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General Car Chat / Re: V70 Insurance
« on: 12 July 2021, 12:30:21 »
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General Discussion Area / Re: Spitfire
« on: 12 July 2021, 11:34:43 »
Yes, it was a stand-out day in my life. Fortunately my daughter is well paid, but nevertheless it was extremely generous of her. She also paid for herself, her husband and my wife to go up alongside for 10 minutes or so in a small air taxi to get airborne pics. My flight included two films from front and back of my cockpit for the flight duration. I haven't watched them yet as I haven't worked out what gizmo I need to connect it to the TV.
For anyone interested in WW2 aviation, B.of B. etc., I can thoroughly recommend it. Having spent my working life in aviation, starting my aircrew career on Shackletons and retiring on a modern jet, I had forgotten how basic the flying panels were on early A/C, all credit to our young forefathers who went up to fight in these planes, sometimes with as few as 10 hours solo.
For anyone interested in WW2 aviation, B.of B. etc., I can thoroughly recommend it. Having spent my working life in aviation, starting my aircrew career on Shackletons and retiring on a modern jet, I had forgotten how basic the flying panels were on early A/C, all credit to our young forefathers who went up to fight in these planes, sometimes with as few as 10 hours solo.
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General Discussion Area / Spitfire
« on: 12 July 2021, 10:20:51 »
My daughter very generously treated me to a Spitfire flight for my birthday a couple of weeks ago. I had a fabulous trip in MJ627 from Biggin Hill, coincidentally where I first went for aircrew selection, longer ago than I care to remember. The hour long trip took us round several of the old Battle of Britain airfields, and also along the coast past the white cliffs. I persuaded the pilot to do a few aeros including victory rolls, he didn't take much persuading!
I was able to fly the Spit for some minutes and had a wonderful day out. The experience included a full tour of the Heritage Hangar where they build, maintain and display Spitfire, Hurricane, and Messerschmitt aircraft, shown in a programme series on More4. This was also a trip down memory lane, as my qualifying exam as an engine fitter, included doing the valve and ignition timing on a Merlin engine, albeit on a Lanc.
Interestingly, I last saw MJ627 several years ago doing a display at East Kirkby (also home to a Lanc which they hope to get airworthy), flown by ex BBMF pilot (of 24 years at BBMF!) S/L Paul Day. I approached him as he dismounted in the hangar afterwards to congratulate him on the display, to which he said" You're not the police are you?" No doubt as the display was, shall we say, perhaps slightly unconventional, but exhilarating.
A quote attributed to Paul Day was: 'A Lancaster is a waste of four good Merlins'.
I was able to fly the Spit for some minutes and had a wonderful day out. The experience included a full tour of the Heritage Hangar where they build, maintain and display Spitfire, Hurricane, and Messerschmitt aircraft, shown in a programme series on More4. This was also a trip down memory lane, as my qualifying exam as an engine fitter, included doing the valve and ignition timing on a Merlin engine, albeit on a Lanc.
Interestingly, I last saw MJ627 several years ago doing a display at East Kirkby (also home to a Lanc which they hope to get airworthy), flown by ex BBMF pilot (of 24 years at BBMF!) S/L Paul Day. I approached him as he dismounted in the hangar afterwards to congratulate him on the display, to which he said" You're not the police are you?" No doubt as the display was, shall we say, perhaps slightly unconventional, but exhilarating.
A quote attributed to Paul Day was: 'A Lancaster is a waste of four good Merlins'.
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General Discussion Area / Re: F***ing stupid BBC
« on: 12 July 2021, 09:10:50 »I've come to despise the BBC for their relentless negativity.There thick British public like to see depression shit. Just turn on any British soap on any channel, and see the depressive shit they are pedalling. And how popular they are amongst the stupid people of the country.
A good example the other day was the news about the new battery plant at Nissan in Sunderland and I was listening to some commentator or other on R2 saying briefly that it was good news, but then spent most of his slot talking about uncertainty at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port factory and that it might close and thousands of jobs would go.
The next day Vauxhall announce that they will invest hundreds of millions to build a new electric van at Ellesmere Port.
No thanks, just catching a glimpse of them accidentally is quite enough. ☹️
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General Discussion Area / Re: Middle of Lidl
« on: 06 July 2021, 18:51:35 »I hope to dive in Grenada later this year. I will check if Lidl still have them. Sounds fun.Be mindful of the battery types if flying... LiPo makes airlines nervous... Should travel with you in the cabin and skipper made aware
Talking about Grenada, I learned today that when the Americans invaded in ’83, desperate Corrie fans flooded Granada’s switchboard for information and reassurance!
You couldn’t make it up. 😢
Now I wonder why I never thought of that.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Middle of Lidl
« on: 04 July 2021, 19:29:42 »
I hope to dive in Grenada later this year. I will check if Lidl still have them. Sounds fun.
Talking about Grenada, I learned today that when the Americans invaded in ’83, desperate Corrie fans flooded Granada’s switchboard for information and reassurance!
You couldn’t make it up. 😢
Talking about Grenada, I learned today that when the Americans invaded in ’83, desperate Corrie fans flooded Granada’s switchboard for information and reassurance!
You couldn’t make it up. 😢
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General Car Chat / Re: seized caliper
« on: 02 July 2021, 11:07:28 »
True, it’s just the meanness in me. Calipers are basically such simple devices.
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General Car Chat / Re: seized caliper
« on: 02 July 2021, 10:54:35 »
Assuming a standard caliper, with no damage, a good clean, then seal and fluid replacement should fix it a lot cheaper.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 02 July 2021, 10:47:21 »We are living very similar lives for exactly the same reasons.
If only 3D printers could print out a new skeleton.
It’s only a matter of time.
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Crank Sensor Failure
« on: 02 July 2021, 10:29:16 »Until you find one that some a hole has fitted without oiling seal and done up with a scaffold bar, usually by some trog at a fast fit centre !!
If they bother to replace it at all. I serviced a neighbour’s Golf for a year or two, but he insisted on getting one done by a local Indy. The next time I did it I asked to see the invoice on which he had been charged for new plugs, and which clearly hadn’t been out for years!
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Crank Sensor Failure
« on: 02 July 2021, 07:33:22 »
How many of us have TW’s down to 15nm?
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: For sale, my Aladdins Cave of Parts no longer required.
« on: 25 June 2021, 17:26:51 »All parts now gone.
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I lie, TD sump gasket still available.
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: For sale, my Aladdins Cave of Parts no longer required.
« on: 25 June 2021, 17:23:03 »
All parts now gone.
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General Discussion Area / Re: The Vietnam War - Documentary Series PBS America
« on: 21 June 2021, 07:12:14 »
Also read Chickenhawk, a superb book about a Huey pilot. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenhawk_(book)
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General Discussion Area / Re: The Vietnam War - Documentary Series PBS America
« on: 19 June 2021, 22:12:30 »
The best book I’ve read on that war is: A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam. It sums up how futile that war was.
I served briefly in the Phillipines towards the end, and felt very sorry for the Americans trying to fight a war that nobody wanted by then, but they were still expected to fight for something that none of them believed in.
I served briefly in the Phillipines towards the end, and felt very sorry for the Americans trying to fight a war that nobody wanted by then, but they were still expected to fight for something that none of them believed in.