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Old 11th Oct 2005, 07:12
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Gloster Meteor?
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 07:28
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A dead cert for you two.
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 08:13
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Here's a quickie to pass the time while BEagle and Gainesy are at the pub or wherever:

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Old 11th Oct 2005, 08:51
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............Airship??
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 08:56
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Nope. .
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 09:15
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Some type of hovercraft?
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 09:37
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It's definitely an aircraft.

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Old 11th Oct 2005, 09:47
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Spruce Goose?

(Or HK-1 Flying Boat, to give it it's official title...)
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 09:53
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Bugger beat me to it.
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 09:57
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Correct.

Here's the man himself:


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Old 11th Oct 2005, 10:02
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Wahoo!

But you have a go, effortless. I've gotta dash (and my photo album is rubbish anyway...!)
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 10:40
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Ok I haven't even sat in one of these but I want one.

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Old 11th Oct 2005, 10:54
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JAS-39 Gripen........
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 11:03
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..................SU-27S. OK. It's a Gripen. Concede!


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Old 11th Oct 2005, 11:09
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Grippen yup, well done chaps.
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 11:48
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Not trying to hog the space - it's effortless's turn but while he's thinking...

This is from a cockpit rather than of one. I won't gatecrash again, but this is such a cool shot:

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Old 11th Oct 2005, 11:53
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I'll take a wild guess - US Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet - or maybe an A-4...............perhaps. Ermmm.
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 11:59
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Not so wild.



I'll sit back politely now. I signed up with a local mob to learn to fly today, so am a bit enthusiastic. I've wanted to do that since I was about three. It just took me a little while.
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 12:02
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Not my turn it's Forgets I believe. He got my Grippen
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Old 11th Oct 2005, 12:08
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Cringe is front and centre. He got the Gripen first.
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