Yes and while we’re having a moan and people are banging on about a dilution of content and people leaving.
A friend of mine, who also happens to be a well respected aircraft engineer was banned from here not too long ago and that has nothing to do with other forums.

It’s people like him that this place ought to be trying to keep hold of–not chucking out.

I suspect his very realistic view of aviation preservation (and many of you would give your eye teeth to know what he knows) didn’t fit with the philosophy here.

Personally, I can’t see what he said was any worse than much of the inane rubbish that’s written here.

Cheers
Andy

I bet I am not alone in reading these arguement threads for their amusement value.

It sure as hell beats telling young people they are dying. 🙁

Perspective people.

DS

DS,
that’s a hell of a job you do there!
As far as this little Eisteddfod goes I find stiring the pot here sometimes makes it better still–funnier anyway.
Some people seem to have forgotten that aviation is a hobby and should be fun.
Apparently there are people here who think it should always be serious.
I even got a PM recently saying that I carry ‘a deadweight of a past approach’–whatever that means.
I think it means he doesn’t understand my warped outlook on life.

His problem , not mine!

Love you all
Andy

Well to respond I really need to know details – are we talking a third? A quarter? Obviously I wouldn’t like to tax it too much by responding without full knowledge of the actual depth of the insult, which is of course particularly cutting, coming from somebody who has basically signed up here purely to bitch and whine at people. :rolleyes:

Doing fractions must be difficult or arithmetic of any kind…!!!! 🙂 😉 🙂 😉 🙂

Mid Life crisis?? 🙂

Probably yes, but it’s still more exciting than the other two options.

Gnome et Rhone did produce motorcycles under their own name.
Although, I thought they started after The Great War and they were a nice, quality product.
I think from memory they were parallel twins or maybe a V-twin.
This looks as young Hiscock says a bit agricultural.
Perhaps a purpose built engine??–I’d love to know.
Andy

The ‘bombs’ used by the high level ‘Kates’ were I believe conversions from 6″ naval shells.

The theory about the black powder is generally believed to be accurate.
Only two ships were not salvaged from Pearl Harbo(u)r, the converted target ship (had been a battleship) USS Utah and the USS Arizona.
The Oklahoma which capsized (also with heavy loss of life) was salvaged but not returned to service and the West Virginia and California (also both sunk) were salvaged and returned to service against the Japanese.

There was another ship there that day. The Brooklyn class Cruiser USS Phoenix, she survived the day with a dent caused by shrapnel in a secondary gun shield.
Forty one years later she ran into two torpedoes fired by HMS Conqueror
off the Falklands–of course by then she was called The General Belgrano.
A.

Oh and the Oklahoma rolled over the wrong way.
Somehow by sheerest chance I caught fifteeen minutes of this.
I’d heard it was bad, terrible even–that’s not even close, it terrible beyond words.

If it hasn’t flown, what was I doing on New Years Day???

Melv, help me here–PLEASE!!!!