Poignant moment: Lt-Com James Blackmore flies the last Harrier from the deck of the Ark Royal off North Shields today
(from this is london)
Posted on 11/24/2010 7:29:05 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
Tears as last Harrier jets leave Ark Royal
A formation of Harrier jump jets have made their final journey from HMS Ark Royal - the last such flight from a UK aircraft carrier for about 10 years.
The four GR9 jets marked the end of an era when they roared off the deck near North Shields, North Tyneside.
Both the Ark Royal and the Harriers are being scrapped next year under cost-saving plans.
The Harriers were heading 150 miles to RAF Cottesmore in Rutland and will be decommissioned next year.
The Ark Royal was sailing across the North Sea to Hamburg in Germany.
Flt Cdr James Blackmore, who was the last Harrier pilot to leave, said he was immensely proud.
'Emotional moment'
"It is amazing. I watched a Harrier hovering over Chatham dockyard when I was eight years old and I am now fortunate enough to be flying the Harrier today," he said.
"It's an amazing aircraft, superb to fly and just very enjoyable."
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Poignant moment: Lt-Com James Blackmore flies the last Harrier from the deck of the Ark Royal off North Shields today
(from this is london)
Scrapping Harriers at this time is beyond stupid. Great day for Islam , one more western nation is cutting it’s own head off.
I agree. This is a very dangerous world. Let’s hope Argentina isnt watching.
I agree. This is a very dangerous world. Let’s hope Argentina isnt watching.
Meanwhile the body of Admiral Nelson is setting a world landspeed record for RPMs
Could it be because of this that Britain closes down its own Navy?
Somali family given £2m house... after complaining 5-bed London home was ‘in poor area’
Posted on July 11, 2010 9:53:04 PM GMT+09:00 by cycle of discernment
Somali asylum seeker family given £2m house... after complaining 5-bed London home was ‘in poor area’
By CHRIS HASTINGS, GEORGE ARBUTHNOTT and MATT SANDY
10th July 2010
A family of former asylum-seekers from Somalia are living in a £2.1million luxury townhouse in one of Britain’s most exclusive addresses at a cost to taxpayers of £8,000 a month.
Abdi and Sayruq Nur and their seven children moved into their three-storey property in a fashionable area of London last month because they didn’t like the ‘poorer’ part of the city they were living in.
Mr Nur, 42, an unemployed bus conductor, and his 40-year-old wife, who has never worked, are now living in Kensington despite the fact that they are totally dependent on state benefits.
They live close to celebrities, including artist Lucian Freud, singer Damon Albarn and designer Stella McCartney, and their home is just minutes from the fashionable Kensington Place restaurant which was a favourite haunt of the late Princess Diana.
The family’s new home is believed to be one of the most expensive houses ever paid for by housing benefit, which is administered by local councils but funded by the Department for Work and Pensions.
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