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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
8th Jan 2024, 20:47
Replies: 1,950
Views: 929,611
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

From BBC Bolts in need of "additional...

From BBC

Bolts in need of "additional tightening" have been found during inspections of Boeing 737 Max 9s, United Airlines has said.

Inspections began after a section of the fuselage fell from...
Forum: Questions
22nd Sep 2017, 07:08
Replies: 7
Views: 1,968
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Consensus seems to be no significant impact,...

Consensus seems to be no significant impact, counter to my expectations. Appreciate you taking time to reply. Thank you.
Forum: Questions
19th Sep 2017, 11:15
Replies: 7
Views: 1,968
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Left Right

Hope this isn't too daft a question or inappropriate for Tech Log.

I'm right handed. Driving outside the UK, I realise I feel less in control when my left hand is briefly alone on the steering...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Mar 2016, 15:06
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,675,137
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Hands on

As so many have already said: what a wonderful thread. Please please keep it going.

Given the high quality of expertise and experience here, please accept my apologies for any ill informed...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2015, 08:03
Replies: 83
Views: 30,695
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

I'm aware that sadness that this was probably my...

I'm aware that sadness that this was probably my last chance to see her fly may have clouded my judgement, but yesterday's performance seemed wonderfully full on. There was a moment of (relative...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Mar 2015, 21:04
Replies: 42
Views: 12,062
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Throbbing Javelin

Slight thread drift: anyone know what causes that distinctive Vulcan howl at takeoff? Didn't seem to affect all marks. The sound track to my childhood includes that eerie banshee echoing across the...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2015, 08:04
Replies: 63
Views: 42,536
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Low Flying under bridges (Updated)

My father used to sail across the Channel with an eternally modest ex-pilot who we knew had flown spitfires in the latter part of WW2 and had been awarded the DFC - more than once I gather. He has...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jul 2014, 10:38
Replies: 21
Views: 6,406
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Keep this going and it could be a Marathon...

Keep this going and it could be a Marathon effort...



..coat get will I :ugh:
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jul 2014, 18:51
Replies: 21
Views: 6,406
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Och no! Oh well, unless someone wants to...

Och no!

Oh well, unless someone wants to hijack this for non-culinary explosive cockpit japes, take us down, Moderators, and apologies for the duplication.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jul 2014, 18:35
Replies: 21
Views: 6,406
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Tunnock's Teacakes. And other things that go bang.

As part of its review of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, there's a sub section on page 5 of the Evening Standard tonight dedicated to a short history of Tunnock's Teacakes. It claims that...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2013, 16:27
Replies: 11
Views: 4,093
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Sadly not, so not available to me. (Just to say,...

Sadly not, so not available to me. (Just to say, I'm not looking for anything not already in the public domain or restricted in any way, but given the fascinating insights from threads like 'Did You...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2013, 16:17
Replies: 11
Views: 4,093
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

From what I've read, the UK V force would seem to...

From what I've read, the UK V force would seem to have set off on what even the most optimistic must have resigned themselves to being a potentially one way eastbound trip. Was that the same feeling...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2013, 20:00
Replies: 11
Views: 4,093
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

From the other direction...

There are a number of great threads on Prune about the Cold War V bomber force. I salute those who would have taken the potentially one way trip with such apparent insouciance. But is there anyone...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jun 2012, 07:28
Replies: 36
Views: 7,906
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Slight thread - or course - drift. As a schoolboy...

Slight thread - or course - drift. As a schoolboy in a school in a valley just to the east of Bath in the late 1970s, Geography lessons in a room with a window facing north up the valley were...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Aug 2009, 09:45
Replies: 38
Views: 10,686
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Now that I didn't know - or if they told us on...

Now that I didn't know - or if they told us on the day, the passage of time has erased it from the fading grey cells.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jul 2009, 22:14
Replies: 38
Views: 10,686
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

BOAC and teeteringhead

Monkton Combe, 9th May 1980 (so not the 70's - sorry). I'm looking at the photos now and they're definitely Hawks.

Story goes that a visiting brass - dropping in to take the salute at the annual...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jul 2009, 13:19
Replies: 38
Views: 10,686
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

They sure do - or did. I have a set of now fading...

They sure do - or did. I have a set of now fading snaps taken from my old school playing field in the late 1970s when the Reds paid us a visit. The school is located on the slopes of a small valley...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jun 2008, 21:01
Replies: 57
Views: 8,393
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Pssst! Don't tell 'em, but my daughters are...

Pssst! Don't tell 'em, but my daughters are under the fond illusion (sadly encouraged by their evil father) that the RAF just laid on a massive flypast on Saturday especially for the Chesham...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st May 2008, 22:01
Replies: 58,121
Views: 10,950,689
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

OK - it's slipped onto page 2 so time for the...

OK - it's slipped onto page 2 so time for the national juries to cast their votes. Here's Terry Wogan with the original photo:

http://www.elchineroconcepts.com/Aerodyne%20-%20Collins.jpg

And...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2008, 08:43
Replies: 58,121
Views: 10,950,689
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Well what do you know :bored:. Assuming everyone...

Well what do you know :bored:. Assuming everyone else can see it, fire away.

I'll have to judge it on Friday as will be away the week after. Good luck.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2008, 08:38
Replies: 58,121
Views: 10,950,689
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

OK. I have a very bad feeling that this isn't...

OK. I have a very bad feeling that this isn't going to work. Here goes nothing...

http://www.elchineroconcepts.com/Aerodyne%20-%20Collins.jpg

If the image appears, please welcome the next...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th May 2008, 10:42
Replies: 58,121
Views: 10,950,689
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

Gosh. Blush. etc.. Most kind and unexpected... ...

Gosh. Blush. etc.. Most kind and unexpected...

..to the point I've been caught short and totally unprepared to post the next pic. Flyingblind has very kindly agreed to tell me how and (fingers...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th May 2008, 10:56
Replies: 58,121
Views: 10,950,689
Posted By Don'ttouchthat!

"There's dirt under that tyre! Get it cleaned,...

"There's dirt under that tyre! Get it cleaned, you 'orrible little pilot!"
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