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  • in reply to: Last days of Plymouth City Airport #557988
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    Never went to this airport would be nice to see some photos of it in it’s heyday if anyone has any. Perhaps s a tribute?

    I took over a 1,000 photos and a load of video when I worked there. I will post up some of it when I dont feel so low about it.

    Baz

    in reply to: General Discussion #279703
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    …or stuck on a sand bank somewhere:p

    in reply to: Is the Falklands about to 'kick off' again? #1864504
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    …or stuck on a sand bank somewhere:p

    in reply to: Seen On Ebay Thread (August 2011) #1052153
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    in reply to: Seen On Ebay Thread (August 2011) #1052160
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    in reply to: General Discussion #279741
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    ….they’re always mad at us:rolleyes:

    in reply to: Is the Falklands about to 'kick off' again? #1864552
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    ….they’re always mad at us:rolleyes:

    in reply to: General Discussion #279862
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    the guy could have done a superb job but there may have been one tiny aspect she wasn’t happy with that she refused to pay or let him remmedy

    The guy could have done a complete cr@p job and quite rightly she withheld payment.

    then when he’s comming round for payment she walks past laden with shopping bags whilst he has no money through non payment to do so !!

    Conjecture, he had enough money to finace a flamethrower and safety equipment.

    He wasn’t after payment, just murder.

    yes maybe it was a horrible end but without the full facts who are we to judge ??

    hang on

    it is becomming a modern day disease where paryahs like this have work done that they do not intend to pay for

    and

    sorry but if this guy was struggling to feed his family whilst this ingnorant obnoxious person was buying dresses whatever and not paying for work that had been carried out

    and

    then she struts past him laden with shopping whilst he’s probbably struggling to feed his family because of bill dodgers !!

    You say you don’t condone his behaviour, however:

    i can at the same time understand what may have pushed him to it !!

    i cannot help but feel she was a large contributing factor to her own fate !!

    but can see the guys point !!

    i can fully apreciate where he was comming from !!

    her own actions are also a contributing factor

    Finally (before I lose the will to live)

    i realy cannot understand why it is difficult for people to understand why people are driven to recless behaviour by those that won’t pay

    Because, in the States, the small claims court (Judge Judy style) is one of the best systems in the world. Easy to use, fair and just.
    He could so easily have got his money (and compensation) by taking her to court.

    Why didn’t he?

    (conjecture) Probably did such a poor job, knew he wouldn’t win in court.

    Arthur Pewtey

    Nothing at all excuses what this man did. Even if he was owed £1 or a £1million. It doesn’t matter. What he did was dreadful and there are simply no excuses for it whatsoever.

    Spot on.

    I also claim my £5.00

    Baz

    in reply to: Sick. Don't read if your in a Christmas mood. #1864585
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    the guy could have done a superb job but there may have been one tiny aspect she wasn’t happy with that she refused to pay or let him remmedy

    The guy could have done a complete cr@p job and quite rightly she withheld payment.

    then when he’s comming round for payment she walks past laden with shopping bags whilst he has no money through non payment to do so !!

    Conjecture, he had enough money to finace a flamethrower and safety equipment.

    He wasn’t after payment, just murder.

    yes maybe it was a horrible end but without the full facts who are we to judge ??

    hang on

    it is becomming a modern day disease where paryahs like this have work done that they do not intend to pay for

    and

    sorry but if this guy was struggling to feed his family whilst this ingnorant obnoxious person was buying dresses whatever and not paying for work that had been carried out

    and

    then she struts past him laden with shopping whilst he’s probbably struggling to feed his family because of bill dodgers !!

    You say you don’t condone his behaviour, however:

    i can at the same time understand what may have pushed him to it !!

    i cannot help but feel she was a large contributing factor to her own fate !!

    but can see the guys point !!

    i can fully apreciate where he was comming from !!

    her own actions are also a contributing factor

    Finally (before I lose the will to live)

    i realy cannot understand why it is difficult for people to understand why people are driven to recless behaviour by those that won’t pay

    Because, in the States, the small claims court (Judge Judy style) is one of the best systems in the world. Easy to use, fair and just.
    He could so easily have got his money (and compensation) by taking her to court.

    Why didn’t he?

    (conjecture) Probably did such a poor job, knew he wouldn’t win in court.

    Arthur Pewtey

    Nothing at all excuses what this man did. Even if he was owed £1 or a £1million. It doesn’t matter. What he did was dreadful and there are simply no excuses for it whatsoever.

    Spot on.

    I also claim my £5.00

    Baz

    in reply to: Last days of Plymouth City Airport #558211
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    This was a picture I drew a few years ago and was turned into a print.

    My tribute to a great little Airport.

    Baz

    in reply to: Last days of Plymouth City Airport #558226
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    Major businesses said some years ago if the Airport went, they would up sticks and relocate to Exeter. They required the airlink to Heathrow. Shortly after that B.A. (who took over Brymon a couple of years prior) stripped out the profit making Heathrow slots for larger aircraft (the main reason for buying Brymon in the first place) and foisted Plymouth with Gatwick. Then B.A. pulled out of Plymouth and Airsouthwest took the reins under Sutton Harbour Holdings (who also ran the Airport), it now became a one trick pony.

    Unloved by the Council and severely mis-managed, the Airport bumped along the bottom, losing key personnel to other Airports up and down the Country.

    Airsouthwest started to expand their routes and was making Gatwick profitable, however, Flybe (and Ryanair) spotted this and in competition, opened routes to Gatwick (from Nqy) and immediately passenger numbers dropped. ASW never recovered from this and the despair was evident with nobody knowing what to do.

    Some say the writing was on the wall the moment a property developer took over the real estate.
    “Its was like putting the Fox in charge of the Chicken run” a saying I heard only yesterday when I went and said goodbye to my friends and the Airport.

    I worked there for 11 years and loved it to bits, it should have been Plymouths shining star, a great piece of infrastructure, the gateway to the world.

    Shame on all the people involved in its downfall.

    On Friday, it will be gone.

    Baz:(

    in reply to: General Discussion #279875
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    …you just got back from the pub?…..

    in reply to: Sick. Don't read if your in a Christmas mood. #1864631
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    …you just got back from the pub?…..

    in reply to: General Discussion #279998
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    Dunno about that, if a piston engine was never meant to be upside down, it’s fuel feed wouldn’t cope. And, the power needed for the vertical climb bit, I doubt if it was there.

    A loop is always under a positive ‘g’, therefore the engine ‘wouldn’t know’ it was upside-down, also, a loop requires a certain amount of speed to complete, so a dive would normally be needed ‘for the vertical climb bit’. A loop is a very deliberate manoeuvre and apart from the Wellington incident above, I guess it would be quite rare. The roll however (barrel) is a constant 1g manoeuvre and I have read of several cases with 4 engined bombers completing it.

    baz

    in reply to: Is/Was it possible? #1864682
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    Dunno about that, if a piston engine was never meant to be upside down, it’s fuel feed wouldn’t cope. And, the power needed for the vertical climb bit, I doubt if it was there.

    A loop is always under a positive ‘g’, therefore the engine ‘wouldn’t know’ it was upside-down, also, a loop requires a certain amount of speed to complete, so a dive would normally be needed ‘for the vertical climb bit’. A loop is a very deliberate manoeuvre and apart from the Wellington incident above, I guess it would be quite rare. The roll however (barrel) is a constant 1g manoeuvre and I have read of several cases with 4 engined bombers completing it.

    baz

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