RE: That ship in the Channel has been hit again!
Personally I blame the guy who painted it orange in the first place !.
I mean, if you are out at sea (some say I am) and see something bright orange, what are you going to do ?…thats right, drive over and have a look !…its a bit like moths to an electric light bulb.
If they painted it a muddy brown it’d never get hit at all !. the attached piccy is of a wreck (top marks for observation there !) just off the Akrotiri peninsula …a few clicks from my house, actually I can see it quite clearly from the bedroom window. My house is on the cliff top just in front of the bridge) and its a muddy brown colour and it hasnt been hit at all and its been here umpteen years…I think the lack of glass in the portholes gives the game away…teehee.
cheers
Gary
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RE: That ship in the Channel has been hit again!
Personally I blame the guy who painted it orange in the first place !.
I mean, if you are out at sea (some say I am) and see something bright orange, what are you going to do ?…thats right, drive over and have a look !…its a bit like moths to an electric light bulb.
If they painted it a muddy brown it’d never get hit at all !. the attached piccy is of a wreck (top marks for observation there !) just off the Akrotiri peninsula …a few clicks from my house, actually I can see it quite clearly from the bedroom window. My house is on the cliff top just in front of the bridge) and its a muddy brown colour and it hasnt been hit at all and its been here umpteen years…I think the lack of glass in the portholes gives the game away…teehee.
cheers
Gary
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RE: Concorde Capabilities?
Speaking of rolling a 707 ….
The sleek new Boeing jet, prototype for what would become the famous 707 series, was being flown by the project test pilot, legendary Alvin “Tex” Johnston. A request from senior management had been passed to Tex to bring the Dash 80 down for a pass over Lake Washington, where the Gold Cup hydroplane races were being held, as a number of important airline industry personnel were in attendance. At the conclusion of the test flight Tex began a descent to maneuver for the flight over the Gold Cup race course. While the Dash 80 headed toward the waiting crowd of some 250,000, Tex announced to his co-pilot, Jim Gannet, “Jim, I’m going to roll this thing over the race course.” The Dash 80 came roaring across the lake at 500 feet and as he approached the race course Tex pulled the nose up and began a graceful barrel roll. Many of the crowd hadn’t even recognized what they had just seen when Tex repositioned the airplane and came back from the opposite direction, and DID ANOTHER ROLL! Aviation buffs in the crowd were astonished but senior Boeing management was almost speechless. Many stories have circulated about what happened after the event but contrary to rumors, Tex was not fired for his “public relations” show.
Cheers
Gary
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