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  • February 27, 2014 at 11:46 pm in reply to: Here's an oddity #964083
    Deskpilot
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    My only flight in a British Eagle Britannia was from Heathrow to Singapore. I wonder if this could be the same plane. It was a very enjoyable flight until she hit an air pocket and dropped so quick she hit me, and others, on the head. The Captain then decided to tell us to secure our seat belts. I’ll always remember the close encounter with the Alps and coming into land over Palm trees at Columbia Airport, Ceylon, as it was then.
    Coming home a few years later in a VC10 was a very different experience(via Ghan).

    February 16, 2014 at 10:06 pm in reply to: And Now For Something Completely Different Thread MK3 #977094
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    Hi All,
    No so inspirational unles your Austrian :highly_amused:
    http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/1/63512/938509/Museo-Magazine-Paola-Pivi-A-Helicopter-Upside-Down-in-a-Public-Space-2006_800.jpg

    Geoff.

    Did you mean Australian?

    February 14, 2014 at 12:54 am in reply to: Help identifying …radio parts maybe? #979807
    Deskpilot
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    Can I ask what is it they’re mounted on/in (the orange colored back-ground?)

    February 12, 2014 at 12:14 am in reply to: What Book Are You Reading? #1872013
    Deskpilot
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    Just finished a privately published bio of Harry Jennings. A lad from the east end of London who wanted to fly and became an air gunner during WW2. He later joined the police and became quite well known and finally emigrated to South Australia and started a security company just down the road from where I live.

    Called ‘Cop That Young ‘Arry’ I got it from the local library.

    February 10, 2014 at 1:29 am in reply to: How Low Can You Go? (2014) #984672
    Deskpilot
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    Damn, beat me to it. How stupid is that one. Pilot should be grounded for putting the aircraft into a dangerous situation. If he wants to kill himself and stupid spectators, he can find another way to do it.

    February 2, 2014 at 11:19 pm in reply to: Is Carol Vorderman 'insane'? #389942
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    I’ve often thought about flying from Australia back to the UK but have decided the maddest part about it is going through all the paper work first.
    Visa’s for this country, visa’s for that country, back ground checks from every country you’re going to cross, approvals for taking a **** etc etc. One would be mad before they’ve left the ground. I wish her good luck and even if she fails, at least she’s tried. If she succeeds, she’s got a story to dine out on for the rest of her life.

    February 2, 2014 at 10:55 pm in reply to: Any writers on here? (stuck on a point of style) #1873622
    Deskpilot
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    I write for a living. I would never dream of writing “She was 26”

    Wrong, wrong, wrong.

    Moggy

    DITTO, DITTO, DITTO. Check out past great authors. Shakespeare, Dickens etc. Can’t ever recall seeing numbers in their scribblings, er scribeings.

    January 27, 2014 at 1:00 am in reply to: The 'JUST A NICE PIC…' thread #2261513
    Deskpilot
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    http://i40.tinypic.com/x4jjno.jpg

    Ace in the Hole be damned. That colour scheme is just plain Butt Ugly.

    January 25, 2014 at 2:00 am in reply to: Andrew Woodhouse not guilty #1875115
    Deskpilot
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    For this sort of crime, a good birching will leave lasting memories to deter further offenses to the public at large. No cost involved, the victim could apply the birch.

    January 25, 2014 at 1:48 am in reply to: Wyvern by aviation artist Lucio Perinotto #998840
    Deskpilot
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    Going to be picky here. Nice picture but why would he be that low so close to the carrier. Preparing to ditch maybe :dev2:

    January 18, 2014 at 7:48 am in reply to: Vickers Valiant Tribute -1st Of The V-Bombers #1005620
    Deskpilot
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    Valiant and Beverley. Two work horses of the RAF and only one of each surviving. At least the Valiant in under cover and might live on foe a few more years. Who knows when the Bev will succumb to the elements. What other types are in the same class(one offs)

    January 17, 2014 at 12:02 am in reply to: The 'JUST A NICE PIC…' thread #2213735
    Deskpilot
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    Hi All,
    Nothing like TSR2 porn.:love-struck:
    http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/8/7/9/0747978.jpg

    Geoff.

    Love a bit of porn occasionally but for god’s sake, lets have something with decent legs lol.

    January 10, 2014 at 12:48 am in reply to: The 'JUST A NICE PIC…' thread #2219203
    Deskpilot
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    (airliners.net # 2345551)

    Hmmm, do I see a pilot or do I not?

    January 7, 2014 at 12:43 am in reply to: Spitfire Running Costs #931468
    Deskpilot
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    Seeing as a Spit has a RR engine, I’ll give you the RR answer. “If you have to ask, you can’t afford” Enough said.

    January 3, 2014 at 10:32 pm in reply to: And Now For Something Completely Different Thread MK3 #932815
    Deskpilot
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    [ATTACH=CONFIG]224190[/ATTACH]
    How to lose 35000lb of AUW in an instant

    Go the Bev. First plane I ever worked on and flew in 47 Sqdn at Abingdon.

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