@SiWilson_Flying

ex-Royal Navy Historic Flight Swordfish Pilot and Civil Display Pilot

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Joined November 2015
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Check out my first LinkedIn article: Airlink’s DHL Stadium Flypast: Did the Risk/Reward/Consequence Equation Stack Up? linkedin.com/pulse/airlinks-… via @LinkedIn

Airlink’s DHL Stadium Flypast: Did the Risk/Reward/Consequence Equation Stack Up?

I thought the Airlink Embraer flypast over DHL Stadium looked spectacular, but I also don't think the risk/reward/consequence equation stacked up. Those aren't contradictory positions.

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Looks like great fun! Do they cater for Stag dos!? 🤔👀😂
WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧
@WarMonitor3Apr 17
Incredible footage of Ukrainian soldiers using a rifle to shoot Iranian Shahed 136 drones out the sky aboard a Soviet era Yak-52 training aircraft. Insanity…
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Flying low level parallel, close to the shoreline in an aircraft is never a good idea for the reason shown in this video. To avoid bird strikes it’s better to fly above 2000ft. Although it looks in this video the pilot has been forced down by low cloud. facebook.com/reel/1102344358…

355K views · 70K reactions | This bird would have killed me ... Very...

This bird would have killed me ... Very lucky I had a ‘Chicken-Proof’ windscreen !! Saved my life ! Thank you Robinson !! @robinsonhelicopter #robinsonhelicopters #helicopter #birdstrike #r66...

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Or fly further away from the shoreline or cross the shoreline at an angle to minimise time where you will encounter higher densities of birds.
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You may be old, but are you "Installed Windows 95 from a bunch of floppy disks" old?
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No. The short sleeve shirt and tie put a man on the moon and is found in most every airliner cockpit. America is an aerospace republic - and here we respect the short sleeve shirt and tie.
Kayla Haas
@kaylahaas25 Jul 2025
My brothers in Christ, wearing a tie with a short sleeve collared shirt should be ILLEGAL.
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🚁 Flying a helicopter this low over the sea might look badass—but in reality, it’s a dumb way to operate in a high-threat maritime environment. Here’s why it’s tactically unsound, operationally risky, and basically asking to be shot down: 🧵
Turbine Traveller
@Turbinetraveler27 Jul 2025
Avoiding radar but showing up on Sonar.
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And if it’s not in an operational theatre, then it’s just an unnecessary dumb risk to take with the aircraft and the lives of others onboard—there is no margin for error.
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There’s no point doing the enemy’s job for them and scoring an own goal. 🥅🚁💥 Thankfully for us, this looks like a Russian helicopter—so keep up the good work! It’ll save Ukraine some munitions having to shoot you down. 🇷🇺🎯🇺🇦
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Hurricane Mk I of 245 Squadron in flight from Aldergrove November 1940
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I think there’s six choices really…
BBC News (UK)
@BBCNews3 Jul 2025
Reeves' five choices to turn government finances around bbc.in/44D1YwO

Rachel Reeves' five choices to turn government finances around

The chancellor's financial wriggle room has shrunk after welform reforms were watered down.

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Fixed it for you. “Couple are forced to recover their own car….” It’s not stealing if it’s your property in the first place.
Daily Mail
@DailyMail9 Jun 2025
Couple are forced to steal back their own car after police refuse to investigate despite AirTag pinpointing its EXACT location trib.al/YKTz0I3

Couple steal back their own car after police refuse to investigate

Mia Forbes Pirie and Mark Simpson discovered their car had gone missing from near their west London home in Brook Green on Wednesday morning.

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Looks amazing 🤩
Al Murray 🇺🇦
@almurray8 Apr 2025
Lancaster Flight at Shaftesbury. The most extraordinary experience @wehavewayspod @ww2wtg @james1940
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Sad to hear of the passing of Brian Shmoo Ellis - first @RoyalNavy pilot to destroy a jet in air combat, trainer of young Mariinefleiger pilots and CAA regulator. Great man whose passing is mourned @NavyWingsUK @faaoa
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3 April 1933. A Westland PV-3 Wapiti and a Westland PV-6 Wallace became the first aeroplanes to fly over the top of Mount Everest, at 32,000 feet, to photograph the summit from above.
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On this day in 1933, a Westland Wapiti and a Wallace, powered by the Bristol Pegasus, became the first to fly over Everest. A pioneering feat of aviation. I’ve been lucky to spend many hours flying behind a Pegasus in the Swordfish. @Leonardo_UK @LDO_Helicopters @NavyWingsUK
Captain Brent 🇬🇧@Birdseed5013 Apr 2025
As good a time as any to repost this - a remarkable achievement for 1933 - and nowhere to set down in case of engine trouble. Failure was most definitely not an option. True pioneers.
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