20,000 Rivets Flying In Close Formation

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20,000 Rivets Flying In Close Formation

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roQOcqAlY5M
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Enjoyed that mate.. thanks :thumbsup:

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Thanks Garry, :thumbsup:
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I thought that accolade belonged to the 'Faithful Annie'......later exceeded by the Shack........
Did bring back memories of the late 40's & early 50's when Airwork had one or two at Blackbushe.....My sister & I were allowed to climb into the cockpit & view the scenery of the airfield - so long as we didn't touch any of the switches.......
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Did the Annie have many rivets???

They certainly used the term on the Shack

Anyhow...their title, not my comment :)
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Garry, I'm not sure how many rivets there were in an Annie, but I think it referred to the Pop rivets in the tail plane - they always rattled loose in them old days...
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Dev One wrote: - so long as we didn't touch any of the switches.......
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button pushing allowed then? :worried:

thanks for posting, Garry. I enjoyed watching that.
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Don't think buttons were invented then - except possibly for CB's which isolated things!
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edit -errrr- forgot about starter buttons, but to a sub teen kid any button was a switch......
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