Mirage or Skyhawk in the Falklands i think:rolleyes:

Has anybody got a good thing to say about the new logo for the 2012 Olympics?

Please, please, please say this logo is a hoax.
First impressions matter and mine was “That’s awful”. It just looks a mess and I feel embarrassed that this is the symbol the world will see supposedly representing this country. All that rubbish spouted by Coe and Blair et al sounds like just so much manager bull**** I have to read through every day. What does it MEAN? Unless you know what you’re looking at you cannot see “2012”, and if that’s what it means then why is their a dot in the middle? Please ‘evolve’ it into something meaningful ASAP.
I used to have a lot of respect for Coe and the organising committee etc. but I now feel that if they think this is good then their judgement must be somewhat impaired, and what does that mean for the games as a whole?

For those who haven’t, pick a colour…

I would set up a vote but as I don’t know how, you could always sign the petition here http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/12539.html

Reminds me of the SS Badge.
phil

Anyone born in the U.S. is an American cirtizen…however, if his parents moved somewhere, he could have become a naturalized citizen of that country.

but what if his parents were say british and working in America would he have
duel nationality, just curious.
Phil.

Hi.
Just finished reading “Bombs Tallboy, Dambuster, Grand slam” by
Stephen Flower it states that a ventral position had been considered
and fitted to one of the trials aircraft,but was dispensed with before
the dams raid. But it does not say if it was a single or a twin gun.
It also says that in April 1944 ten modified Lancasters were put into
storage by 617 at RAF Metheringham along with a quantity of Upkeeps.
Regards Phil.

Sorry for being a retard there 🙁 lol both projects were dismantled in what can only be described as disgusting haste, and due to corruption, espionage or political shortsightedness we will never have the pleasure of seeing these aircraft fly:(

If you want to know why TSR.2 was canceled just read Peter Wright’s
spycatcher it tells you all you need to know about Harold Wilson and the Labour goverment, he was convinced wilson was KGB along with the head of
MI5 Roger Hollis, with those to running things it’s no wonder it was scraped.
Plus a lot of help from that lord bloody Montbatten RN.:mad:

In 1946/47 as part of Project Ruby, USAAF B-17s and B-29s operated from Marham, dropping a series of bombs onto the U-boat pens at Farge. the B-17s carried Disney rocket-powered bombs on external bomb racks mounted under the wing root area.

The B-29s were used to carry Tallboy, Grand Slam and Amazon bombs (the Amazon a US equivalent of the Grand Slam in terms of weight, I believe). To load these biggies, the 29’s bomb doors were removed and special releases were fitted. To get the bombs into the aircraft a hole was dug in the ground, the bomb put in the hole and then the aircraft was towed over the top of the bomb which was then winched up to be carried semi-submerged in the belly of the aircraft.

The Grand Slam was designed to be dropped from an altitude that the Lancaster could not get to. Only the B-29 could get it to its optimum release height (35,000 + ft?). There were some pics of the Marham-based B-29s published in Flight at the time.

I know it’s an old post but just found this pic of the Aircraft involved.

Phil.