Spurred on by the comments by the beloved Asley in the “Look at the t!ts on this” thread, what is your favourite line or character name from a Carry On film?

From “Carry On Screaming”

Harry H. Corbett and Fenella Fielding discuss a body part:

Det Sgt. Bung: This ear was found in Slocombe woods.
Valeria: What. This ear?
Det Sgt. Bung: Yes, that there

This one was odd because a lot of the carry-on regulars seemed to be missing.

I also liked Peter Gilmore (later of the Onedin Line) as the lecherous ambulance driver in one of the B+W medical ones, I forget which.

R/K

Oh, what a circus…

Well Folks,

I was wondering how long it as going to take till either the Finns or the Russians claim ownership. It was the finns who fired the first shot.

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4314

Lordy Lordy it seems that NHC might be in a tad of a fix if the Finns press which I hope they do.

Cheers
RER

Looking at the saga outlined in http://www.warbirdforum.com/bw372.htm I think this could be a mammoth legal action.

PS For my own peace of mind. I *thought* I read somewhere that a Brewster F2A-1 wasn’t technically a Buffalo. (I think it was in my copy of “IL-2 Sturmovik – Forgotten Battles”). When is a Brewster F2A a Buffalo and when isn’t it?

Rob

Thread does what it says on the tin.

Anyone else snap some of the personalities?

Hey Snapper,
Care to put names to a few faces? (not to mention the shorts) – watching the interaction of the clique on this forum is a great pastime. My PhD in sociology is coming along a treat. 🙂

Rob/Kansan

I have come across mention of Sir Alan and his flying circus, many time’s over the year’s in different book’s 🙂 .

But never really looked in to really who Sir Alan Cobham was, or much about his flying circus :confused: .

So do we have any person’s out there in cyberspace, who know much about these two subject’s :rolleyes: .

Any info is most welcome Lady’s and Gent’s 🙂 , even some pic’s if you have em please 😉 .

Stormbird (and others)
A few Alan Cobham links you might like:

http://www.nevilshute.org/Aero/aerobiography.php
Brief Bio of Sir Alan on the Nevil Shute site. I didn’t know Cobham (a) was at one time a (or the) test pilot for De Havilland and (b) delivered the very first DH.60 Moth to a flying club!

http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp00938&role=sit&page=1
Some portraits of Sir Alan at the National Portrait Gallery, London

http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Australia%20&%20Back%20Cobham%201926.htm
Australia and Back – 1926.

http://www.findonvillage.com/0390_flying_over_findon.htm
Vists Flindon, West Sussex in 1933 – a really nice contemporary shot (from the ground) of the flying circus in formation over Sussex

http://www.tarrant-rushton.ndirect.co.uk/AlanCobhamGrave.htm
Almost directly under the 13/31 runway, Tarrant Rushton’s 12th century village church is where Sir Alan and Lady Cobham are buried.

Rob / Kansan

Burt Lancaster? I think he may be removing the Michael…

Adrian

That’s Bill Lancaster. Went missing in 1933 on a record attempt to the Cape in Avro Avian G-ABLK “Southern Cross Minor” (Once owned by a certain bloke called Kingsford-Smith, hence the name) and never seen or heard of again until his remains were discovered by the French Army on a patrol near Reggan, Algeria in February 1962. Read all about it in Ralph Barker’s “Verdict on a Lost Flyer” (1969) and a couple of websites about the Sahara, some of which are in French. The remains of the aircraft were recovered from the desert in 1975 and are now in a museum in Brisbane, Australia.

Rob / Kansan

We’ve still got Nungesser and Coli, Glenn Miller, the “Star Tiger” and a few others to mull over. (see other threads in here!)

Another book for Stormbird

Yes I must get some more book from Nevil, by the look’s of it!!!! :rolleyes: (more BOOK’S 😮 😮 :p )

Stormbird. Have you read Nevil Shute’s “The Rainbow and the Rose”? If not, you might be interested to know (a) it’s set Down Under (b) the hero lives in a little town called ESSENDON, near Melbourne. 😀

Rob / Kansan