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A pleasant day
« on: 20 July 2008, 20:36:29 »
Decided to go to Farnborough today. Bit of a sparse display for £28, I thought, but one or two lovely moments:



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The sound of half a dozen Merlins passing always lifts my heart. This trio passed by my house at about 500 feet - sneaking along below the cloud on Friday evening while I was spannering.  :-*

Also a lovely sight of a DC6 (and the sound! :-* - why don't they make airliners with air cooled radial engines any more).

Fantastic glider aerobatic display too. A continuous sequence of barrel rolls along the length of the runway while on tow. :o  Much respect from someone who needs to concentrate just to stay behind the tug.

.. and the LPG'd MV6 got me there and back without missing a beat. :y

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Re: A pleasant day
« Reply #1 on: 20 July 2008, 20:49:20 »
Excellent pictures Kevin :y
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Re: A pleasant day
« Reply #2 on: 20 July 2008, 20:49:58 »
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Decided to go to Farnborough today. Bit of a sparse display for £28, I thought, but one or two lovely moments:



No introduction required....



The sound of half a dozen Merlins passing always lifts my heart. This trio passed by my house at about 500 feet - sneaking along below the cloud on Friday evening while I was spannering.  :-*

Also a lovely sight of a DC6 (and the sound! :-* - why don't they make airliners with air cooled radial engines any more).

Fantastic glider aerobatic display too. A continuous sequence of barrel rolls along the length of the runway while on tow. :o  Much respect from someone who needs to concentrate just to stay behind the tug.

.. and the LPG'd MV6 got me there and back without missing a beat. :y

Kevin

Its the price of petrol these days you know  ;D

For £28........im suprised they could even get off the ground  ;D

Glad you had a nice day out and the omega is running fine on lpg  :y
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Re: A pleasant day
« Reply #3 on: 20 July 2008, 20:51:20 »
 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

What a great Sunday!  :y
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« Reply #4 on: 20 July 2008, 20:52:56 »
Grey skies -- but nice piccies mate -- the memorial flight always gives me goosebumps when they fly
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« Reply #5 on: 20 July 2008, 20:57:24 »
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Grey skies -- but nice piccies mate -- the memorial flight always gives me goosebumps when they fly



Too right matey  :y :y :y

Tis an emotional flight in many ways  :)
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« Reply #6 on: 20 July 2008, 21:07:48 »
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Grey skies -- but nice piccies mate -- the memorial flight always gives me goosebumps when they fly



Too right matey  :y :y :y

Tis an emotional flight in many ways  :)

Very True -- my dad used to fly in Lancs for 101 Sqn -- has some very interesting tales to tell
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Grey skies -- but nice piccies mate -- the memorial flight always gives me goosebumps when they fly



Too right matey  :y :y :y

Tis an emotional flight in many ways  :)

Very True -- my dad used to fly in Lancs for 101 Sqn -- has some very interesting tales to tell




A cool dad! Total respect  :)
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« Reply #8 on: 20 July 2008, 21:11:41 »
Lucky sod!

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« Reply #9 on: 20 July 2008, 21:19:43 »
Smashing pictures......`wish I could`ve heard those wonderful engines; one and all! :y
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Re: A pleasant day
« Reply #10 on: 20 July 2008, 21:20:37 »
Nice pics, glad you had a good day. :y
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Re: A pleasant day
« Reply #11 on: 20 July 2008, 22:05:46 »
Hmm, I wonder if you could LPG a Merlin ??????

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« Reply #12 on: 20 July 2008, 22:07:34 »
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A possible job  ;) ;) :y
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Re: A pleasant day
« Reply #13 on: 20 July 2008, 23:28:43 »
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Hmm, I wonder if you could LPG a Merlin ??????

Ken

It's been done. The Meteor engined SD1 that appears in Practical Performance Car burns LPG, IIRC.

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« Reply #14 on: 20 July 2008, 23:31:00 »
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Hmm, I wonder if you could LPG a Merlin ??????

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It's been done. The Meteor engined SD1 that appears in Practical Performance Car burns LPG, IIRC.

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You seen the size of the LPG tank that its needs to tow behind it though???   ;D
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