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  • April 21, 2005 at 9:14 pm in reply to: General Discussion #360594
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    Do you take salt and vinegar with those chips, Anna?

    April 21, 2005 at 9:08 pm in reply to: General Discussion #360595
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    Man shoots car …

    I think I prefer the memory of Basil Fawlty beating his recalcitrant car with a tree branch.

    April 21, 2005 at 8:58 pm in reply to: General Discussion #360700
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    Which Radio Station

    Classic FM.

    March 22, 2005 at 12:09 am in reply to: Fairey Battle #1389391
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    As far as I’m aware, the Battle that carried a turret (over 200 of them) was simply called the Mk I (Turret). It was a Canadian ‘mod’ to take account of the fairly chilly winter weather they get over there because the open gunner’s cockpit would have been a bit “brass monkeys” for the U/T Air Gunners. Mind you, the turret as shown in those pictures doesn’t seem to offer very much more protection from the cold.

    January 27, 2005 at 6:47 pm in reply to: P47 Expert Available #1391059
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    That all looks pretty straightforward chaps, and after after we’ve finished, we’ll have lunch then try a more complicated aircraft.

    January 17, 2005 at 11:40 pm in reply to: What, where and squadron quiz #1416024
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    Hi Crazymainer,

    The picture looked familiar as I was there at the time! I also recall they did something they called a “Twinkle Roll” where all the aircraft rolled individually and quite fast, not a formation roll but as six individual aircraft in formation. Their spacing wasn’t all that wide and to me it looked a bit hairy with those broad Scimitar wingips thrashing round in opposition to one another. But it looked good.

    Any more pictures of a similar vintage?

    All the best,

    L9172
    January 17, 2005 at 7:53 am in reply to: What, where and squadron quiz #1417983
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    Supermarine Scimitar – 80? Squadron FAA – SBAC, Farnborough

    December 28, 2004 at 11:52 am in reply to: Obi Wan Kenobi goes Spitfire -> "Malta Story" #1365371
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    Malta Story

    Hello Mike,

    Best of the season to you and I hope you are well. I’ll have to go back to Amazon and order a copy for myself, didn’t think to do that when I checked on it earlier.

    Hugh

    December 28, 2004 at 11:01 am in reply to: Obi Wan Kenobi goes Spitfire -> "Malta Story" #1365518
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    Malta Story

    Dear Starfire,

    Just checked on Amazon and they have “Malta Story” at £5.97. Region Two.

    December 28, 2004 at 10:57 am in reply to: Obi Wan Kenobi goes Spitfire -> "Malta Story" #1365525
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    Malta Story

    Dear Starfire,

    This film is very much worth seeing if, as you say, it’s available. Roughly contemporaneous (as to when it was made) with “The Dambusters” and “Angels One Five”, it is probably a little dated by today’s standards, but then standards today are very much lower in many things than they were then.

    October 22, 2004 at 6:56 pm in reply to: English Comedian Wants To Fly A Spitfire #1369959
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    Originally Posted by Moggy C
    It’s a pedantry thing. Like how I hate people spelling ‘Airborne’ as ‘Airbourne’. Even our hosts here do it.

    But pay no attention to me and my hobby horses – no-one else does

    Moggy

    * * * * * * * * * *

    This seems to have become a “Defend the English Language from Piracy” thread. I agree with you Moggy, the language should be used correctly and I try to do just this. You are not alone.

    October 22, 2004 at 6:27 pm in reply to: 236 Sqn Blenheim markings #1369975
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    236 Squadron Blenheim Codes

    Sorry, that should have been “… hard-and-fast rule …”.

    October 22, 2004 at 6:26 pm in reply to: 236 Sqn Blenheim markings #1369986
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    236 Squadron Blenheim Codes

    A study of Blenheim photographs seems to indicate that there was no hard-and-fast about the positioning of the unit code (before or after the fuselage roundel). However, on Page 280 of Graham Warner’s book “The Bristol Blenheim – A Complete History” there is a photograph of several 236 Squadron Blenheims that gives us some idea of the application in this unit at least.

    Some inconsiderate “erk” is standing in exactly the wrong position to allow us to see properly, but sufficient of the code is visible on two aircraft to suggest that the “FA” unit code is after the roundel.

    Hope this is of some use.

    September 30, 2004 at 6:59 pm in reply to: What was Number One on the day you were born?? #1959276
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    You’re miles younger than I am, dcfly, I was eleven at the start of this list.

    September 22, 2004 at 11:14 pm in reply to: Personality test #1961448
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    Personality Test

    A few bits of the results applied to me, but most could have applied to the Man in the Moon as far as I can see. I wonder if the fact that I’m colour-blind made any difference.

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