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  • in reply to: General Discussion #257170
    ZRX61
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    ZRX61 Have you one of these?

    Not that exact model, but I have a few like it.

    in reply to: Do we have any collectors of old tools? #1858364
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    ZRX61 Have you one of these?

    Not that exact model, but I have a few like it.

    in reply to: Manston sold for a quid! #999782
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    Daily Wail strikes again “Barnes Wallace” for goodness sake.

    I guess the readers have ADD? The report repeats itself numerous times. Just how many times do we have to be told:

    Sir Barnes Wallace carried out tests on bouncing bomb at Manston Airport

    Location is now called Kentโ€™s International Airport and used by KLM planes

    Dambusters ace Sir Barnes Wallace carried out tests on the revolutionary bouncing bomb during the Second World War –

    which is now called Kentโ€™s International Airport and operated from by Dutch airline KLM,

    Coastal location: Manston Airport, near Margate, Kent – where Dambusters ace Sir Barnes Wallace carried out tests on the revolutionary bouncing bomb during the Second World War – has been sold for just ยฃ1

    In flight: The location, which is now called Kent’s International Airport and operated from by Dutch airline KLM, was used in 1943 to test the bomb before it was used in the raid on Germany’s Ruhr valley

    Barnes Wallace (pictured in 1945) used the base to test his bouncing bomb on the coast at nearby Reculver prior to the Dambusters raid in 1943 during the Second World War

    Manston Airport was later renamed Kent’s International Airport and is pictured here in May 1989

    Sir Barnes used the base to test his bomb on the coast at Reculver prior to the Dambusters raid.

    in reply to: General Discussion #260375
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    The reactions vary depending on nationality. The Italians & Spanish would get very excitable amid much arm waving & shouting, Dutch would just pick up the mess, separate the bikes & carry on, Japanese would apologize profusely, Germans would start fighting among themselves & the French would surrender.

    in reply to: Phew! That Was Close! #1861290
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    The reactions vary depending on nationality. The Italians & Spanish would get very excitable amid much arm waving & shouting, Dutch would just pick up the mess, separate the bikes & carry on, Japanese would apologize profusely, Germans would start fighting among themselves & the French would surrender.

    in reply to: General Discussion #260405
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    Ironically they relaid a major junction in Cambridge at i think nearly a million pounds.It was to allow cyclists a right of way over cars .First week 2 cyclists collided with serious injuries–that worked well then.
    http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/Cyclist-fights-for-life-after-two-riders-in-collision-at-revamped-safety-junction-in-Cambridge-20131005102516.htm

    http://www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/hundreds_of_cyclists_injured_on_cambridgeshire_roads_1_1226173

    When I lived in Cambridge one form of entertainment was stepping off the pavement in front of a group of ESL students on their rental bikes & then stepping back onto the pavement just before the impending mass collision. If you timed it right with a mate on the other side of the road & another group of ESL students you could bring the town center to a grinding halt

    in reply to: Phew! That Was Close! #1861325
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    Ironically they relaid a major junction in Cambridge at i think nearly a million pounds.It was to allow cyclists a right of way over cars .First week 2 cyclists collided with serious injuries–that worked well then.
    http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/Cyclist-fights-for-life-after-two-riders-in-collision-at-revamped-safety-junction-in-Cambridge-20131005102516.htm

    http://www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/hundreds_of_cyclists_injured_on_cambridgeshire_roads_1_1226173

    When I lived in Cambridge one form of entertainment was stepping off the pavement in front of a group of ESL students on their rental bikes & then stepping back onto the pavement just before the impending mass collision. If you timed it right with a mate on the other side of the road & another group of ESL students you could bring the town center to a grinding halt

    in reply to: Just how rare are Merlin engines? #1003452
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    Something doesn’t look right about the Griffon. Maybe we’ll just put some thicker oil in it….

    Look up the history of the RB-51 ๐Ÿ˜‰

    in reply to: CAF P-63 forced landing, Pilot ok #1003463
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    This bit surely is a cause for concern ‘This problem happened before but hasn’t come up lately’

    From WIX:
    “At the CAF West Houston Wing open house last April the pilot was complaining that he didn’t think it was working when he arrived. He said only the left fuel gage was going down even though he had switched tanks a couple times on the way in. Sure enough when they checked the tanks, the right tank was completely full and the left tank was way down”

    in reply to: CAF P-63 forced landing, Pilot ok #1004504
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    He actually landed at an airport, altho *airport* may be stretching it a bit. I had a look on Google.. not only is the runway also the taxiway, it’s also a road with cross streets…

    in reply to: Just how rare are Merlin engines? #1004631
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    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/ZRXGarage/4-8-10014.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/ZRXGarage/4-8-10015.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/ZRXGarage/4-8-10016.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/ZRXGarage/4-8-10017.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/ZRXGarage/4-8-10019.jpg

    & some Allisons…

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/ZRXGarage/4-8-10018.jpg

    & a Griffon…(Red Baron P51)

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/ZRXGarage/4-8-10020.jpg

    in reply to: General Discussion #261161
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    Some cyclists are their own worse enemy… such as this pillock with a suicide wish:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xzXe0rsIGM

    Altho to be fair I may have been a smidge over the speed limit.. & he may be deaf… ๐Ÿ˜‰

    in reply to: Phew! That Was Close! #1862108
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    Some cyclists are their own worse enemy… such as this pillock with a suicide wish:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xzXe0rsIGM

    Altho to be fair I may have been a smidge over the speed limit.. & he may be deaf… ๐Ÿ˜‰

    in reply to: General Discussion #261497
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    Not a clue on penalties, all the charges so far seem to be namby pamby issues.

    in reply to: Running over the motorcyclist n the USA #1862424
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    Not a clue on penalties, all the charges so far seem to be namby pamby issues.

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