JM>>
 JM>>>> Then why did you say they could not fly with out one?

 BK>>>  I never said that. You do need to improve your reading skills.

 JM>> Yes you did.

 BA> I believe the thread was that a military aircraft will not
 BA> *take off* without operational radios.  Which, AFAIK, is
 BA> true.  If a radio fails in flight, the aircraft obviously
 BA> will continue flying and the pilot will hopefully be able
 BA> to safely land it - but that isn't a given.

 You gave it away. I was waiting for them to find the original
 quotes, which would prove them wrong. Ok, you are probably
 right, they would never even try to support their claims.

 BA> When I was on flying status, a nonoperational radio was a
 BA> ground abort if it couldn't be repaired or replaced prior
 BA> to scheduled mission takeoff.

 Now you forgot to tell them that most aircraft carry more than
 one radio. And if they had two, and one was out, the plane could
 still fly, but would probably be scrubbed.

 Most large planes carried VHF and UHF, and if they flew cross
 ocean they would have HF. If they had two HF radios, and one was
 out, that would probably be a scrub. If it was a passenger
 carrying aircraft, it would certainly be a scrub.

 Even some fighter aircraft carried HF radios.

 Oh well, we just tried to educate them. I doubt it will take.

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