Yenn Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Don't they have the low step and the pole nowadays. Used to be great when you ran to catch one rather than wait for the next. They also had trolleybuses where I lived and you couldn't catch them if they had more than a yard start. I wonder why they got rid of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 What a hoon you were, no better than me:whistling:but so many did it. The trolley buses used to accelerate faster than my legs could ever carry me. Came a cropper a couple of times also jumping off buses as they turned a corner, once in a smart brand new black blazer and cavalry twill trousers bought only half an hour before, to impress the chicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Wrong thread ( Probably,. . .) just found this. . .I ADORE the Beaufighter,. . .it's a damn shame there are none left. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Wrong thread ( Probably,. . .) just found this. . .I ADORE the Beaufighter,. . .it's a damn shame there are none left. . . . But Phil there are still Beaufighters in museums in the UK, US, Canada and Australia AND one on long term rebuild to fly at Duxford ... I know its quite a drive for you to go and see it ...but it s a longer trip for me Last time I saw it (2014) it did have its engines off for rebuild but the fighter collection guys said they did intend to finish it ... someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 This private museum: http://www.camdenmuseumofaviation.com.au/ Has a restored Beaufighter 156 Mk21 (RAAF No A8-186), and a complete, never been attached to an aircraft, cockpit forming the front of A8-386. OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 But Phil there are still Beaufighters in museums in the UK' date=' US, Canada and Australia AND one on long term rebuild to fly at Duxford ... I know its quite a drive for you to go and see it ...but it s a longer trip for me [img']https://www.recreationalflying.com/xf_step/upload/uploads/emoticons/006_laugh.gif.5ff3b64e6def986f3bae8daefefe7180.gif[/img]Last time I saw it (2014) it did have its engines off for rebuild but the fighter collection guys said they did intend to finish it ... someday. Last time I heard mate,. . .it was still "Someday" I suggested crowdfunding it. . . One of my fave airfix kits was that beast. It had a dinghy underneath a flap on the side for the crew when ditching,. . .I read a story where one ditched and thee crew were trained to get out of the thing very fast as they went nose down very rapidly. The crew got out, and swam away a little, floating in their Mae Wests, thinking they had no time to access the liferaft. When the aircraft had failed to sink at all after around ten minutes, they swam back to it, and found that they were on a huge sandbar, with the water depth around five feet ! . . .They proceeded to "Walk" to a nearby fishing boat ! I'll dig that book out, it's a compendium of short stories about RAF Aircrew in WW2 . . .I'll let you know in case it's still in print. Phul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 This one is for Flyerme Tim. . . . A brilliant idea for when that bloody marshall parks you up a kilometre down the line from the barbecue. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 This one is for you Phil http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/police-officer-faces-sack-after-topless-selfie-in-patrol-car-with-semiautomatic-on-her-lap/news-story/db2456834fca3b83f2aab4e003f3f0b1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 This one is for you Philhttp://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/police-officer-faces-sack-after-topless-selfie-in-patrol-car-with-semiautomatic-on-her-lap/news-story/db2456834fca3b83f2aab4e003f3f0b1 Perverted filth. Go directly to the naughty step for re-education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 NoThat should be twat Well Lighty me old mate,. . . .depends on whether you are referring to the ornithological specimens or me . . .? If you mean David Cameron,. . . we the enlightened in the UK call him LTC Dave. the first two letters stand for Lying and Treacherous. . . .I'll leave the last one to your furtive imagination. NOW. .! Can we get back to the thread drift we were on before ? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalph Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Wrong thread ( Probably,. . .) just found this. . .I ADORE the Beaufighter,. . .it's a damn shame there are none left. . . . I think there's one being restored at Caboolture in Aus. Kyle might be able to give more info or set me straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Its OK Phil, I did mean Cameron. The born to rule brigade seem to keep breeding down here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfGnome Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Took the camera up to the strip today for a bit of a play... No, there aren't any aircraft in this one. I just liked the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Took the camera up to the strip today for a bit of a play...[ATTACH=full]42690[/ATTACH] No, there aren't any aircraft in this one. I just liked the picture. Nice one SF,. . . . .mind you,. . .it COULD be that new Russian stealth thingummy,. . . could you HEAR anything ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Nice one SF,. . . . .mind you,. . .it COULD be that new Russian stealth thingummy,. . . could you HEAR anything ? ? Phil, it's a possibility that new Russian stealth thingummy might also have a camera jamming pod attached. First the Aegis, now Sf's camera. Secret software to delete all aeroplane images. What next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Phil, it's a possibility that new Russian stealth thingummy might also have a camera jamming pod attached. First the Aegis, now Sf's camera. Secret software to delete all aeroplane images. What next? Yes,. . . .it's a terrifying thought isn't it ?. . .my old mate Merv the perv has been complaining bitterly that all the pictures he's taken up ladies skirts using a selfie stick have all come out blank,. . .perhaps the supermarkets he frequents are using the same blocking software,. . . Jeeze, what a diabolical liberty ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Achtung ! ! Was ist das ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnewbery Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Two men who really like each others company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 It's a Willi's Revenge. Or so the Misses Schmidt told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Don't you think that the bloke on the right (as you look at the vehicle) looks like a young Roy Orbison, and the other bloke looks like Sir John Mills? OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 More photos of the Messerschmitt KR200 car. It seats 3, one in the front, two in the rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 It seats 3, one in the front, two in the rear. OR. . . . .You in the front,. . .and ME in the back Peter. . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 In 1967, I lived in a place called Aldridge, near to Walsall, another nondescript place in the English Midlands. . . there was a strange sort of guy we used to see wandering around the town in an RAF greatcoat, wearing a leather helmet, WW2 style with the headset protuberances cut off, so that he could hear ( we assumed ) On of my friends unkindly gave him the nickname of "Pignut" . . . One day we saw him driving a Messerschmitt, we found out later that someone from a modelling club had painted it in very good Luftwaffe colours. . . and he used to drive this thing around the town wearing his leather hat along with a pair of Stadium motorcycle goggles adding to the picture. . . . . Oh how I wish I'd got a photo of that. . . with the Luftwaffe crosses on each side, it was brilliant. He had to wear the goggles I guess, because there was no plexiglass at all, even though it still had the hinged canopy. . . the thing was extremely noisy, and smoked like heck. . . . Weird memories are made of this. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Bit like a Drifter for the road. Wheels - 2 at the front, 1 at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 While the Huns were teetering down the road in these, the Brits were enjoying wind in their teeth real sports motoring in Moggies with the same wheel layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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