richw_82Good to see you guys are still at it!
With the weather turning, its now that the work gets harder – more so if you can’t run to chase the moisture away. 🙁
richw_82Well, not much to report from Coventry this weekend.
With the winter weather approaching, we’re double checking all theplaces that water tries to get into WR963, we’re getting the covers out, and the anti deterioration servicing schedule has been consulted to keep her happy through the winter. The work we did over this year keeps paying off with only a few weeps in the extreme nose, a couple in the beam and a small amount where the tailplane passes through in the tail. Its nice to compare against this time a couple of years ago, as now you just get the smell of cold Shackleton, rather than cold wet and damp.
A trip to our store yielded another ignition harness, as the one with the damaged connection on the magneto end was just going to cause problems. It will be dismantled and rebuilt with a new fitting in the future, along with the old one off the engine.
When you’re taking parts from the store, you always have to remember to take the correct tools, as it can be a pain to make another trip for what you’ve forgotten! Luckily for us the engine we were robbing has already had the magneto and a couple of other parts removed which made life easier.
While at the store we took time to select which mainwheels we’re going to fit, find the box of brake units and stumbled across another couple of bits that weren’t where we thought they were! The best being a brand new galley roof escape hatch – meaning if we can find a B.17 mid upper turret cupola, we can fabricate an easily removable mount for it on the aircraft without major structural work.
We also took the opportunity to clear out an empty engine bearer/nacelle, which was delivered to some friends in Doncaster on Sunday morning. Bit by bit we intend to get rid of parts that are unserviceable or slightly damaged and try and make a little more sense of our spares.
Once back at AIRBASE we set about the harnesses again. Being new, they are reluctant to take up the position of the old ones, and feeding the leads under the intakes and onto the plugs is a pain! All being well we should be testing the engine next weekend.
Hopefully there should be some info coming soon about the night runs, as I know there’s been several discussions about the event at Coventry. With this event in mind, time was taken to do a thorough lighting check on the aircraft. Outside we had a few unserviceable items; the starboard nav light is out, and we couldn’t get the bomb bay lights to work this time. Landing lights, taxi lights, and upper and lower anti collision lights all behaved themselves, with the motors responding well to lubrication. Inside, most of the UV lighting and cabin lights still operate, with nearly all panel lights doing their job.
I think on the night, its going to look as spectacular from inside as outside, with all the instruments up and down the cabin lit.
Regards,
Rich
richw_82Well, not much to report from Coventry this weekend.
With the winter weather approaching, we’re double checking all theplaces that water tries to get into WR963, we’re getting the covers out, and the anti deterioration servicing schedule has been consulted to keep her happy through the winter. The work we did over this year keeps paying off with only a few weeps in the extreme nose, a couple in the beam and a small amount where the tailplane passes through in the tail. Its nice to compare against this time a couple of years ago, as now you just get the smell of cold Shackleton, rather than cold wet and damp.
A trip to our store yielded another ignition harness, as the one with the damaged connection on the magneto end was just going to cause problems. It will be dismantled and rebuilt with a new fitting in the future, along with the old one off the engine.
When you’re taking parts from the store, you always have to remember to take the correct tools, as it can be a pain to make another trip for what you’ve forgotten! Luckily for us the engine we were robbing has already had the magneto and a couple of other parts removed which made life easier.
While at the store we took time to select which mainwheels we’re going to fit, find the box of brake units and stumbled across another couple of bits that weren’t where we thought they were! The best being a brand new galley roof escape hatch – meaning if we can find a B.17 mid upper turret cupola, we can fabricate an easily removable mount for it on the aircraft without major structural work.
We also took the opportunity to clear out an empty engine bearer/nacelle, which was delivered to some friends in Doncaster on Sunday morning. Bit by bit we intend to get rid of parts that are unserviceable or slightly damaged and try and make a little more sense of our spares.
Once back at AIRBASE we set about the harnesses again. Being new, they are reluctant to take up the position of the old ones, and feeding the leads under the intakes and onto the plugs is a pain! All being well we should be testing the engine next weekend.
Hopefully there should be some info coming soon about the night runs, as I know there’s been several discussions about the event at Coventry. With this event in mind, time was taken to do a thorough lighting check on the aircraft. Outside we had a few unserviceable items; the starboard nav light is out, and we couldn’t get the bomb bay lights to work this time. Landing lights, taxi lights, and upper and lower anti collision lights all behaved themselves, with the motors responding well to lubrication. Inside, most of the UV lighting and cabin lights still operate, with nearly all panel lights doing their job.
