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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Aug 2018, 17:34
Replies: 234
Views: 36,629
Posted By Groundgripper

of which prime examples must also include...

of which prime examples must also include Slingsby T42 Eagle - aka the mahogany bomber - and the Grunau Baby (with original german beer advert on upper wing surface which, luckily, no-one ever viewed...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
1st Oct 2014, 20:19
Replies: 2
Views: 1,093
Posted By Groundgripper

Thanks for that Mixture - I shall try that and...

Thanks for that Mixture - I shall try that and see what happens.:ok:

GG
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
1st Oct 2014, 12:55
Replies: 2
Views: 1,093
Posted By Groundgripper

Windows 8 and Office 2013

I bought a tablet the other week which has Win 8.1 and Office 2013. Having typed in the product key (at the second or third attempt :() and agreed to the installation of 'click to start' (:confused:...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
7th Jul 2014, 21:58
Replies: 10
Views: 2,261
Posted By Groundgripper

Thanks for that, folks, I finished up...

Thanks for that, folks, I finished up uninstalling and re-installing the free version of AVG on both machines and they both seem to work OK now. I presume that I must have unwittingly downloaded the...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
7th Jul 2014, 10:32
Replies: 10
Views: 2,261
Posted By Groundgripper

AVG Free

Forgive me if this has already been covered, I looked but couldn't see it anywhere.

I've used AVG Free for ages and when I updated the system to Win 7 earlier this year I re-installed it and it...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
20th Jan 2014, 09:55
Replies: 5
Views: 2,491
Posted By Groundgripper

Problem solved - sort of, but to my entire...

Problem solved - sort of, but to my entire satisfaction.

Llondel, you were right. Thanks.:ok:

After reading bits on the internet and thinking, I swapped the Line A and Line B wires over on the...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
17th Jan 2014, 17:29
Replies: 5
Views: 2,491
Posted By Groundgripper

I've got caller display (had it for some years)...

I've got caller display (had it for some years) which is why the call blocker worked OK before Infinity was installed. I should have said that the phone works fine without the call blocker in the...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
17th Jan 2014, 08:28
Replies: 5
Views: 2,491
Posted By Groundgripper

Call blocker not working after BT Infinity upgrade

I originally posted this on a thread on Jet Blast about call blockers, but it seems degenerated into a discussion about caller ID systems, so I thought I'd put it here to see if anyone has any...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
10th Jan 2014, 10:00
Replies: 85
Views: 8,061
Posted By Groundgripper

Thanks Keef, I'll try that.:ok: GG

Thanks Keef, I'll try that.:ok:

GG
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
9th Jan 2014, 17:02
Replies: 85
Views: 8,061
Posted By Groundgripper

I came onto this forum for a completely different...

I came onto this forum for a completely different purpose and tripped over this thread.

So, it would appear that I finally need to get my@rse in gear and update from XP: quite honestly, no...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
27th Aug 2013, 11:06
Replies: 7
Views: 1,541
Posted By Groundgripper

I just tried temporarily enabling Doubleclick and...

I just tried temporarily enabling Doubleclick and I think that that seems done the trick. Why, I don't know - I have had that disabled for years and never had the problem before now.

GG
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
27th Aug 2013, 08:00
Replies: 7
Views: 1,541
Posted By Groundgripper

No, I've tried that and all I get is the data for...

No, I've tried that and all I get is the data for the PPRuNe page I am accessing - it appears to be completely transparent.

GG
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
26th Aug 2013, 20:35
Replies: 7
Views: 1,541
Posted By Groundgripper

I keep on getting this blank popup, a lot on...

I keep on getting this blank popup, a lot on Pprune but also randomly on other sites such Amazon. Click the X in the top right hand corner and it goes way.

Anyone any idea what it is? I can't see...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
27th Feb 2013, 15:00
Replies: 7
Views: 4,587
Posted By Groundgripper

Same here; I spent most of an afternoon trying to...

Same here; I spent most of an afternoon trying to resize some pictures to put on the TRRAB forum in Jet Blast. Firstly it refused to recognise the edit button just above the picture but did see the...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
4th Mar 2012, 21:15
Replies: 3
Views: 1,100
Posted By Groundgripper

Yup, thought so. Thanks for that Milo - I don't...

Yup, thought so. Thanks for that Milo - I don't intend to go back to the shop from which I bought it, they'll only charge me for re-installing it :hmm: and I think I can live without that.

One...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
4th Mar 2012, 19:03
Replies: 3
Views: 1,100
Posted By Groundgripper

Microsoft Office 2003 SP3

I tried installing this update several times in the last couple of days and each time, when I try to open an Excel File I get a window telling me:



This is then replaced by another one:

...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jul 2011, 16:45
Replies: 14
Views: 1,128
Posted By Groundgripper

I visited them a couple of years ago to deliver a...

I visited them a couple of years ago to deliver a few years-worth of Aircraft Illustrated magazines that filled a gap in their collection (and released some space in my garage!) and I was very...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2011, 21:32
Replies: 62
Views: 8,752
Posted By Groundgripper

I'll second that - forty one years ago I went...

