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  • in reply to: Shuttleworth Collection 11/12/09 of Dzus and Scud #1110981
    Manonthefence
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    How dare you call them Fairys :diablo:

    You are right Bruce, but Dzus is the generic term thats used by the engineers. You learn something every day.

    The reason it was stripped down to the last bolt is because it needed it!

    Dave

    Looking forward to the Scud and the Blackburn Monoplane sharing the same skies.

    in reply to: Shuttleworth Collection 11/12/09 of Dzus and Scud #1111295
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    I must admit, in no small part thanks to the the enthusiasm of one of the collections pilots, I am really looking forward to seeing it fly.

    in reply to: Shuttleworth Collection 11/12/09 of Dzus and Scud #1111556
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    Finally. Spot the change!
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/091211EGTH/09-12-11EGTH0095.jpg

    in reply to: The final flight of the Vimy. #1135794
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    You dont get it and you never will. Mindsets like your mean that the declien of aircraft perservation in this country would be doomed. Thankfully Brooklands are more enlightened than that. More power to them for that.

    in reply to: The final flight of the Vimy. #1135877
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    I do however object to it going inside if it means that the likes of the Viscount etc at Brooklands still struggle to get a roof over their heads if deference to a reproduction.

    What a sad and pathetic point of view from somone who clearly has no understanding of what makes a particular aircraft historic.

    The Vimy may well be new(ish) build but its done more in its class than all of the aircraft at Brooklands have. It fully deserves to be undercover at the expense of aircraft that have examples preserved elsewhere. Especially considering its construction does not lend itself well to keeping it outside.

    It is no mere reproduction and to think so show a total lack of understanding of historic aviation and what makes an aircraft worthy of preservation.

    in reply to: Royal International Air Tattoo 2009 #466400
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    Sunday on the Hill
    The Dutch F-16 colours are great but really don’t work in anything other than bright sunlight
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-19RIAT0034.jpg

    Yes yes I missed the flameouts, both days
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-19RIAT0152.jpg

    Oh a Rafale, in a cloud, how very surprising!
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-19RIAT0414.jpg

    I like this one,haven’t done much to it
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-19RIAT0754.jpg

    Departures, stating with a brace of Gripen
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-20RIAT0026.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-20RIAT0194.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-20RIAT0320.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-20RIAT0483.jpg

    Last time? #1
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-20RIAT0675.jpg

    Show stealer
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-20RIAT0913.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-20RIAT0968.jpg

    Last but by no means least, the venerable 111, last time? #2
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-20RIAT1016.jpg

    in reply to: Royal International Air Tattoo 2009 #466405
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    Phoon
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0931.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0975.jpg

    in reply to: Royal International Air Tattoo 2009 #466406
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    Saturday was static day, and the sun was out (for a bit)
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0005.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0014.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0027.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0032.jpg

    The difference between pilots and mortals? They make this look good!
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0037.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0075.jpg

    Rafale and its cloud again
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0164.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0200.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0316.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0386.jpg

    Dutch C-130 cockpit
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0411.jpg

    Fisheads
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0512.jpg
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0516.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0868.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0875.jpg

    (The stripes on the fuselage are a real pain)
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0894.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0900.jpg

    Hawg
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0903.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-18RIAT0908.jpg

    in reply to: Royal International Air Tattoo 2009 #466409
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    Friday dawned de ewe elle elle dull! Vapour is only any use when there are blue skies.

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-17RIAT0082.jpg

    Rafale was initially great but on the whole the display didn’t appear to be much more than a Mirage 2000 with some twiddly bits, that speaks volumes about the quality of the Mirage 2000 displays. A fully display will probably show the differences in capabilities between the two aircraft. It like its own personal cloud though.
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-17RIAT0228.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-17RIAT0248.jpg

    Loaded for Terry!
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-17RIAT0259.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-17RIAT0337.jpg

    Then the light got really bad!
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-17RIAT0424.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/RIAT09/09-07-17RIAT0484.jpg

    in reply to: Shuttleworth Collection “close season” #1139433
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    Finally, there is something here at Old Warden to keep everyone happy, the Swiss Garden is included in the admission price on Airshow days and is well worth a visit (plus it keeps the better half happy). It provides some excellent photographic opportunities.
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/091104EGTH/09-11-04EGTH0050.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/motf/2009/091104EGTH/09-11-04EGTH0061.jpg

    in reply to: General Discussion #297802
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    same as “Starbucks” for refusing to send coffee etc to the troops.

    Which was completely false and a hoax, but dont let the facts get in the way of your anger.

    Snopes.com

    in reply to: Another appalling news article #1888560
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    same as “Starbucks” for refusing to send coffee etc to the troops.

    Which was completely false and a hoax, but dont let the facts get in the way of your anger.

    Snopes.com

    in reply to: USSR Hurricane dig,(Graphic image content) #1158025
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    People, who need pictures of mutilated bodies in order to understand the horror of war, are the same kind of people who keep starting them. No amount of gore will ever educate them.

    You have clearly never bothered to either try or understand how.

    in reply to: USSR Hurricane dig,(Graphic image content) #1158048
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    What is “There is a big difference between publishing pictures of anonymous battle casualties and publishing pictures of a named individual” supposed to mean then.

    Would you like your dead relative to appear as a curiosity in a forum about the Ypres Salient

    He may very well have already done so. I would rather my relative survived. If in death his image can help educate and bring an understanding about the realities of war then its a good thing. There will be a percentage of people who look at the images who are doing do for voyeuristic reasons, they are the ones who need educating most.

    As for a fitting tribute, well that happens every night of the year at 8pm at The Menin Gate in Ypres.

    in reply to: USSR Hurricane dig,(Graphic image content) #1158065
    Manonthefence
    Participant

    There is a big difference between publishing pictures of anonymous battle casualties and publishing pictures of a named individual, who might still have living relatives. I doubt anyone here would like to see their deceased relatives when visiting an online forum, or opening a book. It’s not the fact that Sgt Lazarev is dead, it’s that he is Sgt Lazarev.

    So it only matters when you know their names then?

    Evertime I look at a picture of a dead soldier on the Ypres Salient I think of a relative who died there but whose body was never found.

    It really doesnt matter, a dead person is a dead person, someones son, brother, father. If you censor this then you have to censor all of them.

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