As St. Crispin has blogged below on second-hand aircraft, TheEye offers him an opportunity for the ultimate in garden ornaments…a used Harrier GR7 (one careful owner, some scratches). Obtainable from the MoD Disposal Services Authority here, it doesn’t come with an engine so he’ll have to pick it up from […]

This little article made me laugh! Apparently their PR people neglected to check the details, and used an image of a Spitfire to represent “The defence of Britain against invaders”. As you all will know, the RF prefix on the fuselage indicates a 303 Sqn plane which was manned by […]

TheEye tends to avoid religious issues but this blog has military and political interests so this Parliamentary question is very relevant here. Baroness Warsi, Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action, has asked a question of the Government: “To ask Her Majesty’s Government what religions and faiths are recognised […]

Hard as it may be to believe, your correspondent has actually had to negotiate to have concrete poured in a certain place at a certain depth, to a certain specification IN AFGHANISTAN (camp bastion to be precise). And you know what? It’s bl**dy impossible! Story here For once I actually […]

French military aircraft were unable to fly for a few days last month after their systems were knocked out by the “Conficker” virus – which World+Dog was warned about back in October.They didn’t start to apply patches until 16th Jan. This lack-of-airforce was not noticed by the Free World. Or […]

TheEye confesses to be a big fan of the Vulcan bomber. The size, the noise and the sheer elegance of this British designed and built veteran of the Cold War is breathtaking. The delta-winged Avro Vulcan first flew in 1952 and the one remaining air-worthy example is XH558 “City of […]

This article in the excellent “The Register” Lists more of the woes of the jolly old Eurofighter (Typhoon to you & me, but I suspect not to our square headed co-owners), and along with it, the woes of the Jolly old RAF. Apparently we are now “pooing on our own […]

In its ongoing campaign to irritate St Crispin’s Day, the RAF is now reported to want to take over the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm and assume control of all Army helicopters. The justification is that it would shave £1 billion from the defence budget. Apparently the Royal Navy clashed […]

Well, as Julian Clary may say “thank you for that warm hand uppon my entrance!” It is I St Crispin! Yes, author of the now flagging blog www.stcrispinsday.com (blog also seems to be suffering an SQL problem if anyone can help?). I got to know The Eye via blogging, and […]