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  • October 20, 2004 at 5:49 pm in reply to: General Discussion #427380
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    arf Arf!

    October 20, 2004 at 5:39 pm in reply to: Setter off to Vietnam- bet you want to know why! #1375453
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    Good luck with the trip Setter.
    Look forward to hearing what you turn up out there.

    October 20, 2004 at 5:34 pm in reply to: English Comedian Wants To Fly A Spitfire #1375574
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    Well, I say good luck to the guy.
    He’s obviously a smart-and motivated-cookie. Any Brit who can go to Iceland to do stand up in their own language (if memory serves right) has to be.
    His involvment in warbirds can only help to keep them in the public eye.
    As someone said earlier, look at what Gary Numan has achieved.

    October 15, 2004 at 10:42 pm in reply to: Your First Model Aeroplane #1385750
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    irfix Dogfight Double. spit Mk9 in Johnstons colours (meltd the prop blades with the glue), and Me110.
    Incidentally- I always feel its a shame they dont supply those natty little stands with models anymore.The Matcbox ones were particularly good because they had a ball and socket joint so you could “pose” the model.

    October 15, 2004 at 10:17 pm in reply to: RC Plane on the building board #1955319
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    Hope it lasts longer than the last one!

    October 13, 2004 at 10:12 pm in reply to: Bolingbroke's at Hamilton ONT Aug 1991 #1391053
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    Do you know where they all went then?

    October 13, 2004 at 9:19 pm in reply to: Class #1955953
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    All that g leaming brasswork, pelting steam, pistons, noise, smell and fury.
    I love it.
    The steam engines on the paddle steamer Waverley are similarly fascinating.
    Many times Ive been on a cruise down the Clyde and just stood there watching those massive triple expansion engines doing their work. Its like a living thing, and if you could bottle that smell of hot boiler oil that wafts up, I’d buy some.

    October 12, 2004 at 9:15 pm in reply to: Kaitak, jumpseat video, IGS RWY13, ILS RWY31… 1998! #1393687
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    Great photos Asia. Thanks for sharing.

    October 11, 2004 at 9:12 pm in reply to: worst car? whats your oppinions. #1956324
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    Worst car I ever owned was a Metro. It just fell apart, despite looking after it, servicing regularly etc…
    Best car for me is the Skoda Octavia Turbo Diesel I now own. Its just great in every way. It has no squeaks or rattles, is very economical, and fast off the mark, and has all the toys you could want.

    October 11, 2004 at 8:56 pm in reply to: VAC fly-ins refused at Turweston #1396421
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    I live very close to the approach for Edinburgh airport- and I love it. There’s also a major A class road nearby and the noise from that is much more intrusive.

    September 26, 2004 at 6:20 pm in reply to: Photo help needed #1960134
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    Your lens’s focusing distance is not short enough for close up work.
    Short of buying a macro focus capable lens, the other option is to buy a close up lens, which just slips into a filter holder (Cokin used to do these-dont know if you can stilll get them) Theyre not expensive. Wont be able to do this with a compact, but should be o.k. with an SLR.

    September 25, 2004 at 8:37 pm in reply to: What got you started in loving Aviation? #1430230
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    I don’t know where the Desford is, if indeed it survives at all, but I can say for certain that it’s not at the Museum of Flight at East Fortune.

    It was at Strathallan.
    Dont know what happened to it afterwards though.
    What got me going was a book I had as a pre school kid called “Pete The Pilot”, which I still have, being hoisted up into the fuselage of a derelict Shackleton at Kinloss fire dump ( subsequently revisited this around 1981-its long gone now), and visiting Turnhouse and marvelling at the rotating propellers of the many Viscounts there.Its in my blood now-an itch you cant properly scratch, but when something powered by a Merlin roars over-it feels soooooooooo good!

    September 25, 2004 at 11:54 am in reply to: Lancaster KB976 #1430831
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    Aye.
    And it depresses me every time I look at it.

    September 19, 2004 at 9:07 pm in reply to: Cats #1962047
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    This is Lucy.
    Soft and cuddly, but with very very sharp edges.

    September 18, 2004 at 8:53 pm in reply to: Newbie to the forum + next Saturday news. #1437349
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    And its the best place to get the very latest news.

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