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by delticbob
02 May 2011, 19:21
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: When landing a water bomber on a runway...
Replies: 9
Views: 1446

Re: When landing a water bomber on a runway...

Ho ho...that was in the last series....The new series starts this Thurday on Quest....the trailers on UK TV shoes assorted cockpit shots, lading on icy runwsys, then the..."You can always tell an Ice Pilot....by the size of his skidmarks" :tunes: Its Arnie & his crew with one of their ...
by delticbob
29 Apr 2011, 17:28
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: So you navy types... is it true?
Replies: 24
Views: 2767

Re: So you navy types... is it true?

steelsporran wrote:Raise the Atlantic Conveyor! :RN:

The young ones won't remember Atlantic Conveyer....I can hear the clatter of keboards now :cpu: A-T-L-A-N.... *-)

Bob
by delticbob
29 Apr 2011, 17:19
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Pic: Todays' Editors' Choice at Airliners.net
Replies: 10
Views: 1961

Re: Pic: Todays' Editors' Choice at Airliners.net

FlyTexas wrote:How on earth did she actually fly with those tiny wings?
Come on.....its not what you've got, it's how you use it :excited:

How different today's RAF might have been if the TSR2 had not been cancelled :((

Bob
by delticbob
25 Apr 2011, 23:20
Forum: The Virtual Spanner
Topic: Flight control woes!
Replies: 14
Views: 2644

Re: Flight control woes!

Are the rear sockets USB2 & the front USB1? Perhaps the controls are not USB1 friendly. Its not flightsim, but when I plug my mp3 player into my front ports the machine mutters & gives me a dialogue box that the 'equipment' might work a lot better if it were plugged into USB2 ports. What you...
by delticbob
25 Apr 2011, 15:34
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Dambusters take II
Replies: 7
Views: 1716

Re: Dambusters take II

John wrote:That's pretty impressive...
Looks most excellent :thumbsup:

Bob
by delticbob
25 Apr 2011, 15:29
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: What future Concorde'
Replies: 1
Views: 617

What future Concorde'

I think we all pretty much know that AF has been mothballed at Filton, but the news for AD is equally unsure. Just been reading on the concordesst site http://www.concordesst.com/latestnews.html that there are plans to move the Space Shuttle Test Orbiter 'Enterprise' from the Smithsonian facility at...
by delticbob
24 Apr 2011, 19:33
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Dambusters take II
Replies: 7
Views: 1716

Re: Dambusters take II

Channel 4, Monday May 2nd, 8.00pm
by delticbob
20 Apr 2011, 11:13
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Dambusters take II
Replies: 7
Views: 1716

Dambusters take II

OK, mention 'Dambusters', you think, 617 Squadron, Lancaster, World War II perhaps.... :hide: No! think DC-4, think Buffalo Airways :wall: (yes that one in the middle of nowhere in Canada http://www.buffaloairways.com/), think (UK) Channel 4 next month (allegedly). Came across this yesterday evening...
by delticbob
20 Apr 2011, 11:09
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Elisabeth Sladen RIP
Replies: 4
Views: 1196

Re: Elisabeth Sladen RIP

Yep, very sad.

I also remember her as Jon Pertwee's assistant.

Suprised to read she was 63 though, but wore it well. No more 'Sarah Jane Adventures' then.

Bob
by delticbob
16 Apr 2011, 14:53
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: Simshed Nimrod for FSX
Replies: 29
Views: 5498

Re: Simshed Nimrod for FSX

Garry Russell wrote:Bristol Beverly Bob??? :lol:

Blackburn B.101 Beverly
:( :'(
:fly:

Now I'm feeling all embarrassed - severe foot in mouth syndrome

bob