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  • in reply to: East Fortune Concorde Display Delayed #1610215
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    unfortunately the wheels wouldn’t fit the Clio, so this ‘Weegy is innocent 🙂

    in reply to: Hi all! #1610374
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    someone mentions ‘Spitfire’ and we all come piling in 🙂

    Welcome aboard Stewart. Resizing your images to approx 700 wide and at medium quality usually brings them in under 100kb. If you don’t have any editing software, then try out ifranview, free from http://www.irfanview.com

    slainte

    K

    in reply to: Forum Big Brother? #1975332
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    11:50

    dodrums wanders across the room muttering “dooby doo, scooby scobby dewap de doo dum …”

    stops and emits, in an Eccles voice, “Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh”

    wanders off, tripping over a bit of string

    in reply to: Pitts Specials! #437248
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    If you fancy something a lot faster and more agile than a Pitts, try the Extras at Kemble. They specialise in the “Top Gun Experience”.
    http://www.ultimatehigh.co.uk/

    My mate Mark* won a trip with them in a PC Pilot comp, highly recommended. Plus you get some stick time.

    * i’m just about speaking to him again 🙂

    in reply to: Pitts Specials! #437269
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    G-gomd

    and here is the beast

    in reply to: Pitts Specials! #437273
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    I think there is someone at Shoreham on the south coast, Will try to remember the name.

    Ken

    edited to add:
    This is the folks I was thinking about http://www.extremeaerobatics.co.uk/aboutus.htm

    in reply to: Old Buckenham Airshow (2004 nostalgia-fest) #437286
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    to goat time of posting…

    you’re not snapper in disguise are you? 😀

    in reply to: frequency of lessons #437291
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    Thanks for the advice. General advice appears to be to keep the lessons close together. Finance is going to be a bit tight for the next year and easier after that, but Moggy’s words appear to be a way forward: Start soon at one a month, it’s flying and it counts. Later on I can book them closer together.

    Looks like next move is to look around, book a couple of trial flights and, most importantly, do it. I should also follow Janie’s advice and start reading the theory.

    many thanks, I’ll keep you posted.

    Ken

    in reply to: Favourite Aircraft Designer #1612962
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    I suppose strictly speaking Petter didn’t really design the Lightning as he left EE to go to Folland in the early 50’s, with Fred Page taking over the development of the P.1 into the Lightning. But it was Petter’s concept I suppose.

    point conceded, but I’d argue it was his concept hence he was the father of the Lightning.

    Don’t forget Petter also designed the Lysander when working for Westlands (Whirlwind aswell..?), and in fact Petter was the grandson of the founder of Westlands.

    That I didn’t know!

    in reply to: Favourite Aircraft Designer #1612983
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    must admit to an admiration of Teddy Petter, designer of the Canberra, Lightning, Gnat

    enk

    in reply to: Sunderland in Lake Windermere #1613182
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    in reply to: Gannet cockpit (ex Fleetlands/Tangmere) #1616542
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    have you had a look at thunder and lightnings? http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/contents.html

    in reply to: I'm bored. Part Duex(ish) #1978089
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    what about the dyslexic devil worshipper who sold his soul to Santa?

    in reply to: For Daz Da Man #1617741
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    no need for suicide old chap, 10 minutes of self flagellation will do 🙂

    in reply to: For Daz Da Man #1617793
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    JDK

    it belongs to the City of Glasgow. http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART17729.html

    In 1996, the aircraft was retrieved from the RAF Museum store at Cardington and with Parliamentary permission, since all military equipment is the property of the MoD, was gifted to the City of Glasgow. Two years later the restoration project began at the Museum of Flight in East Fortune.

    A joint venture between Glasgow City Council, National Museums of Scotland and the Scottish Executive, the restoration cost a total of £433,000.

    ps no l in the name, dodrums = half daft notions! 🙂

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