Planes
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From: https://www.facebook.com/flightartworks
"Dambusters departing"
Lincolnshire, shortly after sunset on 16 May 1943: Wing Commander Guy Gibson, flying AJ-G ("G - George"), ED932/G, leads the first wave of specially adapted Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron on their way to attack the Ruhr dams with Barnes Wallis's "bouncing bomb".
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@Donsteppa said in Planes:
From: https://www.facebook.com/flightartworks
"Dambusters departing"
Lincolnshire, shortly after sunset on 16 May 1943: Wing Commander Guy Gibson, flying AJ-G ("G - George"), ED932/G, leads the first wave of specially adapted Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron on their way to attack the Ruhr dams with Barnes Wallis's "bouncing bomb".
It was a great story of British ingenuity, even if the damage was not as substantial as they planned
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This lockdown is finally starting to get to me.
I went out to my wee plane today because there is an airworthiness issue that I need to fix (the engine manufacturer wants a part replaced). I need a certified engineer to do it. He is a 10 min flight away. I'm not allowed to go to another airport. I need to do a flight check for my licence which expired during the lockdown.
So I can't fly the wee beast, and I can't get it to where I can get it fixed and still have insurance, unless the repair is made. A completely circular first world problem, but fuck I wanted to just damn the torpedoes and go flying!
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Kulula Airline - A South African Airline With a Sense of Humor - Aviation Humor
Kulula was a prominent South African low-cost airline that made its mark on the aviation scene...
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This also belongs in the Planes thread:
From: https://www.facebook.com/BBMF.Official
Captain (now honorary Colonel) Tom Moore, a WWII veteran, has raised millions for the NHS. This morning, on his 100th birthday, two aircraft from the RAF’s BBMF flew over his house to mark the occasion. Hurricane LF363 was flown by Sqn Ldr Mark Discombe (OC BBMF) and Spitfire MK365 by Flt Lt Andy Preece (BBMF Ops Officer). They completed three passes before returning to their base at RAF Coningsby. (Photo: LAC Iwan Lewis)
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A great picture of the most successful British fighter of the Battle of Britain & WW2 -and a Spitfire...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - Overall:
A great picture of the most successful British fighter of the Battle of Britain & WW2 -and a Spitfire...
Helps that there were twice as many Hurricanes than Spitfires deployed during the BoB. Though I do feel sort of sorry for the Hurricane as the Andrew Ridgely of the whole thing.
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@taniwharugby nice, didn't know/forgot about that action
"Vampires with a hairy chest" haha
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@taniwharugby that reminds me of how the airfield where Sir Ed's wife and daughter crashed is described. Squeaky bum time
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - Overall:
A great picture of the most successful British fighter of the Battle of Britain & WW2 -and a Spitfire...
Helps that there were twice as many Hurricanes than Spitfires deployed during the BoB. Though I do feel sort of sorry for the Hurricane as the Andrew Ridgely of the whole thing.
The Hurricane could take way more punishment and was way easier to repair than the Spitfire so that kept the number high as well. Was surprised to read the Hurricane was more maneuverable and more often than not better in a dogfight than either the Spit or an ME109
Though I do feel sort of sorry for the Hurricane as the Andrew Ridgely of the whole thing.
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