Did I hear my gallant Capitain call me?

It is I, Bluebottle

Richard

FSM Spitfire £9k bin..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/spitfire-full-size-replica-/170785465382?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item27c39b6426

My wife says that I can’t have that to put up on our roof… 🙁

Richard

Wow – Those two coach bodies are extremely interesting… 😮

The larger of the two bears a resemblance to an LNER bogie type, whilst the smaller (formerly 6-wheeled) one reminds me of a GNSR type, although without a comparable image I cannot be 100% certain.

What is certain is they are of great interest, and are definitely worthy of preservation!

Thanks for posting the photos. 🙂

Thank goodness for that, it isn’t only me!

I wondered if the older one was LNWR, with the location it is more likely to be GNSR. Still on it’s underframe too

Richard

One was of course, and displayed in London during the war. It was destroyed afterwards along with the other exhibits

Richard

Perhaps, although Aerojet were heavily into the development of JATO equipment, so it stands a good chance of being for take-off

Perhaps I should read the report

Richard

MORE: I don’t think they liked it!

Testing yielded the following conclusions:

The jet-assisted P-51D airplanes equipped with acid-aniline rocket motors were not operationally suitable and were not useful for any military purpose.

The dangers and difficulties inherent in the handling and use of nitric acid were excessive. It was extremely unlikely that it would ever be desirable to use rockets based on the acid-aniline combination in any aircraft applications.

The drag caused by the external fuel and oxidizer tanks was not large enough to have important effects on the top speed of the airplane.

The rearward CG shift caused by the rocket motor installation had a very serious and undesirable effect on the stability and handling characteristics of the airplane.

Would you be kind enough to take a picture of the railway carriage in the top right of your first picture too please?

Richard

Still sounds like heads need banging!!!! Would it be worth inviting the offenders to view the forum. Every story has 2 sides and just maybe if they are oblivious of their actions then something positive may come out of it.

Perhaps the local paper might find some interest in a Hooton mafia story?

Thanks for saying that, I was trying to decide whether to respond or just forget about it

As far as I know there is no mechanism for the public to manage the public’s money directly. There are just too many of us. The accepted way is to have an identified group that receives and manages funds – which is what is in place.

Now, if there are disagreements between various groups, the solution is invariably discussion

Again, from the outside, it looks like spats between groups with differing aims, and I’m only getting one side of the story. Bottom line for me – if I happened to be local to this project, would I want to get involved? No bloody way

Richard