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  • in reply to: Scottish independence. Now the post-mortem #1844181
    Mahone
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    >>>>>Easy….cancel Top Gear….

    Best reason to vote “yes” that I’ve heard so far…..

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    She was apparently taking part in a special kids activity called, quite seriously, “Bullets & Burgers”.
    Total madness.

    in reply to: Solway Aviation Museum #905054
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    Hear hear – much appreciated by me too: one of my favourite museums. Must take real dedication to keep the aircraft in such good condition – especially when one of them is a Vulcan.

    in reply to: Canadian Warplane Heritage – Lancaster- 2014 UK tour #907580
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    There have been mentions in various places that C-GVRA’s hide-and-seek on FR24 is caused by transponder issues.

    in reply to: Canadian Warplane Heritage – Lancaster- 2014 UK tour #914503
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    The briefing map seems to suggest an approach that’s more down the east coast than from that westerly route though?

    Ahhh- thank you FR24……!

    in reply to: Canadian Warplane Heritage – Lancaster- 2014 UK tour #914543
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    Looking back up the thread, none of that seems to agree with the map posted earlier though… so it’s anyone’s guess…!

    in reply to: Canadian Warplane Heritage – Lancaster- 2014 UK tour #914550
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    I’m not an aeroplane driver – so others may know better, but I assumed these to be waypoints?

    Gow is Glasgow,
    DCS is South East of Carlisle,
    POL south of Burnley
    MAMUL just East of Rotherham…

    hadn’t checked the final ones – too far South for me….

    in reply to: Canadian Warplane Heritage – Lancaster- 2014 UK tour #914659
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    Vanished near the Faroes about 20 mins ago. Here’s hoping it’ll pop up as the approach the UK

    Incidentally – found this route info on another forum … might help with where and when to point the camera…

    FL070

    STN 1151 (That’s Stornoway, not Stansted….!)
    GOW 1246 FL110
    DCS 1318
    POL 1344
    MAMUL 1358
    LAMIX 1406
    ROGAG 1413

    in reply to: Canadian Warplane Heritage – Lancaster- 2014 UK tour #917882
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    On the Ground at Goose Bay

    Bomber Tour 2014 @LancsBomberAle · 1m
    First stop, #GooseBay, Labrador! She’s landed and in for a spot of TLC before continuing onwards! #BomberTour14 #Lanc2UK

    in reply to: The weirdest song lyrics? #1847688
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    “I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand – walking through the streets of Soho in the rain” ?

    “Beware of the flowers cos I’m sure they’re gonna get you – yeah.” One of many from John Otway

    And this one deserves to be quoted in full… from Donovan…

    “She came, she came to meet a man, she found an angel
    Goo goo, goo goo barabajagal was his name now
    Goo goo, goo goo barabajagal was his name now
    Goo goo, goo goo barabajagal was his name now

    He very wise in the herbal lore’s got young cure now
    She came, she came to free the pain with his wild flower

    Goo goo, goo goo barabajagal was his name now
    Goo goo, goo goo barabajagal was his name now
    Goo goo, goo goo barabajagal was his name now
    Goo goo, goo goo barabajagal was his name now

    Fine fine, fine fine acelandine be prepared for her
    Tea tea, tea tea to make her free while incense burned

    In love pool eyes float feathers after the struggle
    The hopes burst and shot joy all through the mind
    Sorrow more distant than a star

    Multicolor run down over your body
    Then the liquid passing all into all
    Love is hot, truth is molten

    True true, true true the song he sang her while the leaves cooked
    Ting ting, ting little bell he rang her, sleepily she looked
    He filled, he filled a leather cup, holding her gaze
    She took, she took a little sip while this song he sang

    Goo goo, goo goo barabajagal was my name now
    Goo goo, goo goo barabajagal was my name now
    Goo goo, goo goo barabajagal was my name now

    in reply to: Energy Bills #1847706
    Mahone
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    It really is worth trying Uswitch or a similar site to compare prices. Switching suppliers is actually very easy – and we’re currently paying about half what we were paying five years ago, despite all the price hikes since then. A lot of the new, small companies seem much more user-friendly too.

    in reply to: A1 Lightning cockpit being restored. #922638
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    Scroll down a few posts on that Facebook site and check out Steve Kerry’s painting of the Lightning – “Reflected Glory”. Very nice!

    in reply to: Voyager 1 #1848831
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    Actually, as dedicated Trekkies will know, one of the Voyager probes is indeed found by an alien civilization who build an incredible advanced spaceship around it and send it back on a mission that will accidentally destroy Earth, if the (by now rather elderly) crew of the Enterprise can’t save us first….

    in reply to: Ohio Plane Graveyard #870526
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    “…a book ought to be written about the early “got while the getting was good” warbird collectors..”

    Karl Hoffman’s “Hunting Warbirds” is a good starting place: Though primarily focussing on the likes of Gary Larkins and Darryl Greenamyer – it has a good chapter on Soplata too. The story of how he built up the Ohio collection, dragging planes home across country behind the family car, is extraordinary

    in reply to: Chuck Yeager thread (Updated) #877962
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    In his autobiography too he has a pop at the “rude nasty resentful” locals of Yoxford – and their greasy fish and chips.
    Amuses me too the way that he whenever it’s mentioned, he pointedly refers to how good the Packard Merlin engine was.

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