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November 27, 2008 at 7:15 pm in reply to: Cheeky Chappie! #496666

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If their poor planning meant they had to give the flights away, no I would not pay into a begging bowl. And, yes, I would accept the flight!

Bri 🙂

November 21, 2008 at 11:21 am in reply to: Query For Moderators #1215577

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Thanks for the reply. Sad that all those old memories and personal photos disappear after a while. The often rare ‘box brownie’ pictures will probably disappear forever.

Sorry you get a lot of Flak. Just think of yourselves as a bomber crew over Germany… 😉

The archive button is most useful! Will try the wget prog.

Bri 🙂

November 21, 2008 at 11:14 am in reply to: mystery aircraft #1215584

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Only one Palas engine in the SIPA – that’s amazing. Think what could be done in those days with only about three hundred pounds thrust! The hand dryers in my local ASDA could probably be used as an alternative power plant…

The Sparrowjet, I remember (it well…), had two Palas. Also the Yugoslavian aircraft mentioned above, and it had a really good performance.

Of course, the Sparrowjet was just a re-engined piston-engined plane, not specifically designed for high-speed flight, but I think it could still do about 250 mph.

Bri 😀

November 20, 2008 at 11:28 am in reply to: mystery aircraft #1216688

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That’s a neat little thing. What date was it?

I want one

Bri 😉

November 20, 2008 at 11:16 am in reply to: Unusual Uses For Engines #1216695

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There’s some great stuff in this post. I particularly liked the jet trains and, most of all, the twin jet scooter – you could probably fly over traffic jams with that one!

Another one for you. When we first got our Hercs in the RAAF, we also received some American GPUs (Ground Power Units) with a flat-six, air-cooled, Lycoming inside. They were well silenced, and could be moved around the tarmac using an integral electric drive system.

Bri 🙂

November 20, 2008 at 11:03 am in reply to: Temora Sabre #1216710

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I hope you are not going to paint the aircraft. If my ageing memory cells are correct, they were all plain aluminium.

Bri (ex RAAF)

November 20, 2008 at 10:59 am in reply to: Barnes Wallis statue unveiled – 15 Nov 2008 #1216715

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Surely a better location would be Brooklands?

Bri

November 18, 2008 at 10:37 am in reply to: Aussie Navy closes for Xmas #2060566

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That’s ‘nuttin’ – a Dutch sailor at Portsmouth Navy Days (UK) told me the Dutch Navy only work a five-day week (Mon-Fri), and stand down for all holidays.

Lucky the Germans have demobilised!

Bri :diablo:

November 18, 2008 at 10:01 am in reply to: 'Triple Cross' Film Query #1218947

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Yes, it must have been the Siebel, and a ‘damned attractive aircraft’ it was too.

But how did they get one to use in the film? It seems that the film may have been made in France, so perhaps some lucky Frenchman still has it.

Bri 😀

November 18, 2008 at 9:54 am in reply to: Pattern Makers #1218953

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We have a wooden Gyron Junior!

Bruce

Could that be one of the beautiful jobs I saw in the DH engine museum at Leavesden many years ago? I was on a Gnome course.

If so, what happened to the entire collection? From my rapidly greying grey cells, I seem to remember they had one of each engine – and each projected engine – that DH made.

Bri :confused:

PS: Yes, two posts!

November 18, 2008 at 9:48 am in reply to: Pattern Makers #1218961

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I,m a tin basher,does that count??A lot of the old skills are on there way out and just a select few keeping them alive.

Why not – I’m sure you have many skills.

For the enlightenment of our non-industry readers, perhaps you could pass on something about your job. Maybe some might like to join you and keep the skills alive – or even use yours!

Bri 🙂

November 13, 2008 at 1:29 pm in reply to: Avro Lincoln RF398 Cosford….Haunted?? #1224077

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Lincolns seem to be prone to this sort of thing.

Back in the 1950s (yes, I’m that old!) at a RAAF maintenance base in Queensland, our long-nose Lincolns in the hangars creaked and banged a lot at night. This was due to extreme temperature differences between night and day.

National servicemen (“Nashos”) sometime did guard duty at night and, more than once, the regulars in the guardroom were called out to rescue one who was sure he was being haunted and couldn’t take it any more.

I attended one of these sorties once, and the young Nasho was standing in the middle of the tarmac well away from the hangar. He was as white as a ghost himself!

Bri 😀

November 12, 2008 at 5:13 pm in reply to: Early French Aviation Pics #1224868

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When I was working on the Concorde project, I had to telephone a French engineer for some technical information. He said “What do you want to know for? It’s our aircraft, not yours!”

Bri 😀

October 29, 2008 at 11:04 am in reply to: Ever get nervous flying? #502098

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The point is – do you ever feel nervous when getting into a car? The number of fatal and otherwise accidents on the road far exceed aviation accidents. And they can hurt, as I once found out!

Personal fears can effect anyone. On a flight from Brisbane to Sydney (ANSETT DC-9) a big hairy truck driver, who was ‘repositioning’, was sat next to me and he was absolutely terrified.

I tried to calm him by telling him how safe flying was, but the pilot bounced the plane badly at Sydney and the truck driver shot off the plane, almost before the doors were open!

Whenever I board an airliner, I’m more interested in the shapely hostesses…

Bri 😀

October 28, 2008 at 10:49 am in reply to: Last FlyBE 146 flight #502361

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Don’t understand the comment about noise. The 146 was THE quietest jet airliner going.

When I worked at Hatfield, the demo aircraft did aerobatics (yes, aerobatics!) above our office for the benefit of potential customers, and you couldn’t hear them over the road traffic!

Also, when an aircraft arrived at the maintenance hangar, after a flight, the technicians in the hangar workshops had to be informed that it had arrived several minutes ago and “why weren’t they out there to see to it?”

Bri :confused:
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