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  • in reply to: Ten Gun MK 1A Spitfire??? #1143451
    stuart gowans
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    Well actually I was impersonating Bader havent you heard of Him???
    Personally I’m not convinced Ronnie shot him in the BB I think he was stitched up, I saw their interview in 1963 and they swore they were just Business men who had to deal with the odd drunk.
    Heres another picture of Bader stood by the bar where Cornell was allegedly shot.:diablo:

    Possibly the origin of the phrase “Blind drunk & Bu99ered”…..

    in reply to: Ten Gun MK 1A Spitfire??? #1145171
    stuart gowans
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    As several have pointed out, certainly the camera gun port.

    But what about that light coloured rectangular patch on the starboard cowling, just visible in the picture adjacent to a small round aperture in the cowling?

    Well….its this:

    Wise words, although it should be noted, that being able to get the knotted rope undone PDQ is also necessary, to avoid said aircraftsman being dragged along airfield (and possibly aloft) by enthusiastic young pilot.

    in reply to: Happy Birthday Bruce #1145632
    stuart gowans
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    Almost makes being a moderator worthwhile! anyway you can’t get drunk, you have to set an example……..

    in reply to: Into the Storm BBC Last Night #1150447
    stuart gowans
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    I am a huge fan of The Gathering Storm, it was a masterpiece. I was excited when this sequel was announced, but later dismayed when I found that Albert Finney was not reprising the role of Churchill. he was masterfull, he genuinely seemed to become Winston. I hoped the new guy, whom I’d never heard of, might have been as good but then I saw a clip on their website and he looked dreadful by comparison to Finney in the clip.

    How did this low budget sequel fair if compared with the original film?

    I think there is a comparison between Churchill and Dr Who, inasmuch as each successive actor to play the role is initially seen as a poor substitute for the previous creation, but after a while it’s hard to imagine anyone else playing the role.

    I thought it was a good attempt at capturing 5 years of war in 1 1/2 hours, I liked the bit where Churchill meets the burned pilot with the VC , and says something like “you are probably in awe of meeting me aren’t you?…………………so you can imagine how I feel meeting you”.

    in reply to: James May And Spitfire #1152489
    stuart gowans
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    …..and speed cameras, they have feelings too………

    Do they feel pain?

    in reply to: James May And Spitfire #1152888
    stuart gowans
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    Was out there 3am 5am 6am turning it into wind!!:eek::)

    Why did you choose that particular scheme? I still can’t decide on one (if I ever get the damn thing finished, that is )

    in reply to: James May And Spitfire #1153144
    stuart gowans
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    “I don’t mind homosexuality, as long as it isn’t rammed down my throat”…..

    in reply to: General Discussion #298345
    stuart gowans
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    Are you seriously suggesting that aluminium wreckage is migratory?

    It is in Greenland!

    in reply to: Aircraft Wreckage In MP's Holy Grail Movie? #1888936
    stuart gowans
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    Are you seriously suggesting that aluminium wreckage is migratory?

    It is in Greenland!

    in reply to: James May And Spitfire #1153939
    stuart gowans
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    Not sure I know who Will Young is :confused:

    Homophobe…

    in reply to: James May And Spitfire #1154038
    stuart gowans
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    Is this the same Clarkson, who’s new best mate is Will Young?

    in reply to: James May And Spitfire #1154491
    stuart gowans
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    Just picked up my second Spitfire.:)

    They got the exhaust stubs right on your one; it pays to read the instructions….

    in reply to: An end to flying at Duxford? #1157830
    stuart gowans
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    I thought this thread was about a potential threat to the use of Duxford airfield……….???

    Planemike

    It is, the potential threat to flying at DX is down to house building, which in turn is dictated by the expansion of the population, which is predicted to grow by 4.4 million in the next 6 years, 2.1 million from immigration alone(source) the Daily mail…….. sorry …….The Office for National Statistics (probably some jumped up right wing mob, afterall they do have the word National in their name)

    in reply to: An end to flying at Duxford? #1157941
    stuart gowans
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    How many of you that have posted have children? How many have more than one, or even two? Where are they going to live? The simple fact is we all have too many offspring, this is a small country, forget all that right wing stuff about too many immigrants, they form only a part of the population. The fact that we are a modern, successful first world country means we breed like rabbits and the rabbit cubs survive. They need housing. If you live next to an airfield and moan then I have no sympathy

    If you have more than two children and moan about housing estates I have no sympathy either.

    what?

    Me?

    No, made the concsious decision not to have any as there were enough in the world

    Never regretted itt

    I believe that the current immigration rate is just over 500,000 a year, looking at it very simplistically, if they were all couples we’d still need 250,000 houses for them.

    Indeed the answer isn’t to have no children of our own, nor is it, as someone else said, to build more houses in one of those nice green fields, (that are everywhere in the country side) as I believe they are used for something called “food production” apparently there is a world shortage of that particular commodity.

    The answer is to get off our collectively fat @rses, and do the jobs ourselves that are the cause of this current “skills shortage”; however I accept that the time to follow that particular piece of wisdom may well have passed, but on the other hand, the “door” is still open.

    in reply to: General Discussion #304091
    stuart gowans
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    I came, I saw, I conked-out Kenneth Williams (technically seven I know, but I hyphenated the last two)

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