Some classics of Cosford before the cull

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 22 Aug 2009, 17:16

Loved your account Ian. Thanks for that. Its really cheered me up. ;-)

FlyTexas · Post by **FlyTexas** » 22 Aug 2009, 17:35

Wow, what a tale!

Thanks for sharing it Ian. I assume you won't be needing one of these (see below) anytime soon.

Brian
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Post by **Garry Russell** » 22 Aug 2009, 18:13

Ours was more like.........

"If it aint Vickers, I'll soil my knickers" :roll:

:o

Garry

Techy111 · Post by **Techy111** » 22 Aug 2009, 18:28

Or...."I ain't gonna mount if it ain't a Viscount"....

i'm going i'm going.... :roll:

Tony

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 22 Aug 2009, 19:11

It aint heaven if it's not a 1-11

Sheesh Russell see what you started?

Leif

Post by **Garry Russell** » 22 Aug 2009, 19:19

Garry

speedbird591 · Post by **speedbird591** » 23 Aug 2009, 11:21

FlyTexas wrote:I assume you won't be needing one of these (see below) anytime soon.

Wrong!

It was only the marriage of the 707 and the Conways that didn't work for me, Brian :roll:
Boeing's philosophy really came good when aircraft got big and I reckon the build quality of those jumblies have saved my sorry skin on more than one occasion. I can sleep soundly in a 747-400 but in anything else I stay wide-eyed with white-knuckled fear

I think the 436 was a political and commercial invention - a triumph of compromise over common sense

But the basic design was able to evolve as circumstances changed. Whereas the VC10 was a perfect flying machine within a very limited commercial niche and, as you would expect from something so specialised, no room for compromise. And quite right too. British aircraft design was ruled by the heart, American design by the head.

Ian ;-)

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 27 Aug 2009, 18:56

ummm...

if it ain't Concorde, then, it's probably slow and boring or some sh!t like that.

jab · Post by **jab** » 27 Aug 2009, 21:18

Thanks for posting Eddie :tab: Was it BA that put those lovely aircraft into the cull?

ATB
James

Chris558 · Post by **Chris558** » 28 Aug 2009, 22:01

BA wouldn't support them anymore - their apprentices used to maintain them. Whether Cosford decided to re-brand as the RAF museum because of that, or whether that was happening anyway, I'm not sure.

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