The man who keeps a Harrier in his garden
Originally Posted by West Coast
As the saying goes, the two happiest days of a boat owner's life are the day he bought it and the day he sold it.
The next one will be forever. Now, the idea of the old RAF launches brings to mind a new project. With one of those I could spend my retirement surveying France's wrecks. Hmmm. Some thinking required (not such an easy feat, before you tell me, Coff!) , but I wonder.
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Well haven't they refurbished Calypso (which was a British Minesweeper I believe) so an ex RAF Motor Launch should be no problem
Well haven't they refurbished Calypso (which was a British Minesweeper I believe) so an ex RAF Motor Launch should be no problem
Yeah, we're in the process of rethinking our location in France, thanks to a certain poster here. But even the step from the Nantes-Brest canal to a place on a river further south isn't going to accommodate that. Or maybe we go back to one of our earlier plans and buy a boat to live on instead of something on land How much is the boat?
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Perhaps is Sharky asks this gent nicely, he'll be allowed to spend his summer holidays in the shed to the left, where he can spend the evenings all misty-eyed in the company of his beloved SH....
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You'll have to call the next one something different Courtney, to an outsider the "Fighting Cock" sounds like a gay wrestler.
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Guy who ran the "Snipe Inn" in Dukinfield bought the Blackpool Vulcan
Then found out he couldn't afford the transportation
So, he buys a SHAR
Shar is now gone, pub demolished and is now a housing estate
Then found out he couldn't afford the transportation
So, he buys a SHAR
Shar is now gone, pub demolished and is now a housing estate
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Originally Posted by Courtney
How much is the boat?
The whole story is a bit sad really ...
Calypso
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Anyway back to the thread ...
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And there is this one....
near RAF Croughton
Here is the Sea Harrier - lies at Rowler Manor between RAF Croughton and (ex RAF) Hinton-in-the-Hedges. Here are a couple of photos. I saw it today when I was flying into Hinton.
Sea Harrier...002 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Rowler Manor... on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
The owner is reputedly an "arms dealer" !
Sea Harrier...002 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Rowler Manor... on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
The owner is reputedly an "arms dealer" !
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"You know when your a third rate armed forces when... Some builder from Sommerset has more Naval airpower as an ornament in his back garden than the Royal Navy has."
If someone could also let him have a Nimrod then he could also have more Maritime Patrol aircraft than our third rate air force.
Thank goodness we are not an island nation and we have learnt lessons from our past history! Two very useful aircraft types lost, so much public money wasted and our nation’s long range military maritime capability set back for many years. Well done to all concerned who influenced such very bad decision making along the way.
"You know when your a third rate armed forces when... Some builder from Sommerset has more Naval airpower as an ornament in his back garden than the Royal Navy has."
If someone could also let him have a Nimrod then he could also have more Maritime Patrol aircraft than our third rate air force.
Thank goodness we are not an island nation and we have learnt lessons from our past history! Two very useful aircraft types lost, so much public money wasted and our nation’s long range military maritime capability set back for many years. Well done to all concerned who influenced such very bad decision making along the way.
