Polluting the countryside
Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 13:15
Cargo flight this morning up to the Outer Hebrides. The Herc always kicks out a little smoke. 
Nice shot
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Polluting the countryside
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Re: Polluting the countryside
Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 14:24
It was like that here this morning Eddie.. then it all went wrong!
Nice shot
ATB
DaveB
Nice shot
ATB
DaveB
Re: Polluting the countryside
Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 14:51
Cheers Dave.
What happened down there this morning then?
What happened down there this morning then?
Re: Polluting the countryside
Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 14:57
I'm guessing Dave means like where I am....the weather was nice and like that this morning and now it's all cloudy and showery 
That's how I red it anyway
That's how I red it anyway
Re: Polluting the countryside
Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 15:00
Yeah possibly mate. I think I was hoping for something Brooklands related. Ya know..Juicy n that. 
Re: Polluting the countryside
Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 15:17
No.. nowt juicy from Brooklands. Not been for a fortnight due to the wet stuff
The sky was almost clear blue this morning.. just the odd flick of cloud here and there. By opening time, it had gone to rat sh1t and then some.. full 8/8 cover with matching wet stuff. Still raining now though it's eased. We had hail yesterday! 
ATB
DaveB
Re: Polluting the countryside
Posted: 28 Feb 2011, 08:39
I bet the cargo comprises of a vast cornucopia of Islay single malts
I've got some Bruichladdich here and am enjoying it greatly
I've got some Bruichladdich here and am enjoying it greatly
Re: Polluting the countryside
Posted: 28 Feb 2011, 08:58
What at this time?!
Re: Polluting the countryside
Posted: 28 Feb 2011, 15:40
Lol no, but the temptation was there after coming off a 12 hour night shift... I've got four days off now, woo!
Re: Polluting the countryside
Posted: 28 Feb 2011, 18:54
Hmmm. A couple of observations from an ex-pat Yorkshireman living up here.
It's a lovely thought that an RAF Herc, or anyone else's Herc, would be used to bring freight into the islands. But the reality is different - it would be. Freight comes via the ferries - cheaper and you can't get much freight into a Herc for 26,000 people. We have a dedicated freight ferry - the Muirneag (means "beloved one" what b@llocks that is in reality). The freight ferry is nicknamed "The Olympic Flame" ie it never goes out - long story.
Mark's point about the Islay whiskies is interesting. No bugger, except me, drinks them!!! The locals live on- wait for it - Vodka
Can you believe it? If any whisky is drunk it's usually a cheap blend, not even a good one. Mind you if the Herc crash landed on a beach here then the locals would strip the bugger of everything including the booze within a few hours! And then they'd eat the pilots
Andy
It's a lovely thought that an RAF Herc, or anyone else's Herc, would be used to bring freight into the islands. But the reality is different - it would be. Freight comes via the ferries - cheaper and you can't get much freight into a Herc for 26,000 people. We have a dedicated freight ferry - the Muirneag (means "beloved one" what b@llocks that is in reality). The freight ferry is nicknamed "The Olympic Flame" ie it never goes out - long story.
Mark's point about the Islay whiskies is interesting. No bugger, except me, drinks them!!! The locals live on- wait for it - Vodka
Can you believe it? If any whisky is drunk it's usually a cheap blend, not even a good one. Mind you if the Herc crash landed on a beach here then the locals would strip the bugger of everything including the booze within a few hours! And then they'd eat the pilots Andy