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by RJP
09 Mar 2008, 15:44
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: Comet INS
Replies: 19
Views: 2757

Re: Comet INS

Read up about Op Black Buck.........Excellent use of the Victor Tankers.... ;-) Tony Absolutely! On my last trip back to the sandpit I'd bought " Vulcan 607 " to keep me amused and can recommend it. It struck me that the work involved in getting an aeroplane 4,000 miles to the Falklands (...
by RJP
28 Feb 2008, 21:00
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Shackleton Last Flight
Replies: 2
Views: 439

Shackleton Last Flight

Apologies if this has been posted before;

http://www.skippyscage.com/aviation/az/wl790/

Is anyone able to extract the pictures from the flash slideshow?

Rgds
Richard
by RJP
22 Feb 2008, 11:28
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Another slightly worrying take-off
Replies: 8
Views: 1002

Re: Another slightly worrying take-off

Prop Jockey wrote:I've got one of the Guineafowl too - but it wasn't feeling so good by then
Much the same as this giraffe I'd imagine..........

Rgds
Richard
by RJP
22 Feb 2008, 07:08
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Another slightly worrying take-off
Replies: 8
Views: 1002

Another slightly worrying take-off

This time a Let 410 in the Congo;

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=mEN_mwn_NaM
by RJP
27 Jul 2007, 19:37
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Petrol prices
Replies: 13
Views: 3071

Prices like that are one of the reasons I've only been back to the UK once in the last year :roll: I'm paying 13 pence per litre here ($1.17 per USG). My car does 11.7mpg and I'm in the very fortunate position of not being at all bothered (monetarily) about that. There are a load of Venezuelans work...
by RJP
19 Jul 2007, 15:28
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Classic Ads
Replies: 13
Views: 2510

Classic Ads

Apologies if this has been posted before but with the state of the connection on Fantasy Island at the moment it'd be an exercise in frustration to search the forums for it;

http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviat ... lds/acads/

Rgds
Richard
by RJP
27 Jun 2007, 08:05
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Classic, British wheeled but not winged....
Replies: 24
Views: 3400

Re: Classic, British wheeled but not winged....

Any car enthusiasts on here? If having 6 cars (5 of them rare machines) then yep, suppose I am. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/RJPotts/90_small.jpg LR 90, used by the Dutch team during the 1985 Camel Trophy in Borneo http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/RJPotts/110_small.jpg LR 110, used ...
by RJP
14 May 2007, 19:09
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Ooops - Again
Replies: 4
Views: 1159

Ooops - Again

Found on http://www.flyafrica.info/forums/index.php http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o267/flyafrica/Flyafrica/burn1.jpg http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o267/flyafrica/Flyafrica/burn2.jpg http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o267/flyafrica/Flyafrica/burn3.jpg http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o26...
by RJP
05 May 2007, 15:48
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Kenyan Airways 737
Replies: 4
Views: 1169

According to PPRuNe the list of nationalities is; NATIONALITY NUMBER CAMEROON 34 INDIA 15 SOUTH AFRICA 7 CHINA 6 IVORY COAST 6 NIGERIA 6 BRITAIN 5 NIGER 3 CAR 2 DRC 2 SWISS 1 MALI 1 TOGO 1 SWEDEN 1 GHANA 1 COMOROS 1 MAURITIUS 1 SENEGAL 1 CONGO 1 EGYPT 1 TANZANIA 1 US 1 BURKINA FASO 1 KENYA 9 CREW UN...
by RJP
04 May 2007, 19:21
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Oooops
Replies: 12
Views: 2118

:doh: Oh the value of tailprops :redface: Garry Several MD-11 operators use tugs chained to the nose-gear to prevent that happening (as there's nowhere for a tail-stand). FedEx at Dubai have a huge block of concrete on wheels, shaped to fit round the nose-gear. MD-11s are notoriously tail-heavy but...