Be honest – how many are fans, just because of the Quattro…?;)

More to the point, how many are fans because of Keeley Hawes:diablo:

With the modern trend for remaking old classics, If they ever did a remake of ‘The Sweeney’ Philip Glenister would make an excellent Jack Regan. Especially now Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes has finished.

Martin

Pretty sure thats what it says on the blurb on the back. I will have to dig it out to confirm. But on a careful look the Lanc isnt set up for a landing as there is hardly any flaps showing. Surely so low there would be full flap set.

Martin

Wonder if there are any large bombs like Grand Slams lying around anywhere?

God i hope not.!!:eek:

*shudders* at the thought of a grand slam sized bomb lying round ready to blow with the thoughts of the one that was on Scamptons gate all those years still live!

Martin

one of the forumites on here, Lancman, is restoring Bluebird K7 so he may be of help. There is a thread in the Historic forum

edit: here is a link to the projectThe Bluebird Project

Martin

I’m pretty sure these holes are of ‘cannon’ calibre. IIRC I’d be surprised if a 7.62 would penetrate the plate I saw.

Was there any Ju 88 raids on Lossie, they had cannons didn’t they?

From Wikipedia

Armament

Guns:

up to 7 × 7.92 mm MG 15 or MG 81 machine guns, some of them replaced or augmented by
1 × 20 mm MG FF cannon (central nose mount or forward ventral position)
1 × 13 mm MG 131 machine gun (mounted dorsal and/or ventral rear positions)

Martin

Sort of thread drift, but were XV147 and XV148’s remains scrapped at Warton a few years back? I know the nose of 148 survives and is a restoration project.

Yes XV147 was scrapped in 2002/3 at Warton shortly before 13 Hangar it was in was demolished.

Martin

I was even more of a Dads Army geek last year – went into Thetford to find the street where they filmed the infamous episode with Hugh Madoc as the U-Boat captain, and Cpl Jones with the bomb down his trousers.

It was Philip Madoc as the U-Boat captain but a classic episode all the same.

Martin