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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Dec 2023, 18:43
Replies: 10
Views: 1,712
Posted By GQ2

Gull VI.

The Gull hasn't ended-up in a bad place. It's valued and looked-after - in a historic context. However - it should never have been sold-off by the Shuttleworth Collection. It was gifted to the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Feb 2021, 14:23
Replies: 2
Views: 1,110
Posted By GQ2

London Aeroplane Club.

The one time famous London Aeroplane Club was based at the DH aerodrome at Hatfield, to which it had relocated with DeHavillands from Stag Lane. I have several questions for the erudite Members of...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Nov 2016, 20:04
Replies: 575
Views: 195,760
Posted By GQ2

"I mentioned it to a friend; she told me...

"I mentioned it to a friend; she told me "Probably that lunatic Kirk again"...

Mere heresay. Post facts - not slurs. There's been enough of that. Kirk fell foul of a very chummy circle in the...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Aug 2016, 15:22
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,508,801
Posted By GQ2

Harsh Words.

Oh dear. I've not read every post on here, but I'm rather saddened at the tenor of much of the comment. I'm not commenting to specifically defend the lady in question, but I would like to make a few...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Aug 2016, 02:58
Replies: 90
Views: 19,908
Posted By GQ2

Mew Mods.

[QUOTE=International Trader;9226833] POST 27.
Does this compare with people like Alex Henshaw in the 30s?
'...... in a single seat Mew Gull, an oversized extra oil tank fitted between his legs to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Jan 2016, 15:07
Replies: 11
Views: 3,056
Posted By GQ2

Lightbulb Good Idea Gone Bad.

I don't think it's necessary to rehearse to the folks on here the endless list of worthless humanity that increasingly get awarded these gongs.
Gongs are in essence a great idea, - recognition...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Sep 2015, 19:00
Replies: 23
Views: 7,858
Posted By GQ2

.........and not a single fluorescent-waistcoat...

.........and not a single fluorescent-waistcoat in sight. Hmmmm..... Good for them..! :D
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Sep 2015, 09:50
Replies: 22
Views: 8,709
Posted By GQ2

Gawd.

PAXboy;- I think you are on the wrong website. I suggest you try inhabiting this one;- Home | Daily Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk) :suspect:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Aug 2015, 00:24
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,715,321
Posted By GQ2

Percival Bonfire Aircraft Burning.

Thanks to LTNman for Post 967.
I think this incident was in summer '45. I've only ever seen one very poor photo of the pantomime with the backdrop of the 'German' aircraft, which was of course ...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Aug 2015, 01:01
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,715,321
Posted By GQ2

Percival Garden Party, Luton Airport - 1945.

This I realise is a long-shot...

Just after the end of the war, in late summer 1945, there was a Percival Aircraft Co.Ltd Garden Party at Luton Airport, complete with a comic act and bonfire. I'm...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Aug 2015, 18:02
Replies: 9
Views: 4,018
Posted By GQ2

Missing 1980 ITV Documentary.

HELP...!

I've been searching for ages for a copy of an old Thames TV video called 'Spitfire MH434' first transmitted on ITV 16/09/1980. I can only find a short fragment on You Tube. Does anyone...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Jan 2015, 12:42
Replies: 11
Views: 4,309
Posted By GQ2

Canopy.

An old pal of mine, now deceased, flew every Mk of Spit right through the war. He specifically said, as Danny stated above, that for t/o & landing, the door was to be half-latched with the canopy...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Nov 2014, 23:08
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,715,321
Posted By GQ2

Question Saturday, July 16th, 1938.

Luton Airport is officially opened. Here is a fascinating home-movie of the event.
Question;- Have any stills survived of the event, especially of Edgar Percival and his machines. The separation of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Nov 2014, 16:30
Replies: 7
Views: 2,307
Posted By GQ2

Yes, but.....

It'll simply go to whoever bids the most. Far rarer a/c have been allowed to leave the UK with nary a murmur, - such as airworthy Mosquitos.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Nov 2014, 11:44
Replies: 60
Views: 15,608
Posted By GQ2

Smile Limitless Appetite.

It's 'horses for courses'. Frankly, I'd never even heard of Guy Martin before, and it certainly wan't 'his' Spit'. There are plenty of people in aviation who'd have been vastly more knowledgable,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Oct 2014, 01:09
Replies: 80
Views: 23,943
Posted By GQ2

Encore...!

@ A30yoyo;- Thanks for those Links. So many historic airfields, airports and bases are lost to us now. Very sad. Great that Croydon still has just about enough grass to get a light-aircraft in. Let's...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Oct 2014, 14:05
Replies: 80
Views: 23,943
Posted By GQ2

Last use....?

