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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Nov 2015, 09:08
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

XM602 (nose section) is inside the museum.

XM602 (nose section) is inside the museum.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Oct 2015, 22:49
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

MoSI's main line disconnection is sad as it was...

MoSI's main line disconnection is sad as it was the original L&M terminus. Far worse is the cutting back of the rail system within MoSI to make operation of the railway (with its replica 1830 L&M...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Mar 2015, 16:41
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

I've been reading 'Woodford in Pictures' (as it...

I've been reading 'Woodford in Pictures' (as it says, mostly pictures but with some extensive captions). I am amazed at the short life of many Jetstreams, 146s, and ATPs (well, perhaps no surprise at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2015, 08:58
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

It should be remembered that HS2 isn't being...

It should be remembered that HS2 isn't being built primarily for reduced journey times, but to add much-needed capacity to a creaking Victorian railway system that is fast approaching 'full'. Indeed...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Mar 2015, 20:32
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

London is 1 hour 47 minutes from Wilmslow by...

London is 1 hour 47 minutes from Wilmslow by Virgin's tilting Pendolino - an excellent service. There are 3 trains an hour in each direction from Manchester to London, one per hour of which serve...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Mar 2015, 09:42
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Ruined? Come on, Handforth Dean was never leafy...

Ruined? Come on, Handforth Dean was never leafy Cheshire; it was always, in my living memory at least (and I'm an old git), an urban built-up area of busy roads and scrubby fields with suburban...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Mar 2015, 16:43
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

UKIP would be even worse. They are a two-issue...

UKIP would be even worse. They are a two-issue party; Europe and immigration. That's it! And they haven't even thought those issue through. Would Hitachi be building a new train factory in Newton...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Mar 2015, 11:12
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

It's not just UK. Can you imagine US funding...

It's not just UK. Can you imagine US funding Apollo these days?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Feb 2015, 18:00
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Decades ago I was at a party in Wilmslow and I...

Decades ago I was at a party in Wilmslow and I met a guy working as a project manager at Woodford. He told me the company had just spent an absolute fortune paying a PR company to come up with a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Feb 2015, 08:16
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Indeed, which is why I said "Engineers, when left...

Indeed, which is why I said "Engineers, when left to their own devices". Hence for success you need a complete team who are up to speed - as I stated a couple of posts ago. Being 'good engineers'...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Feb 2015, 20:16
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

ZeBedie, those attributes don't just come from...

ZeBedie, those attributes don't just come from management. They come from management, engineers, workers, marketeers, and government (the latter mainly not to interfere with business).

Engineers,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Feb 2015, 19:20
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Um. Italian tilting Pendolinos providing a fast...

Um. Italian tilting Pendolinos providing a fast and reliable service up and down the West Coast Main Line many tens of times a day every day for more than a decade and counting.

British Rail's...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Feb 2015, 18:39
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

No industry should ever be nationalised....

No industry should ever be nationalised. Governments are not good at business.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Feb 2015, 20:26
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Yes, I remember visiting the flight sheds in the...

Yes, I remember visiting the flight sheds in the late '70s, waiting at the runway traffic lights for a circuit-bashing Vulcan to roll past!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Feb 2015, 14:36
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

What is FSTA?

What is FSTA?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Feb 2015, 14:37
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

ZeBedie said: No it's not, it's a fact. ...

ZeBedie said:

No it's not, it's a fact.

Your second sentence explains, perhaps (BAe management may disagree), why BAE were not as good as the competition and therefore Woodford has closed...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Feb 2015, 17:56
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

BAe's retrenchment is down to market forces. If...

BAe's retrenchment is down to market forces. If they had been better than the competition at what they do, Woodford would be busy making aeroplanes today and there might be closed factories in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2015, 21:33
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

EGCC is fine for expensive-to-operate bizjets....

EGCC is fine for expensive-to-operate bizjets. But the light twin guys can't afford Manchester's charges. So they don't come. They want a 'Northern Biggin Hill' not a Northern Heathrow. That could...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2015, 20:35
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Not only that, but that post completely misses...

Not only that, but that post completely misses the point. Calling posters here 'blinkered and self centered' indicates that. How can you say that about wanting a local facility that would encourage...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2015, 10:55
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

It's not too near EGCC at all, ATC managed just...

It's not too near EGCC at all, ATC managed just fine when it was active - that's just an excuse, and possible fear from MAN management (who made that objection) of a competitor for freight and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Feb 2015, 18:18
Replies: 120
Views: 31,699
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

SHJ - because they could, and it was the easy...

SHJ - because they could, and it was the easy option bringing in immediate cash.

In reality it was a terrible waste of a valuable facility - a first class runway with instrument approaches and...
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