What's in a Name?
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British Eagle?
I thought it was something to do with the dog and possibly you could lick your own
I thought it was something to do with the dog and possibly you could lick your own
Avoid imitations
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B. ald eagle?
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>On tankers we were rather proud of our position at the bottom of the
social heap<
Surely the very bottom of the aircrew hierarchy is
defined by Vigilant pilots on a VGS ;-) ACW599 was my callsign at 633 for a long
time.
Perhaps a PM to admin for a user name change is called for....
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BEagle, shurely you mean:
And I plumped for Melchett having spent a good deal of time watching Blackadder Goes Forth and being struck by the similarities between that and the shear insanity of where I happened to be working at the time.
And I plumped for Melchett having spent a good deal of time watching Blackadder Goes Forth and being struck by the similarities between that and the shear insanity of where I happened to be working at the time.
BEagle - Nothing to do with RAF Halton?
Now, who remembers the origin of 'Lady Amelia Sheyd Haugh-Dawe'?
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Names ?
zetec2: nothing to do with aviation, it was the (successful) quest to extract over 200BHP from a humble 2.0 litre Ford Zetec engine in my Focus.
But intrigued by a fellow posters name: Sycamore, knowing your history (Whirlwind, Wessex, Sea King & all sorts of unusual beasts) where did it come from, certainly not pushing said Sycanore in & out of the SAR hangar at Finningley surely, I know don't call me surely !) do tell.
Rgds, PH.
But intrigued by a fellow posters name: Sycamore, knowing your history (Whirlwind, Wessex, Sea King & all sorts of unusual beasts) where did it come from, certainly not pushing said Sycanore in & out of the SAR hangar at Finningley surely, I know don't call me surely !) do tell.
Rgds, PH.
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I was once lowered on a cable from a helicopter into an airborne 747 in which all the aircrew had been killed or incapacitated in a midair. I then landed the 747 at Salt Lake City. Lucky I was because up until then a stewardess had been flying the plane.
They made it into a film, I was played by Charlton Heston. True Story.
They made it into a film, I was played by Charlton Heston. True Story.
Mine is just a modified version of the (french) word for an important structural part of a fuselage ie Longeron with an extra R.
My name aint Ron and it isnt Longer
My name aint Ron and it isnt Longer