HB WisperJet.. 33yo today 13.12.10

[DaveB]

Happy Birthday Nick

Hope you have a good one



ATB

DaveB

[nigelb]

Happy Birthday, Nick!



Nigel²

[Garry Russell]

All the best Nick

[WhisperJet]

Thank you gents, and all the best from LOWW!

Nick.

[Garry Russell]

Only another 78 years and you'll be 111

[DaveB]

I'm sure that would make one young chap very happy. Unfortunately, a great many of us here wouldn't be around to celebrate with him

ATB

DaveB

[WhisperJet]

I prefer to await 20th August 2013... seems a bit more realistic...
http://www.bac1-11jet.co.uk/bac1-11jet. ... ersary.htm

Oh and here's a nice birthday surprise I got from youtube yesterday, making me stumble over this 7min film I hadn't seen before...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2A658HvG9I

All the best to you,

Nick

[DaveB]

Have you seen this one Nick.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLDgkAqK ... re=related

It's not the best bit of film I've seen but this is our 1-11 G-ASYD arriving at Brooklands. Unfortunately, no plans were ever made to keep her in running condition so this was very probably the last time the aircraft was 'live'. If you notice any similarity between this and DM's 1-11 flightdeck.. it is not by coincidence as I took all of the shots for the panel (non BEA) in 'SYD

Not unrelated.. our Vanguard (see sig) is 50yo next year (2011). Not sure what we're going to do but I hope she'll be clean!

ATB

DaveB

[WhisperJet]

Dave, I very well know it, I watched this video at least twenty times!!
However I wasn't aware it's the aircraft that served as the template for the virtual one I fly so often!!!
Great to know we owe a special "chapeau" to G-ASYD then! I'll take the fly-by-light-SYD on a virtual trip next time, I promise...

Have you already read yesterday's review-of-2010 by Peter? For me it's amazing how he keeps tracking the path of the last 8 airworthy examples...
http://www.bac1-11jet.co.uk/bac1-11jet.co.uk%20News.htm

All the best,

Nick.