Classic British Flight Sim

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

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

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

:o

Garry

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

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

Tony

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


Sheesh Russell see what you started?


Leif

Garry

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 ;-)

ummm...

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

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

ATB
James

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.