I think on the night, its going to look as spectacular from inside as outside, with all the instruments up and down the cabin lit.
Regards,
Rich
richw_82Amazing, now I have poms trying to teach me my own culture and history, which i already know well… what next?
I give up, you all win. Bye bye.
Challenge declined then?
😀
richw_82Amazing, now I have poms trying to teach me my own culture and history, which i already know well… what next?
I give up, you all win. Bye bye.
Challenge declined then?
😀
richw_82Dave,
I’m not disinterested, I don’t want it banned… and I’m not arguing against the enjoyment of it, as that would serve no purpose. Nowhere in my posts do I suggest stopping it, and you won’t find me saying so. As I said earlier, traditions are good.
My point is that there is seems to be an idea that there is etiquette to follow when the All Blacks are doing their haka.
I’ll try and explain better the bit you didn’t get in my last post..
If it’s an insult to wander off (as you pointed out earlier the Aussie team went off to warm up), and lots of your countrymen start seething with outrage if the team are confronted in any way shape or form – what would YOU do?
Currently it seems that giving the haka your undivided attention is more or less mandatory, by making any course of action other than standing mute and watching into an insult to your culture. Having to do something because it is ‘the rules’ makes it boring. Instantly.
Singing during the match… 😡
Almost as annoying as those buzzy horns that got banned a few years back during the football.
Anyway..
Stamping over foreign cultures hasn’t really been carried out for a while by the English, certainly not since the British Empire came apart at the seams. If anything its going the other way.
You’re right in that I can’t deny the behaviour though, and I won’t – several hundred years of ruling vast swathes of the world puts people in a mindset that is hard to shift, and I’m as guilty as the rest. But look at it this way, in New Zealand; what is your dominant language? I’ll bet it isn’t the Maori one.
If you feel I’ve insulted you personally I apologise, but remember unless you are indigenous to your country, then the culture you defend so vigorously is only borrowed and not your own. Up until the 1970’s there wasn’t much of the culture you speak of seen outside of the Maori themselves.
The YMCA post was made in humour, and I love your pic of an English version..
I take the mickey out of quaint English customs too. I have yet to meet ‘Morris’ despite enjoying a number of his mates jumping around waving hankies about. I don’t hang about long as they all tend to carry big sticks in the other hand. I’ve yet to see a smile when I suggested a pirate costume be considered for the local well dressing. Flower petals pressed into clay are so last season..
As for beliefs? I’m not going to go there as thats a whole can of worms that wars are fought over.
Rich
richw_82Dave,
I’m not disinterested, I don’t want it banned… and I’m not arguing against the enjoyment of it, as that would serve no purpose. Nowhere in my posts do I suggest stopping it, and you won’t find me saying so. As I said earlier, traditions are good.
My point is that there is seems to be an idea that there is etiquette to follow when the All Blacks are doing their haka.
I’ll try and explain better the bit you didn’t get in my last post..
If it’s an insult to wander off (as you pointed out earlier the Aussie team went off to warm up), and lots of your countrymen start seething with outrage if the team are confronted in any way shape or form – what would YOU do?
Currently it seems that giving the haka your undivided attention is more or less mandatory, by making any course of action other than standing mute and watching into an insult to your culture. Having to do something because it is ‘the rules’ makes it boring. Instantly.
Singing during the match… 😡
Almost as annoying as those buzzy horns that got banned a few years back during the football.
Anyway..
Stamping over foreign cultures hasn’t really been carried out for a while by the English, certainly not since the British Empire came apart at the seams. If anything its going the other way.
You’re right in that I can’t deny the behaviour though, and I won’t – several hundred years of ruling vast swathes of the world puts people in a mindset that is hard to shift, and I’m as guilty as the rest. But look at it this way, in New Zealand; what is your dominant language? I’ll bet it isn’t the Maori one.
If you feel I’ve insulted you personally I apologise, but remember unless you are indigenous to your country, then the culture you defend so vigorously is only borrowed and not your own. Up until the 1970’s there wasn’t much of the culture you speak of seen outside of the Maori themselves.
The YMCA post was made in humour, and I love your pic of an English version..
