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”…..
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.
Almost makes being a moderator worthwhile! anyway you can’t get drunk, you have to set an example……..
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”.
…..and speed cameras, they have feelings too………
Do they feel pain?
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 )
“I don’t mind homosexuality, as long as it isn’t rammed down my throat”…..
Are you seriously suggesting that aluminium wreckage is migratory?
It is in Greenland!
Are you seriously suggesting that aluminium wreckage is migratory?
It is in Greenland!
Not sure I know who Will Young is :confused:
Homophobe…
Is this the same Clarkson, who’s new best mate is Will Young?
Just picked up my second Spitfire.:)
They got the exhaust stubs right on your one; it pays to read the instructions….
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)
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.
I came, I saw, I conked-out Kenneth Williams (technically seven I know, but I hyphenated the last two)