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  • January 17, 2013 at 9:23 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2013 #959796
    Oily Rag
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    Can we PLEASE shut up about radioactive instruments….?!

    Been done to death.

    Thank you.

    January 13, 2013 at 4:13 pm in reply to: Legends tail-chase #966105
    Oily Rag
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    Not a fighter pilot then, seafury?

    So sorry you are not ‘comfortable’ with it.

    Am sure you have done night, multi aircraft formations, on NVG, at low level? (maybe not)
    All done in a professional manner, well briefed, by competent crews.

    A similar ethos for a Spitfire tailchase?

    “Clear above and behind!”

    January 2, 2013 at 11:36 am in reply to: Fields of Thunders – Nuclear testing in Australia #984542
    Oily Rag
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    Hope you had your fingers in your ears…!!!

    Fair point. Just came across very parsimonious (maybe he IS a parson!) – he could have worded it better.

    “Blast the Bush” by Lenny Beadell. Very interesting story. He was a surveyor/explorer/bushman who went, armed with a theodolite and a Land Rover, into the outback from South Australia and basically mapped and made the road structure for the test sites.

    December 31, 2012 at 6:53 pm in reply to: Fields of Thunders – Nuclear testing in Australia #986758
    Oily Rag
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    And…???

    What’s your point?

    If you are twelve years old, I can understand.

    If not, then you may be surprised to hear that they didn’t have the computers nor undertsanding we now have (mainly because they conducted tests such as these). The only way of increasing the knowledge base was to actually ‘trial’ the weapons.

    E.G. “What will happen if an aeroplane crashes on take-off, bursts into flames – will the device detonate?”

    Take one small (One kT) device, place in a vat of aviation fuel, set alight and retire to a safe distance.

    (bang!)

    (Note, a ‘little’ bang, the explosive initiator only.)

    Result: The main device will not detonate.

    Tick!

    And, before you ask, I was at Maralinga. Now Go-Google and do some research.

    🙂

    December 6, 2012 at 8:54 pm in reply to: Thompson Brothers Refuellers. #943039
    Oily Rag
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    As used on the Beverley as a transportable refuelling vehicle.

    There was one opposite 28 Sqn dispersal at RAF Sek Kong in the late 1980’s and is probably still there. Used to look at it being enveloped by the bush as I sat with my morning coffee each day!

    November 29, 2012 at 8:10 am in reply to: Harvard at Blackbushe 1975 #953823
    Oily Rag
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    Where is your back garden…??!!!

    November 21, 2012 at 7:13 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #963082
    Oily Rag
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    No, Parts from another airframe were incorporated into the rebuild.

    November 11, 2012 at 2:47 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #976695
    Oily Rag
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    It will fly when it’s good and ready to fly.

    However long it takes.

    November 1, 2012 at 7:53 pm in reply to: WWII carrier pigeon message discovered in Surrey chimney #988532
    Oily Rag
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    BRILLIANT!!

    This makes up for all those threads full of drivvel…!!!

    More….MORE..interpretations of the message (before someone comes up with the real version!)

    October 29, 2012 at 12:40 pm in reply to: Spitfire Merlin Starter Courses #993093
    Oily Rag
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    Correct.

    Sure way to ensure the engine goes in a skip at the overhaul time.

    October 18, 2012 at 10:46 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #1008125
    Oily Rag
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    Nick said it’s for the follow on series to Coast, called ‘Cities’.

    Enniskillen, Saffron Walden, Huddersfield(?) and one other that escapes me.

    September 23, 2012 at 6:12 pm in reply to: Recommended honest biographies / autobiographies #1042452
    Oily Rag
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    “The War Diaries of Helmut Lipfert”

    Recommended! Me 109 Eastern Front retreat.

    Avail from AbeBooks.

    September 14, 2012 at 12:00 pm in reply to: Hans Dittes #1055039
    Oily Rag
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    Get back to work….:)

    September 10, 2012 at 12:33 pm in reply to: North Weald Norwegians 9-9-12 #482955
    Oily Rag
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    The Vampire formation keeping was excellent – can’t say the same for the F-16’s though…:)

    August 30, 2012 at 10:11 am in reply to: Black powder – really? #1073150
    Oily Rag
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    Blackpowder burns slowly, and steadily.

    Quite relevant when considering your spine!

    Not outdated at all.

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