I take the mickey out of quaint English customs too. I have yet to meet ‘Morris’ despite enjoying a number of his mates jumping around waving hankies about. I don’t hang about long as they all tend to carry big sticks in the other hand. I’ve yet to see a smile when I suggested a pirate costume be considered for the local well dressing. Flower petals pressed into clay are so last season..
As for beliefs? I’m not going to go there as thats a whole can of worms that wars are fought over.
Rich
richw_82I have not seen anything about the supposed outrage of the French approach. I hate Facebook so missed that. But personally I thought it was great, it made for great spectacle to see a Northern Hemisphere team accept the challenge and throw it back like that. I had no problem with it at all.
As for your last sentence, you prove your Englishness by insulting two cultures now.
Right, so pandering to the tribalistic rituals is okay by you but disinterest isn’t. Got you. So glad you’re not in charge. Just imagine if we had to endure all that sweaty shouty line dancing because it was manadatory? It wouldn’t be half as much fun to watch.
By the way – suggesting that to prove Englishness is to insult? That’s pretty insulting by itself.
Which do you want to be; pot or kettle?
richw_82I have not seen anything about the supposed outrage of the French approach. I hate Facebook so missed that. But personally I thought it was great, it made for great spectacle to see a Northern Hemisphere team accept the challenge and throw it back like that. I had no problem with it at all.
As for your last sentence, you prove your Englishness by insulting two cultures now.
Right, so pandering to the tribalistic rituals is okay by you but disinterest isn’t. Got you. So glad you’re not in charge. Just imagine if we had to endure all that sweaty shouty line dancing because it was manadatory? It wouldn’t be half as much fun to watch.
By the way – suggesting that to prove Englishness is to insult? That’s pretty insulting by itself.
Which do you want to be; pot or kettle?
richw_82Where do you get the idea that the other team attempting to meet the challenge of the haka is an insult? The Aussies who walked off and warmed up were insulting
Where do you get the idea that the other team attempting to use the time contructively – to warm up and avoid injury is insulting? So everybody, no exceptions, is supposed to stand and watch enthralled? Get over yourself.
Similarly all the outrage by Kiwi’s on Facebook and other places after the French ‘insult’ of walking towards them was rather amusing… until your own team said they were fine with it.
The haka was/is a gimmick. If it were up to me I’d have them in nappies and have some guy yell “SUMO!!!” to get it off to a good start.
richw_82Where do you get the idea that the other team attempting to meet the challenge of the haka is an insult? The Aussies who walked off and warmed up were insulting
Where do you get the idea that the other team attempting to use the time contructively – to warm up and avoid injury is insulting? So everybody, no exceptions, is supposed to stand and watch enthralled? Get over yourself.
Similarly all the outrage by Kiwi’s on Facebook and other places after the French ‘insult’ of walking towards them was rather amusing… until your own team said they were fine with it.
The haka was/is a gimmick. If it were up to me I’d have them in nappies and have some guy yell “SUMO!!!” to get it off to a good start.
richw_82Personally, I like it. Traditions are good.
However, I still think that it should be part of the opening ceremonies, rather than as an attempt at a psychological advantage immediately prior to the game starting.
Allowing the opposing team to spend a few minutes doing something they consider to be of morale to them would go a long way. For instance several teams have stood and sung their national anthems in the past. But any attempt to ‘confront’, answer, or retaliate to the haka is seen as an insult…. so respect is not really afforded equally is it?
richw_82Personally, I like it. Traditions are good.
However, I still think that it should be part of the opening ceremonies, rather than as an attempt at a psychological advantage immediately prior to the game starting.
Allowing the opposing team to spend a few minutes doing something they consider to be of morale to them would go a long way. For instance several teams have stood and sung their national anthems in the past. But any attempt to ‘confront’, answer, or retaliate to the haka is seen as an insult…. so respect is not really afforded equally is it?
richw_82I think foreign teams should feel privileged to stand and watch the haka, it means they have finally made the big time in their sport.
Why? The haka is a gimmick – and a well publicised one. In rugby it always has been.
National teams are invited to play against each other in an attempt to win the World Cup. That’s the privilege, and the recognition of making it big. Not standing around for a few minutes watching quaint local customs…
richw_82I think foreign teams should feel privileged to stand and watch the haka, it means they have finally made the big time in their sport.
Why? The haka is a gimmick – and a well publicised one. In rugby it always has been.
National teams are invited to play against each other in an attempt to win the World Cup. That’s the privilege, and the recognition of making it big. Not standing around for a few minutes watching quaint local customs…
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