 4 in such a restricted area (SAMs to left of us, SAMS to right of us, SAMs in front of us, roared and thundered). With the Tunguskas knocked out on the first pass, there will be plenty of gun targets - we do have ample APGWs to polish off all the soft skins, guns would be quicker and more fun!!

Flight there and back is nap-of-the-earth stuff less than 100 ft across the flat bits, and weaving through the hills.

A bit shorter than anticipated T/O at 0539, for TOT 0607, then back by 0700 - in time for a second breakfast!
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