dark light

AlanR

Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 1,531 through 1,545 (of 5,556 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #852551
    AlanR
    Participant

    With regards to Terence and Theresa and their cousin,they could be doing a formation drive along the crowd line whilst the balbo goes over at next year’s Legends. Now that would be a finale!

    Trailing red white and blue smoke 🙂

    in reply to: General Discussion #241043
    AlanR
    Participant

    I know exactly what you are going through Paul, and you have my deepest sympathy.
    We have never actively gone out to get a cat, they just come to us. Our Duffy was a beautiful
    tortoiseshell cat, who hardly left my side when she was indoors. Then all of a sudden she stopped eating.
    Eventually I had to take her on her final journey to the vets. I hardly stopped crying for a week, as I
    missed her so much. I buried her in her favourite spot in the garden, joined a few years later by the cat
    who had moved in with her.
    I remember saying to the vet, that after having two cats put to sleep, that was it, no more.

    Then Phil turned up on our back door step when there was snow on the ground. I found out where he
    came from and took him home. Within a week he was back, and the owners never came to reclaim him.

    Best wishes to you and your wife Paul.

    in reply to: Animal Lovers only please reply #1805242
    AlanR
    Participant

    I know exactly what you are going through Paul, and you have my deepest sympathy.
    We have never actively gone out to get a cat, they just come to us. Our Duffy was a beautiful
    tortoiseshell cat, who hardly left my side when she was indoors. Then all of a sudden she stopped eating.
    Eventually I had to take her on her final journey to the vets. I hardly stopped crying for a week, as I
    missed her so much. I buried her in her favourite spot in the garden, joined a few years later by the cat
    who had moved in with her.
    I remember saying to the vet, that after having two cats put to sleep, that was it, no more.

    Then Phil turned up on our back door step when there was snow on the ground. I found out where he
    came from and took him home. Within a week he was back, and the owners never came to reclaim him.

    Best wishes to you and your wife Paul.

    in reply to: Heads up – Britains ultimate pilots #852558
    AlanR
    Participant

    Given the depths to which much BBC and other documentary programming has sunk, then that has to be the case.

    Good luck, Alan, but I suspect we will not see the end result if it doesn’t fit the BBC’s opinion of itself!!

    Well I’ve sent a video clip as requested, I may yet have my Andy Warhol moment.
    Albeit only a 25 second moment 🙂

    in reply to: Vulcan Last Flight? #852676
    AlanR
    Participant

    Those are lovely photos Blue_2, thanks for sharing them.

    I watched the first engine run of the B-29 Doc live on YouTube, it peaked with around 2,700 viewers and only minor hiccups in my connection (albeit on the other side of the Pacific, with not-too-great speeds). Would 558 get a bigger audience?

    Considerably bigger I would have thought, as long as they don’t keep it a secret. Put a couple of more zeros on the end.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #852678
    AlanR
    Participant

    Why on earth are they even considering disposing of the F-100 ?
    Quite an important aircraft I would have said.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #853106
    AlanR
    Participant

    I assume he/she will be restored to original condition.
    The seats look like a modern conversion ?

    Any new name must surely begin with a “T” …. Towie ?

    in reply to: Vulcan Last Flight? #853267
    AlanR
    Participant

    Better it than something else! 🙂

    Yes I was aware of being careful how I worded that.

    I chap I know was showing me a couple of lovely photos of the Vulcan tonight. Taken while he was flying
    his Cessna over the sea at Dover. With the Vulcan passing underneath.

    in reply to: Vulcan Last Flight? #853287
    AlanR
    Participant

    Great as long as Youtube doesn’t crash with so many using it.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #853498
    AlanR
    Participant

    Glad the F-100 is back under cover.

    in reply to: The Mighty Vulcan #454328
    AlanR
    Participant

    Very nice pictures.
    It’s a shame that by the very nature of it’s display, it was difficult getting pictures of her topside.

    in reply to: Heads up – Britains ultimate pilots #853525
    AlanR
    Participant

    Strewth, just had an email from the producer of PoV. Wanted my phone number to talk about voice overs !!

    They want me to send in a video clip…. Seems they’ve had a lot of complaints.

    in reply to: BCWM's Jaguar GR.1 Roll-Out #853531
    AlanR
    Participant

    Interesting to see the tail surfaces working in opposition to each other. Do any other aircraft
    have this feature ?

    in reply to: Heads up – Britains ultimate pilots #853541
    AlanR
    Participant

    And, Alan, as for Points of View (does it really still exist?) you’ll get the usual BBC arrogant platitudes in response, I am sure…:apologetic:

    Of that I have no doubt Charlie, if indeed it even gets a mention. Which in itself is highly unlikely 🙁

    in reply to: Heads up – Britains ultimate pilots #853683
    AlanR
    Participant

    I get the impression that like a lot of programmes nowadays, it’s designed for selling on to one
    of the satellite channels. There were regular pauses with momentary blank screen, where adds can be inserted.

Viewing 15 posts - 1,531 through 1,545 (of 5,556 total)