Fly Navy Phil

Ex Royal Navy, Ex Royal Navy Reserve, always Fleet Air Arm. Falklands Veteran

[Fly Navy Phil @FlyNavyPhil]

@flyingphil79 @gm4aff That was a huge error. Thanks for telling me

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@Franksquarerig Far too many

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It seems apt to post this tonight as I raise a glass to my three Fleet Air Arm brothers that lost their lives today. Our military family just got smaller.
#FlyNavy

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@aviationcomment You are talking absolute nonsense.

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@PaternalSun_ Plenty of them about

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This just goes to show that you should never take eyewitness accounts as gospel. Rely on the physical facts.

[ITV News West Country @itvwestcountry]

An eyewitness has described hearing engines cut out and seeing an "almighty flash of red" when a Royal Navy helicopter crashed in Devon.

Eddie Amhof was already awake when he heard a helicopter hovering overhead at around 3am.

Read more: https://t.co/PqbBciyBoo

[Enigma @wes366522359]

A very sad reminder that Military Aviation is inherently dangerous. Three families are devastated One big family is in mourning. Fair winds.

[Fly Navy Phil @FlyNavyPhil]

Today we have lost 3 members of our FAA family.
I may be retired but this hurts as much as it did whilst I was serving.
Fair winds and following seas shipmates.

[Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @DefenceHQ]

It is with deep sadness that we can confirm three members of the Royal Navy have died during a helicopter training exercise on Wednesday 3 June near Sourton, Devon.

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I’m sorry, but this was your fault. Your two-tier justice system has facilitated this terrible act. You are to blame.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Henry Nowak was kind, thoughtful and much-loved. His life was stolen from him, leaving his family and loved ones devastated.

The bodycam footage is harrowing. It’s absolutely right that the IOPC is looking at this. There are serious questions for the police to answer.

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@BloodNelsons I’m not sure that is an officer’s cap badge. I think it may be a WO1.
I may be wrong, I usually am!

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@neilh32 You asked if there was a more impressive aircraft. I suggested that the TSR2 may be more impressive.

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@Dunkirk_Ships Reefs? I think knot!

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@fosgoodwood That one

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@VintageRockN_85 The best album Deep Purple never made.

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@VintageRockN_85 Yes

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@MoneyTelegraph @Telegraph I believe that this is the @RtHonRobHalfon legacy

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@Noble67Allan @paulGf185 @peterbruce @RNJossVet @Bruce437t @AndrewKenyon6 @RetsofNevets @GOV3DUK @Mike24775926 @Jannerman55 @navyveteran79 @uckersyauckers @ChrisHu45292304 @bmstewart2004 @seatedskydiver Wren Talcar, MT Section!

[Fly Navy Phil @FlyNavyPhil]

@Noble67Allan @paulGf185 @peterbruce @RNJossVet @Bruce437t @AndrewKenyon6 @RetsofNevets @GOV3DUK @Mike24775926 @Jannerman55 @navyveteran79 @uckersyauckers @ChrisHu45292304 @bmstewart2004 @seatedskydiver Wren O’Fyffe, main car park!

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@USN_Submariner Still no long weight