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Broithe
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Everything posted by Broithe
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Indeed - "news" because the report has been issued.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-32827426 Loco and one coach ran away, unmanned, for 1.8 miles before striking some coaches.
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Best not to bring religion into it at this stage....
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The plane had fairly low flight hours when it became "historic" - and the RAF is notorious for having massive stocks of out-of-date spares. I picked up a set of RAF mess-tins the other day, absolutely brand new, not even had the sharp edges smoothed off and the punch-outs for the handle rivets were still inside - untouched since the day they were made in 1952.
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I'm not sure how far they went - they may have stayed within the territory of the People's Republic of Cork. http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/
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I think they only went out and back, it's not like they had to interact with foreigners.
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Antonov 30 PR plane at Brize Norton last weekend - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-32814770 .
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More pictures. https://twitter.com/Joanpartnership https://twitter.com/I_am_AliBob https://twitter.com/CorkChamber
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The crowd is gathering.
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Thanks, peeps - I should recover soon....
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Done.
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Although painted up as a wartime 617 Squadron aircraft, the actual aircraft itself wasn't delivered early enough for wartime operations and went virtually straight into storage - it was subsequently used for some photographic operations, but had not a lot of hours on it before it became used for "historical" purposes and some film work.
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Other Avro aircraft have caught fire in Lincolnshire, with less favourable outcomes, even with less inflammatory fuel...
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Engine fire the other day.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-32628263
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Indeed. (Note - You can edit your own posts for that sort of error)
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Some "cloud-ploughing" at 2:00 & 4:15 in here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5KLgiVTYhU
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I had a night on the Nigerian Guinness - it's about as close as you get....
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3-link can give great trouble on model track - buffer-locking, etc....
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I am not older - I've just been alive longer!
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Irish Rail have just retweeted this timely advice - ,
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Don't really need radar for a Tu-95 - just open the window and turn the radio down....
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Out for another spin- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32740942 .
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"Ah, that's been here for ages". Most unlikely that she's noting the numbers down.
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And, of course, just to annoy people here further, the inch was actually standardised to be exactly 25.4mm in as late as 1959.
