Planes
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@R-L said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Snowy question... Did you look like this?
Yes. Yes I did.
I still do, sadly Val doesn't. -
@R-L said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Snowy question... Did you look like this?
Yes that’s how he gets all his new friends I mean victims..
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@Snowy do pilots really have nicknames on their helmets? What's yours?
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@R-L said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Snowy do pilots really have nicknames on their helmets? What's yours?
My guess is Jeffrey Dahmer..
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@R-L said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Snowy do pilots really have nicknames on their helmets? What's yours?
I was never in the military (in other words I always had a real job) but let's stick with the theme - I'll be "Killer".
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Crazy cloggy!
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@Machpants said in Planes:
Crazy cloggy!
Certainly crazy - if you are going to steal a plane why the fuck would you take a Grumman tracker?
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Metal by the time of the "Battle of Britain". Flight controls were still fabric I think. Fuselage was timber stringers covered in doped linen. Took about 2/3 of the amount of time to build as a spitfire. 10,000 hour off the top of my head.
Can well believe it. Just building a Guillows Spitfire balsa & tissue kit and the elliptical wings - groundbreaking for their time - are a real bitch to cover properly.
Bloody nightmare.
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@Machpants said in Planes:
Crazy cloggy!
Certainly crazy - if you are going to steal a plane why the fuck would you take a Grumman tracker?
Confirm mental unfitness?
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@Victor-Meldrew I'm sorry but that's not gonna fly.
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@Victor-Meldrew I'm sorry but that's not gonna fly.
As someone once said to Wilbur Wright
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Planes:
@Victor-Meldrew I'm sorry but that's not gonna fly.
As someone once said to Wilbur Wright
This guy arguably did it first. But in true kiwi style didn't make a deal out of it so he is a footnote instead of the main man
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Planes:
@Victor-Meldrew I'm sorry but that's not gonna fly.
As someone once said to Wilbur Wright
This guy arguably did it first. But in true kiwi style didn't make a deal out of it so he is a footnote instead of the main man
Well I didn't know this about him:
"Late in life he became bitter and paranoid and was admitted to a mental hospital in 1951, where he remained until his death."Nor that his nickname was "bamboo Dick", which is a bit unfortunate these days.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Planes:
@Victor-Meldrew I'm sorry but that's not gonna fly.
As someone once said to Wilbur Wright
This guy arguably did it first. But in true kiwi style didn't make a deal out of it so he is a footnote instead of the main man
Well I didn't know this about him:
"Late in life he became bitter and paranoid and was admitted to a mental hospital in 1951, where he remained until his death."Nor that his nickname was "bamboo Dick", which is a bit unfortunate these days.
That's the thing about nicknames, they can stick forever. Reminds of 9 year old CF Jnr wanting to change his fortnite handle to 'one pump' because of his lethal ability with a shotgun. I advised him not to because (none of the chicks want a guy named one pump) just because
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