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About Marty_d
- Birthday 12/04/1972
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Zenith CH-701
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Because the chances are the build quality would be the same as piloted ones.
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Concorde being moved down the Hudson
Marty_d replied to Marty_d's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
Imagine the door coming off an SST at hypersonic speeds. -
Concorde being moved down the Hudson
Marty_d replied to Marty_d's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
I did think of calling the thread "Another passenger jet in the Hudson!" but thought that may be in poor taste. -
Concorde being moved down the Hudson
Marty_d replied to Marty_d's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
Might have been sanding with sand blasters. Who knows - as a static display the paintwork's not going to be going anywhere at mach 2. -
Must have been a sight for New Yorkers. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/14/concorde-completes-final-journey-along-hudson-river-in-new-york
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As a nature reserve, the best you can hope for is to find a tight seal.
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RAAF to replace Boeing 737 BBJ's with 737-8 BBJ's
Marty_d replied to red750's topic in Military Aviation
Is Bronnie Bishop still around? Maybe she ordered it to get to the bingo. -
Looks like it's a nature reserve. So the quarantine stations will be 2x 3m tinnies powered by Evinrude 3.5hp motors, parked either end. (Example on 1 end crudely drawn in).
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Just joking Nev. Of course we couldn't go it alone. We could become New Zealand's westernmost island though.
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Big enough to place passport control, when we secede...
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If they put a jet engine in it and called it a Vampire, it would have worked a lot better...
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Well there you go - I never knew we had a land border!
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RAAF to replace Boeing 737 BBJ's with 737-8 BBJ's
Marty_d replied to red750's topic in Military Aviation
What's the first B stand for? (No, not Boeing, the other BJ) -
Looks like it's only about 40km from the Vic coast. Not much on the island, but looks reasonably flat in parts. They did well getting it down safely then continuing.