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Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Apr 2014, 08:15

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What would have PPruners thought...?

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Posted By Haraka

Or, as the old stagers used to cry into their...

Or, as the old stagers used to cry into their cups (when I were a lad) :

" Oh, for the days of the R.A.F. when it was that the aeroplanes were made of wood and were flown by men made of...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Apr 2014, 19:28

Replies: 16

What would have PPruners thought...?

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Posted By Haraka

Without dragging out references, there was one...

Without dragging out references, there was one story IIRC of a "Queen Bee" in a Royal Revue, flying sedately along as the might of the King's Fleet let fly.
There was an an apparent age of...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Apr 2014, 18:52

Replies: 16

What would have PPruners thought...?

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Posted By Haraka

Shy Torque Certainly the AT was trialled at...

Shy Torque
Certainly the AT was trialled at Upavon in 1917.
The Larynx (which was indeed an attack platform) , in 1925 or so , pre-dated the "Queen Bee" by several years.
This, in the 30's, ...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Apr 2014, 16:10

Replies: 16

What would have PPruners thought...?

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Posted By Haraka

Boyle's "Trenchard" was issued to Flight Cadets...

Boyle's "Trenchard" was issued to Flight Cadets in the days before Cranwell went comprehensive.
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, Some might even have read it.

N.B. the motto lads :

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Apr 2014, 08:57

Replies: 16

What would have PPruners thought...?

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Posted By Haraka

Ah. Shy Torque! That was allegedly the A.T. ...

Ah. Shy Torque!
That was allegedly the A.T. Aerial Target in 1917 ( "Target" being the cover name for "Torpedo" ).
On another occasion , so the story goes, it looped straight off of the launcher,...

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