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Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2014, 20:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Congratulations Geriaviator. Yours is the 5,000th...

Congratulations Geriaviator. Yours is the 5,000th post on this thread. We have a winner.

Apropos very little, a few pages back I posted a late 1960s photo of a younger Ken on a Velocette. In the...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2013, 11:38
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Imperial threads

Danny

Your Imperial threads have got a lot further from blighty than Germany. A few years ago I refurbed a mixing machine in my partner's factory. It is about 40-50 years old. I needed to replace...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Dec 2013, 06:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Not so Danny. We had a bumper at home, and the...

Not so Danny. We had a bumper at home, and the CSM (aka Mum) made us roll back the carpets (not fitted, natch) and use the bumper to polish the exposed boards between the carpet edge, and the walls.
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Nov 2013, 09:28
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

In Japan, houses were traditionally built of...

In Japan, houses were traditionally built of wood, paper and straw. Wealthy people would have tiles, rather than a thatched roof. The 70% of Japan which is uninhabitable mountains is covered in...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Oct 2013, 07:51
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

"To describe the situation as "fluid" is to give...

"To describe the situation as "fluid" is to give it too-great a sense of cohesion"
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2013, 09:59
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Excellent Jagan. Thanks for posting. Your second...

Excellent Jagan. Thanks for posting. Your second photo brings new meaning to the term "uniform". Haha hahaha
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jul 2013, 07:45
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Danny. Putting on my boffin's hat, "the flight of...

Danny. Putting on my boffin's hat, "the flight of the bumble bee" is understood. From memory, the wing action approximates a horizontal figure-of-eight (an infinity sign if you wish). Bumble bees get...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jun 2013, 01:07
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Crikey Danny! I grew up in...

Crikey Danny!



I grew up in Kenilworth. Here's the castle. They used to charge an entrance fee, but a castle wall was no barrier to an adventurous little scrote such as myself. I honed my...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Apr 2013, 12:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Danny: having climbed from your gazillion hp...

Danny: having climbed from your gazillion hp Spitfire or Vampire, didn't you find the Bond a little under powered at 10-or-so bhp? And what was the Bond's roll-rate? :)
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2013, 13:49
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Use this search (without the quotes) "Geoff...

Use this search (without the quotes) "Geoff Wright site: bbc.co.uk/history". You are right, archiving of the BBC at war section is appalling. The "site" command forces google to do what the BBC have...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2013, 03:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Delightful story geriaviator, thanks. What a...

Delightful story geriaviator, thanks. What a treasure was Miss Buckle, getting inside the head of a 10 year old boy. Not that it's hard, but she cared and was being utterly professional. Excellent.
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jan 2013, 21:06
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Wearing my geologist's hat, there won't be a...

Wearing my geologist's hat, there won't be a problem. The key word is "permeability". Myanmar=tropical=clay=low permeability (I can do geology from 35,000 feet). All you need is a reasonable pump and...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jan 2013, 10:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Thanks Danny. A question. I've read that the late...

Thanks Danny. A question. I've read that the late Merlin engined Spitfires were the "nicest" to fly, and the Griffon Spitfires were a bit "over engined". Could you give us your impressions? As an...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2013, 11:42
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Thanks, as always Danny. I was taken by this: ...

Thanks, as always Danny. I was taken by this:

"The lone Beau was nominally on "B" Flight, but it was the sole preserve of two refugees from Communist oppression: Master Pilots "Joe" Halkiew...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2012, 15:46
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

There's a back story behind that photo. Coventry...

There's a back story behind that photo. Coventry was blitzed because it was the centre of the UK's machine tool industry. Whatever was made in the UK was made with Coventry tools. The Rover is part...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2012, 14:30
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Do you see what you've done here Danny? Advanced...

Do you see what you've done here Danny? Advanced to post-war, and raised motorbikes, that's what! With apologies and hopes to read the post-war career.

@ lasernigel and mikehallam. It's a Venom...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Nov 2012, 22:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Motorbikes, ah yes. You'll have to lift your...

Motorbikes, ah yes. You'll have to lift your sights a bit from 250cc though. A younger (and slimmer) Ken.

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Forum: Military Aviation
28th Nov 2012, 13:44
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Poetic Danny, thanks very much. Sorry to put you...

Poetic Danny, thanks very much. Sorry to put you on the spot re: teens. I can remember much of what I was doing, but little of what I thought (apart from a pathological loathing of school and a...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2012, 14:42
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Danny. I've been away, so trying to catch up. My...

Danny. I've been away, so trying to catch up. My calculation is that you would have turned 18 in 1939 (what timing!) My question is this. (Axiom) at some point in your teens, you would have become...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Oct 2012, 13:13
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Thanks, as ever, for the skiing post Danny. ...

Thanks, as ever, for the skiing post Danny.

It would have been army boots (ammo), cable bindings and wooden skis. Add in open piste (chop and slop), telemark turns (free the heel) and...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Oct 2012, 02:13
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Late to the party as ever (asleep in Japan), but...

Late to the party as ever (asleep in Japan), but did it in my head. I got 15 miles to the inch. As an approximation, the old inch to the mile OS maps became 1:50,000, so my final figure came out at...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2012, 15:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Danny, a question. Your comment about the...

Danny, a question.

Your comment about the Thunderbolt intrigued me.



As a sprog, I saw plenty of period photos and film of Spitfires/Hurricanes etc. taking off and landing, and I always...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Sep 2012, 09:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

In the early 1970s, I used to do boatbuilding. We...

In the early 1970s, I used to do boatbuilding. We used formaldehyde "marine" glue exclusively. Stinky stuff, but I've seen wooden rudders come back after several years immersion, broken by stress but...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Aug 2012, 12:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

On winding down

Slightly OT and late, but here's hoping. I have my father's service record (79th HAA Regiment RA). He was serving in Italy. It reads: Post Hostilities A Planning Committee CMF 27/8/1944 to 24/9/1944....
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2012, 12:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

Danny. We say nothing because we have nothing to...

Danny. We say nothing because we have nothing to add. The silence is that of respect and we are all paying attention. Please proceed.....
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2010, 10:02
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,320
Posted By Yamagata ken

This is a wonderfull thread. Thank you all. ...

This is a wonderfull thread. Thank you all. BEagle: well said. Bastardry is not the sole preserve of the enemy.
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