Did anyone else go to this at the weekend?
Fantastic I thought. Peter Twiss and Neville Duke in attendance, Twiss giving a talk about his experiences as a test pilot, other talks from John Fairey, a Concorde pilot and the world helicopter speed record holder. Book signing and a superb model display including the most incredible half-scale DH88 Comet that once in the air could easily be mistaken for the real McCoy.
I took a whole roll of film, when I get these developed I’ll post them.
Me: ‘What does 1,132mph feel like?’
Peter Twiss: ‘When you’re in an aircraft at that speed… a bit like sitting in an armchair really. You run out of map quite quickly though.’
By: pobjoy pete - 14th March 2006 at 11:19
faam cel speed
just a point
it seems so sad that n duke had to sell his medals etc to pay for his wifes hip operation.what is this country like to those who actually did something as opposed to the civil servants who got the gongs and kept thier heads down,not to mention the pension!!! its a b………y disgrace
By: XN923 - 14th March 2006 at 08:44
YES XN IT WAS A GREAT EVENT APART FROM THE PA SYSTEM THAT CAME FROM A CAR BOOT SALE.
MANAGED TO GET BOTH MY BOOKS SIGNED, AND WAS IMPRESSED BY THE LACK OF FUEL IN THE MACHINE ON RETURN TO BOSCOMBE (10 GALLS)
SADLY A REMINDER OF WHAT GB WAS CAPABLE OF, AND HOW WE CHUCKED IT ALL AWAY.
THE FRENCH SAW THE POTENTIAL AND ITS STILL IN USE!!
WE DID IT AGAIN WITH TSR2, AND PROVED WE DO NOT LEARN BY PAST ERRORS.
BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER THE HARRIER REPLACEMENT GIVES AS GOOD AS SERVICE AS THE ORIGINAL!!
Yes, for a celebration of technology, the audio-visual was more RE8 than FD2.
Pics developed now, just waiting for me to scan them.
By: pobjoy pete - 13th March 2006 at 18:52
CELEBRATION OF SPEED
YES XN IT WAS A GREAT EVENT APART FROM THE PA SYSTEM THAT CAME FROM A CAR BOOT SALE.
MANAGED TO GET BOTH MY BOOKS SIGNED, AND WAS IMPRESSED BY THE LACK OF FUEL IN THE MACHINE ON RETURN TO BOSCOMBE (10 GALLS)
SADLY A REMINDER OF WHAT GB WAS CAPABLE OF, AND HOW WE CHUCKED IT ALL AWAY.
THE FRENCH SAW THE POTENTIAL AND ITS STILL IN USE!!
WE DID IT AGAIN WITH TSR2, AND PROVED WE DO NOT LEARN BY PAST ERRORS.
BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER THE HARRIER REPLACEMENT GIVES AS GOOD AS SERVICE AS THE ORIGINAL!!
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