I'll second that - forty one years ago I went into a timber merchants in Derby after a piece of threequarter by twelve inch parana pine. Told "Ah, we're metric now, that'll be nineteen millimetres by...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Nov 2010, 13:20
Replies: 1,964
Views: 1,335,364
Posted By Groundgripper

I'm entering this discussion with some...

I'm entering this discussion with some trepidation as a retired aero engineer (who many years ago did work at Derby for a few years) but:



Would this have helped in this case? The IP shaft...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Mar 2010, 13:25
Replies: 19
Views: 4,530
Posted By Groundgripper

Junkers 287? Junkers Ju 287 - Wikipedia, the...

Junkers 287?

Junkers Ju 287 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_287)
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Mar 2010, 12:51
Replies: 27
Views: 6,681
Posted By Groundgripper

Read at 13:45 B*gger:{ Never...

Read at 13:45



B*gger:{

Never heard a thing.

GG
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Mar 2010, 20:35
Replies: 58,121
Views: 10,935,340
Posted By Groundgripper

Next time you nick a beacon, make sure the damned...

Next time you nick a beacon, make sure the damned thing's switched off first!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Jan 2010, 14:06
Replies: 12
Views: 1,903
Posted By Groundgripper

Yes, that's the one. Starting at the home...

Yes, that's the one.

Starting at the home page, click on 'Products' and then on 'Archives' on the page that comes up. That lists individual DVDs and the third one down is the 'Look at Life -...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jan 2010, 17:57
Replies: 12
Views: 1,903
Posted By Groundgripper

The Look at Life series seems to have been...

The Look at Life series seems to have been acquired by a company called Video125. I've just received two DVDs from them "Look at Life in the 60s Civil Aviation" and "Look at Life in the 60s Military...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
13th Dec 2009, 16:57
Replies: 30
Views: 2,776
Posted By Groundgripper

I find that it doesn't crash, but if I close it...

I find that it doesn't crash, but if I close it and then later then try to re-open it it won't. A quick ctrl/alt/del shows that it's apparently still open.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2009, 14:59
Replies: 22
Views: 4,824
Posted By Groundgripper

You could try writing to the PR department at BAE...

You could try writing to the PR department at BAE SYSTEMS at Warton in Lancashire. I used to work in Sales and we always had a selection of posters and stickers for distribution at airshows, but I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Aug 2009, 16:56
Replies: 16
Views: 2,538
Posted By Groundgripper

Sem to remember many years ago reading that,...

Sem to remember many years ago reading that, during the war, elsans in Lancasters used to be topped up by the crew on the way out to Germany and chucked out (the whole thing, not just the contents)...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Sep 2008, 18:13
Replies: 8
Views: 1,720
Posted By Groundgripper

I went on Saturday and will second Dogwatch's...

I went on Saturday and will second Dogwatch's comments (only one F3, though). Excellent display throughout by all participants.

Did that bloke in a glider do more than ten rolls while still...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Aug 2008, 15:40
Replies: 150
Views: 25,855
Posted By Groundgripper

I don't know that shop in Colne, JJ, must go and...

I don't know that shop in Colne, JJ, must go and take a look some time.

Many moons ago, the Company for which I worked was involved in the promotion of the Osprey to the Army Air Corps and I was...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2008, 16:30
Replies: 17
Views: 3,258
Posted By Groundgripper

The synopsis of the Operation Pegasus video...

The synopsis of the Operation Pegasus video states:



:eek::eek::eek:

OK, so it was in the background as they taxied out, but......................
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Aug 2008, 11:15
Replies: 150
Views: 25,855
Posted By Groundgripper

Thanks JJ. That video takes me back a few,...

Thanks JJ.

That video takes me back a few, no, make that many, years. From the way the owner was shaking his hand it would seem that he picked the aircraft up by the hot bit.

Bet he lit the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Aug 2008, 10:33
Replies: 31,149
Views: 4,116,912
Posted By Groundgripper

Jamesel is correct - GafHawk 125 it is. Over to...

Jamesel is correct - GafHawk 125 it is. Over to anyone who can for the next exciting episode, I haven't got anything to hand at present.

OK, OK did anyone else spot my deliberate mistake, right...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Aug 2008, 18:28
Replies: 31,149
Views: 4,116,912
Posted By Groundgripper

Sorry about that Chiglet! Last time...

Sorry about that Chiglet!



Last time someone said that to me he didn't stop screaming until he ran out of breath! Odd, it seemed quite a safe manoeuvre to me.:E

Try this for size - it looks...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Aug 2008, 17:34
Replies: 31,149
Views: 4,116,912
Posted By Groundgripper

To me, that looks like the IAR-99 Soim from IAv...

To me, that looks like the IAR-99 Soim from IAv Craiova in the mid-eighties.

Soim, incidentally, means Hawk - what a coincidence:hmm:.

I seem to remember doing a lot of comparison work on...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Aug 2008, 17:17
Replies: 150
Views: 25,855
Posted By Groundgripper

Gosh, this brings back lots of memories, or it...

Gosh, this brings back lots of memories, or it would do if the material holding the brain cells hadn't turned porous and let them all leak away! Solid balsa models of the Gloster Javelin, T33, and...
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