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| Thread ID: 125632 | 2012-07-10 00:03:00 | Simply beautiful - big bird in flight | Zippity (58) | PC World Chat |
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| 1287398 | 2012-08-15 03:52:00 | I wondered what you were on about :( :( I had no intention of becoming involved in a pig discussion. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1287399 | 2012-08-15 05:10:00 | Just a failed attempt at a wisecrack. No wish to hijack the thread in favour of sus scrofa domestica, nor anyone to take offence. :) |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1287400 | 2012-08-15 06:42:00 | Just a failed attempt at a wisecrack. No wish to hijack the thread in favour of sus scrofa domestica, nor anyone to take offence. :) Likewise, my response was a failed attempt at a humorous response to your typo. No offense taken. :) |
Jen (38) | ||
| 1287401 | 2012-08-15 07:26:00 | Just as well; offenders can be prosecuted, so what happens to people taking offences doesn't bear thinking about ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1287402 | 2012-08-17 09:24:00 | Remarkable how it kept it's nose up so long after losing speed. They came VERY close to scraping the tail before the nose dropped. After a stressful day at work it leaves me wondering if I've got the wrong job, as it looks so peaceful and serene. On the other hand, a balls@# at my job at worst costs $1000. A balls@# with that thing costs $x0,000,000, so maybe there's loads more stress in that job too! Sod it. They can bill me! Re dropping the Vulcan nose. Many years ago when I worked at wgtn airport for the MOW, the last planes to fly in bad weather were the Safe Air freighters to nelson & Blenheim. They had huge wings & tailplanes. In a strong wind it was near impossible for them to get the tail down. I extreme wind it was possible for the plane to taxi to the freight hanger with the tail up, only coming downwhen people laid across the tail. Then they were grounded. PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1287403 | 2012-08-17 09:35:00 | RAF Finningly (as was) near Doncaster in South Yorkshire was a Vulcan Base. I was there one Open Day, a Vulcan started off down the runway & then fired the rockets for a rocket assissted take off. Only seemed to roll a very short distance, pulled its nose up & went straight up. 90 degrees to the runway. What a noise & so spectacular. PJ. PS...Now a civilian airport called Robin Hood Interational.! Serving Doncaster & Sheffield. |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1287404 | 2012-08-17 09:50:00 | I used to live near RAF Manston in Kent. The runway could never be closed until they stopped the Concorde flights as it was the only other runway in England long enough for an emergency landing, but alas Manston is now and industrial estate | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1287405 | 2012-08-17 23:09:00 | "the last planes to fly in bad weather were the Safe Air freighters to nelson & Blenheim. " PJ were these the Bristol Freighters? I had my first flight in one of these, from Kaikohe aerodrome. We lay on the front opening doors looking down through the perspex panels. Hate to think what would have happened if the doors had opened. |
Richard (739) | ||
| 1287406 | 2012-08-17 23:24:00 | " the last planes to fly in bad weather were the Safe Air freighters to nelson & Blenheim. " PJ were these the Bristol Freighters? I had my first flight in one of these, from Kaikohe aerodrome. We lay on the front opening doors looking down through the perspex panels. Hate to think what would have happened if the doors had opened. Was that in an Airforce one? |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1287407 | 2012-08-18 01:21:00 | Yes Prefect it was. I think it was during 'barracks week' at school. Otherwise I can't think of any reason we would have been taken for this flight. I remember the aircraft as being very noisy and rattly. Must have been in the early to middle '50s I think. Another early flying experience was travelling to Auckland from Whangarei in a de Havilland Dominie. Seven passengers I think, and it was almost like flying the plane yourself. Height achieved must have only been a couple of thousand feet, so the view down the coast was magnificent, as pilots always flew the Bream Bay scenic route if weather was OK. Not too much risk of someone coming the other way in those days. | Richard (739) | ||
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