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  • October 9, 2003 at 1:16 am in reply to: Underwater Aircraft #2119818
    dhfan
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    Originally posted by EN830
    Are there meant to be some flying boats in lake Windermere?

    I think there are supposed to be 3 Sunderlands that sank in a storm, if my memory serves me right, which is increasingly unlikely at my advanced age.

    October 9, 2003 at 1:00 am in reply to: The next meet. #2119820
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    No, can’t cope with Scottish ale, don’t what they do wrong but it doesn’t suit me (ducks to avoid beer bottles and othe rmissiles).

    Elvington’s good for me, I can be there in an hour.

    I can’t go to Scotland anyway, my passport’s run out and they seem to have some strange idea that I’m European so I haven’t renewed it.

    October 9, 2003 at 12:56 am in reply to: Duxford – 05/10/03 #2119823
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    Ian, I think the main rumour about the mortal remains of TSR2 was Cranfield and Farnborough. Plus the access panel from XR222 at Newark.

    October 9, 2003 at 12:54 am in reply to: Duxford – 05/10/03 #2119874
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    Nothing confidential about it, Mike. Just keep reading the board until one comes up and invite yourself.

    October 8, 2003 at 2:51 pm in reply to: Volunteers needed #2120266
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    Originally posted by Janie
    Is this some kind of test to see if I was paying attention? Nobody minds if you are superflous, it is when you are superfluous that you have to worry!

    Don’t do as I do, do as I say. 🙂

    October 8, 2003 at 12:35 pm in reply to: Volunteers needed #2120390
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    I was going to volunteer as spelling mistakes and the like tend to jump off the page at me but as Janie’s a professional I’m a bit superflous.

    October 8, 2003 at 1:43 am in reply to: Duxford – 05/10/03 #2120488
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    Originally posted by kev35
    And a lump of TSR2 leaning up the wall…

    After myself and Kev saw that I wandered over to have a look at it. Seems to have come from Cranfield, (says Cranfield on it in big red letters), and it was a sawn-off slice of the rear fuselage, about a foot long. It was just long enough for the taileron and fin pivots. No wonder TSR2 was so fearsomely expensive, the number of components in that relatively small fragment was amaxing. I’ve read rumours before that there are lots of bits scattered around the country so there’s one to be going on with.

    October 7, 2003 at 5:59 pm in reply to: General Discussion #390206
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    Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

    October 7, 2003 at 5:59 pm in reply to: One for the beer drinkers….. #1971658
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    Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

    October 7, 2003 at 5:53 pm in reply to: General Discussion #390245
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    Being There. Peter Sellers.
    Got it free when we bought a VCR a few years ago. Gave up after 15 minutes and wiped it. Apparently the critics loved it which must say something about critics. Not sure what.

    October 7, 2003 at 5:53 pm in reply to: Worst movie you've ever seen #1971681
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    Being There. Peter Sellers.
    Got it free when we bought a VCR a few years ago. Gave up after 15 minutes and wiped it. Apparently the critics loved it which must say something about critics. Not sure what.

    October 7, 2003 at 1:49 pm in reply to: Sign the online petition to save North Weald! #2120806
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    Done

    October 7, 2003 at 1:41 pm in reply to: The next meet. #2120813
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    One of the few advantages of being self-(un)employed is that days off aren’t a problem.
    We actually prefer Saturdays for days out, then we just slump around Sunday ready for the week ahead. Obviously, if that’s no good we’ll go with the flow.
    That’s assuming we don’t go for Friday, of course.

    October 7, 2003 at 4:08 am in reply to: Why do we venerate the Fighter Pilot? #2120979
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    I wonder how much the veneration was increased by the newspapers of the day. As with Dunkirk, there was’t much that was good news happening so anything that gives even the slightest feelgod factor may have been plugged. I’ve always thought that’s why the Spitfire has had so much limelight, compared to the Hurricane. The Spitfire caught the public’s attention so the papers concentrated on it from then on and increased the effect. To south east residents, some of what was happening was actually visible to them, as well.
    I’ve put two different sentences in here and deleted them both. I can’t work out at the moment how to say what I mean.

    October 7, 2003 at 3:31 am in reply to: The next meet. #2120984
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    Good idea, Kev. Count at least one and probably both of us in.

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