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  • in reply to: Industrial action, British aircraft industry, WWII? #1126500
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    If I recall, Roland Beamont made some strong comments about industrial action that delayed Typhoon (Or Tempest ?) production, I can’t recall the exact details..

    It is in interesting topic, if you are at war to essentially protect your democracy, can you deny the democratic right to strike while others are in combat risking their lives (with the right to withdraw from combat)?

    in reply to: General Discussion #328887
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    The current Mrs BSG-75 throwing flack via text and mail…

    “I want to speak to the children every day”

    ah, well poppet, you left them remember…..

    “did you give them vitamin pills”?

    “did you phone so and so’s mum” – “ah no, you never gave me her number” – “yes I did it was the one that you said didn’t work”….

    and so on and so forth….

    in reply to: What made you (want to) Swear Today? Part 2 #1907502
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    The current Mrs BSG-75 throwing flack via text and mail…

    “I want to speak to the children every day”

    ah, well poppet, you left them remember…..

    “did you give them vitamin pills”?

    “did you phone so and so’s mum” – “ah no, you never gave me her number” – “yes I did it was the one that you said didn’t work”….

    and so on and so forth….

    in reply to: General Discussion #328922
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    My little girl (she is 6 1/2) watching out of the living room window to see if the conkers we planted were growing yet (conkers we planted 20 mins before….:rolleyes:) why waste money on a TV when she is happy watching/waiting for seeds to grow ?

    As for Ms Price, I’ve posted before that I laughed out loud when I heard somebody on Radio 5 call her a “ballon breasted she chav”… how/why is she famous….. ? does my head in, thing is, the fine for the number plates will be paid by loose change she finds tucked between the lumps of silicone…:mad:

    in reply to: What Made You Smile Today? (Part 2) #1907540
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    My little girl (she is 6 1/2) watching out of the living room window to see if the conkers we planted were growing yet (conkers we planted 20 mins before….:rolleyes:) why waste money on a TV when she is happy watching/waiting for seeds to grow ?

    As for Ms Price, I’ve posted before that I laughed out loud when I heard somebody on Radio 5 call her a “ballon breasted she chav”… how/why is she famous….. ? does my head in, thing is, the fine for the number plates will be paid by loose change she finds tucked between the lumps of silicone…:mad:

    BSG-75
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    Condolences to all of his friends and family, I passed details of the Whirlwind build to the model forum I use to help a guy here scratch build a Whirly, he was astonished at what Ray was looking to do.

    farewell, and I wish you blue peaceful skies for all time.

    BSG-75
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    Castle Drogo….?

    I was there on the way to drop the current Mrs BSG-75 at Exeter station back in August, we said the name was like a villan in an old James Bond movie.

    We saw Andy, with his white cat on his lap, “So, Mr Wallond we meet again, but this time you will not escape and I will rule the world…..”

    in reply to: Please ID this NASA high-speed jet seaplane #1134229
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    I looked here as well Hesham ! 😉

    http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,11125.0.html

    I don’t use that forum nearly as much but there is some fun stuff there.

    in reply to: Please ID this NASA high-speed jet seaplane #1134248
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    http://www.vectorsite.net/avcmast.html

    looking at this image, you could well be right about the Seamaster.

    in reply to: Battle of Britain BBC2 last night #1134666
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    The second most telling point for me, was the diary of the German Bf-109 pilot, I never thought that the Luftwaffe would be on a defensive posture at all, with pilots strapped in the cockpits to protect the airfields from RAF attack. I always thought (or assumed) that the bombers and their crews were kept back for invasion duties. I know the role of Bomber Command has been discussed on recent threads as well and is perhaps “over looked”, but I was suprised by those diary entries.

    I am guessing (or assuming again :confused:) that the damage inflicted was light (especially given the comment about how many bombs were needed to put an airfield out of action when the presenter talked about Kenley etc) but if you are loading up bomber aircraft with a genuine fear of air attack, it surely must have started to wear down the crews (air and ground) involved.

    in reply to: Battle of Britain BBC2 last night #1135097
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    I’ve just watched the James Holland programme and thought it was very good indeed. It had a fresh approach, and I heard some new, interesting snippets such as the quantity of ammunition carried by the Bf-109’s.

    in reply to: General Discussion #329439
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    We had a “frequent” flyer report an issue today claiming (again) extensive hardware failure on the kit they have owned and reported numerous issues on. One of the guys called the end user a “technocondriac”, somebody who says there is always something wrong with their equipment.:diablo::D

    in reply to: What Made You Smile Today? (Part 2) #1907804
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    We had a “frequent” flyer report an issue today claiming (again) extensive hardware failure on the kit they have owned and reported numerous issues on. One of the guys called the end user a “technocondriac”, somebody who says there is always something wrong with their equipment.:diablo::D

    in reply to: Proposed Spitfire memorial at Southampton #1135825
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    firstly, dreadful website that newspaper has ! As for the proposals, they are a bit of a bu99ers muddle as my old dad would have said.

    number six has its merits, and the one with what looked like a MK 24 (can’t look at the images again) on a spiral was OK.

    The aircraft should surely be a MK1 (however stylised and enlarged) or even K5054?

    in reply to: Battle of Britain BBC2 last night #1136195
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    “without all the usual celebraties and cliches which have almost been overkill during the past few weeks.”

    I have mixed thoughts on this, I struggle to watch them (the Ewan Mcgreggor for example I found to be very light weight and I lasted 15 mins) BUT, I think it is aimed at a different audience and if it brings awareness and interest through that approach then that can’t be a bad thing. I recorded the James Holland effort which is planned for tonights entertainment.

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