Just out of interest. I do recall that there was some sort of one-off fly-in at Croydon - perhaps around 1980-'83 with some vintage aircraft. Have any a/c landed at Croydon since then...?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Oct 2014, 01:46
Replies: 7
Views: 2,278
Posted By GQ2

Sticky Ends.

All that was left of Black Magic was a seat.

All of the well-known jockeys made it through the race, but I sometimes muse at the sticky ends that some of the 'Golden-Age' pilots met. Just as...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Oct 2014, 01:33
Replies: 60
Views: 15,608
Posted By GQ2

Smile ....I think there is a subtitles facility on...

....I think there is a subtitles facility on iPlayer....:p
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Oct 2014, 03:07
Replies: 60
Views: 15,608
Posted By GQ2

Doh....

I fail to see what an interesting documentary like that needs such an irritating talking-head for. Better just to have followed the real engineers involved. :hmm:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Oct 2014, 00:10
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,715,321
Posted By GQ2

Question Garden Party Query.

Percivals held a garden party for their staff in July 1945. There were some amusing histrionics organised with some wrecked a/c sections being painted-up black with white crosses as 'German', and the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Oct 2014, 10:56
Replies: 34
Views: 10,715
Posted By GQ2

EB.

EB gave a talk in Warwick a couple of years ago. Thoroughly excellent - he's still got a terrific memory. If you get the chance - go. He's just about the last of that generation of pilots.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Oct 2014, 02:56
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,715,321
Posted By GQ2

Oxenos;- I think you'll find that correct reading...

Oxenos;- I think you'll find that correct reading of the latin inscription was 'Boudiccastrasse'. Those pesky Icenae....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Oct 2014, 02:02
Replies: 30
Views: 8,501
Posted By GQ2

It's Relative.

For sure, by modern standards, any airship is basically a nonsense. Then again, so is crossing the North Atlantic in a Great War Vickers Vimy......! Airships, as we know now, were an evolutionary...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Oct 2014, 15:54
Replies: 12
Views: 5,180
Posted By GQ2

Yes, 'Dangerous Skies'....an excellent read......

Yes, 'Dangerous Skies'....an excellent read... Incidentally, a pal of mine knew Clouston very well. Apparently, the correct pronunciation for his moniker was 'Clewston'. Who'd have thought it.... :p
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Oct 2014, 15:42
Replies: 30
Views: 8,501
Posted By GQ2

PS;-

PS;-

The struts could be made from cocktail-sticks. Supermarkets also sell wooden skewers for kebabs which are very thin. Metal, - then use old knitting-needles, or brass or copper wire, which is...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Sep 2014, 18:09
Replies: 30
Views: 8,501
Posted By GQ2

Airship. Cancel The Cancel....

Mike,
Nooooooooooooooo....don't cancel...far too much of that in British aviation....!!!

You just needed a fresh approach. OK, this would be my take - just bear with me......;-...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Sep 2014, 03:43
Replies: 4
Views: 2,671
Posted By GQ2

Snoop Does it make any difference...? I'm guessing they...

Does it make any difference...? I'm guessing they were MOW or local Contractors.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Sep 2014, 17:05
Replies: 91
Views: 24,682
Posted By GQ2

Unhappy Perhaps Not Surprising.

Oh dear. Well, as related earlier in this thread, both of these magazines have been on a converging course for some time. I would posit that in trying to be 'all things to all men' ( & women.) they...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Aug 2014, 03:06
Replies: 14
Views: 2,482
Posted By GQ2

'ers a big girl er is.....'

'ers a big girl er is.....'
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Aug 2014, 22:13
Replies: 91
Views: 24,682
Posted By GQ2

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. (Well, not quite.)

A good thread, and I basically agree with everyone....:)

I was just sat here thinking about;-
1) The web, and...
2) Spending patterns.

1) As far as the web is concerned;- It's a Godsend for...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Aug 2014, 03:37
Replies: 91
Views: 24,682
Posted By GQ2

PS....

It's been interesting to read other peoples views. My aviation friends also fall within this broad consensus. No, that's not a statistically informed poll, but there is a remarkable consistency. I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Aug 2014, 11:18
Replies: 91
Views: 24,682
Posted By GQ2

Interesting.

Some very interesting comments here. I used to buy both magazines in question, though mostly AM, with an occasional annual subscription. FP was originally published on paper somewhat akin to War...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Aug 2014, 10:29
Replies: 17
Views: 3,087
Posted By GQ2

Airmanship is all about 'Judgement'. End of.

Airmanship is all about 'Judgement'. End of.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Aug 2014, 23:46
Replies: 12
Views: 5,180
Posted By GQ2

DH88 Comet.

Great to see that Old Warden's Comet G-ACSS has just flown again for the first time in many years. This is an iconic, legendary, original machine - if much rebuilt. It's wonderful to both see and...
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