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  • April 7, 2014 at 2:11 pm in reply to: Dambusters Remake Latest #931777
    AlanR
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    I call it ….. ” Taking offence by proxy “

    April 7, 2014 at 2:09 pm in reply to: My recent EFATO #388779
    AlanR
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    With luck, so will I. He doesn’t want a partner in the aircraft does he?

    M

    I wouldn’t bank on it. Am trying to get hold of a picture of work in progress.

    April 7, 2014 at 10:52 am in reply to: My recent EFATO #388833
    AlanR
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    As I mentioned to Moggy some while back, my brother in law is helping to build a Van at the moment.
    I don’t know what stage it’s at ?, but fairly advanced I would guess, as they’ve been on it some while.
    I will try and get a photo.

    I think it will be at OB when finished.

    April 7, 2014 at 10:16 am in reply to: The Official F1 Thread #1860133
    AlanR
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    Has anyone seen BBC’s Grand Prix: The Killer Years?… I fully recommend it, absolutely heart breaking. Word of warning though, its not for the faint hearted.

    Yes, it seemed to be accepted that at least one driver would be killed every year. It seemed to be more of a playboy sport back in the 70s & early 80s.

    “Senna” was a very good film too. I didn’t realize at the time, how much animosity there was between him and the motor
    racing establishment.
    He virtually predicted that lives would be lost that weekend.

    April 7, 2014 at 10:12 am in reply to: The Official F1 Thread #1860138
    AlanR
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    One of the better races for some time. Helped no doubt by the safety car bunching the field up ?

    April 5, 2014 at 3:36 pm in reply to: Missing Malaysian Airlines B777 #495330
    AlanR
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    I wonder what frequency the sort of tags they put on migrating whales, operate at ?

    Hopefully it wasn’t just an echo from another search device.

    April 4, 2014 at 10:48 pm in reply to: Who would you rather fly with ? #1860459
    AlanR
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    That’s exactly along the lines of what I was thinking. As well as qualifications backed up by years of practical experience on the job.

    I was only using the pilot example as an analogy, and not in it’s literal sense.

    Another analogy could be. You are a soldier going into battle, who would you rather have next to you ?

    A Sergeant Major with 20yrs experience, or a young officer straight out of military college.

    April 4, 2014 at 2:57 pm in reply to: Who would you rather fly with ? #1860610
    AlanR
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    Ok, perhaps it was an unfair question, without knowing why it was asked.

    It was sent to a friend who considers nobody on this forum has a clue what they are talking about, be they experienced
    aircraft engineers or pilots.

    April 4, 2014 at 11:32 am in reply to: Fibreglass Replicas #932960
    AlanR
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    Didn’t they also use some plywood cut outs of Spitfires on “Piece of Cake” ?

    I also seem to remember the people at Manston getting rather upset when the company making the fibreglass replicas,
    made a mess of their Spitfire and Hurricane. Which had been used for making moulds.

    April 4, 2014 at 11:27 am in reply to: Pollution from Sahara #1860637
    AlanR
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    I guess the greenies are going to jump on the band wagon again, saying that its this country to blame for all the pollution and sand, so lets raise taxes more to sort the problem out! An extra 20 quid on road tax and council tax that should do nicely. Thank You!

    That’s about the size of it. 🙂

    April 3, 2014 at 10:33 pm in reply to: Fibreglass Replicas #933122
    AlanR
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    Not sure if it’s already been mentioned, but wasn’t there a company called “Fagans Brown” (or something very similar) who
    made replicas at the time of the BoB film ?

    April 3, 2014 at 2:51 pm in reply to: About Time !! #1860820
    AlanR
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    I’ve had the privilege of seeing Hump Backs in South Africa and Pilot Whales in Tenerife, There’s something completely enchanting and mesmerizing about Whales…

    We went out on a Pilot Whale watching trip when we were in Tenerife a few years ago. As you say, a memorable experience.

    I also tasted some smoked whale meat in Bergen. Not as nice as the roast reindeer.

    April 3, 2014 at 2:46 pm in reply to: Pollution from Sahara #1860824
    AlanR
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    I’m waiting for the plague of locusts 🙂

    April 3, 2014 at 1:19 pm in reply to: My recent EFATO #388885
    AlanR
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    I expect you’ll be selling signed photographs of the incident in July Moggy ? 🙂

    April 3, 2014 at 1:16 pm in reply to: Pollution from Sahara #1860845
    AlanR
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    We periodically get Saharan sand/dust and we frequently get increased levels of pollution for a day or a few days, so why all the excitement this time, I have no idea. Slow newsdays, perhaps……:rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Yes, we do seem to get it every year to a greater or lesser extent. It’s all to do with climate change you know, or is it global warming ?

    I get confused 🙂

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