Didn’t the Hampden have a fixed forward firing gun anyway?

A bit of aggressiveness on the part of the pilot might have transformed that situation.

Moggy

IIRC a single fixed .303 in the nose, and while I’m happily corrected, I understand that if the Hampens left formation to engage, then they were attacked by Me-109’s as well – not an area in which I’m an expert by any means. Am not saying that the Defiant was a sound day fighter at all, but the book I mentioned certainly gave me a fresh viewpoint on the aircraft and its use.

Even the cheese and wine!
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always buy Spanish wines myself ! – Good point on the entry fee though, maybe I should be a bit more European !!!

IIRC in Chuck Yaegers biography he talked about some quite “aggressive” flying from the French against the F-86’s (F-100’s?) before they moved to Germany after France pulled out of NATO.

You mean the Titanic. The ship that sank was the sister ship. Swapped as part of the insurance swindle when the RN clobbered her in the dock. As well you know:dev2:

I saw a “conspiracies” show where they blew away that notion, but they interviewed a guy who makes a living writing books about it.

never let the truth get in the way of a good story……

It also means Celien Dion on the radio, ALL DAY EVERY DAY:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Still, the movie does show Kate Winsletts acting, ahem:diablo:, assetts very well something like 1 hr 16 mins in (so I’m told….):dev2:

On a serious note, despite the long running Titanic interest, the sister ship story is interesting as well. Hospital ship, torpedoed etc etc.

We English can appreciate anything with wings :D- I even have a soft spot for the Mirage III ……! and I dislike anything French !

F-101 is a fantastic looking bird, especially the single seat variants. There is a 2 seater on display in the UK, ex battle damage training aircraft so one side is “patched” but it looks fantastic. The XF-88 is one of my favourite “what ifs” of the day as well.

A real Cold war warrior the F-101, F-100 & F-105 all wonderful aircraft of the time. There is an F-105 at Duxford in the UK awaiting restoration for display. Like the F-101, it comes in one size – LARGE……

I would imagine that because the Severn Estuary has one of the biggest tidal ranges in the world, recovery would be extremely difficult. I’m up for it though, I’ve got me wellies ready 😮

Andy A.

I’ve been out on there – its scary (well, to a townie like me) with the mud and the tides.

Surely not beyond the mechanical rhelms of possibility (financial…. ummmm) to recover and it would be interesting to see if its still there in any significant state.:confused:

Very first time I saw an Argosy, I mistook it for Concorde !

It was the day (IIRC) the first commercial Concorde flight and we were “keeping” an eye out at school for it (even though Basingstoke is not generally on the Heathrow flight plan!) I was 8 or 9, saw an aircraft and I was well away.

Had to go home and look it up in the RAF yearbook to see what it was – odd how that stayed with me (the memory, not the dodgy recognition skills) Interesting background there on the wing design as well – now as soon as you see the shape you can recognise the wing’s heritage.

Thanks for taking the time to do this, hope it grows with time.

As did Mikoyan with the MiG-25.

It appears to show a four-engined passenger version of the Sukhoi Su-34 ….:eek:

Dunno anymore though…….

Ken

Thats impressive……… love the artwork, almost 1950’s in style…..interesting thread drift – but I wonder how many others there are, Vampire, Hunter, Canberra, Su-34, MiG-25, all classics in their own right….