Paul Mison’s random stuff that doesn’t go elsewhere. Is it microblogging, or microactivity? (Previously known as ‘tumblr is my sock drawer’, for reasons that are somewhat unclear.)Tumblr (3.0; @blech)http://notes.husk.org/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/662ed3b3df467cda3d63d16b740c8250/tumblr_mknhv2I12Q1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Telegraph: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9967186/The-first-deskbound-drone-pilots-get-their-RAF-wings.html">The first deskbound drone pilots get their RAF Wings</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Four RAF pilots have made history by becoming the first to be awarded their “wings” for flying unmanned aircraft.</p> <p>The newly-qualified airmen will now pilot the Reaper MQ-9 aircraft in missions against the Taliban in Afghanistan, from an office on a US military base more than 7,000 miles away, near Las Vegas.</p> <p>Although the RAF already has drone pilots, the four are the first to be trained specifically to fly unmanned aircraft.></p> </blockquote> <blockquote>As the machines cannot currently been flown in the UK, under aviation laws, they trained in the USA, before graduating at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, USA, last month.</blockquote> <p>The photograph shows RAF Deputy Commander-in-Chief Operations Air Marshal Richard Garwood, centre, with the newly graduated RPAS pilots. Credit: SWNS By Jasper Copping</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/46973200838http://notes.husk.org/post/46973200838Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:13:50 +0100imagedronesraftelegraphreaper mq-9afghanistannevadausafcreech<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2qms5XV0i1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205018749">Aerial view of RAF Fylingdales</a>, 16 September 1963 (via)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/21457515471http://notes.husk.org/post/21457515471Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:55:29 +0100fylingdalesimagedomegeodesic domeradomerafusafnsa1960saerial photographyiwm