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did she run mainline after repair or was she confined to pilot duties?

was she written off after the smash or could was she repaired?

great shot Aaclass - any more?

lovely pics neil - 461 looks stunning and there is a beautiful contrast of colour between her and the blue cravens!

the army have decided to withdraw the Panhard AML20 and 90's from operational service with effect from the 1th of may 2013. 'Our photo is of the last shoot of the Panhard AML 90 Armoured Vehicle and were taken on 30 April 2013 in the Glen of Imaal by Airman Jason Byrne. Panhard armoured vehicles were first introduced into service with the Defence Forces in 1964 and soon after, AML 60s were deployed on overseas service to Cyprus (UNFICYP). Over a period of almost fifty years, the Panhard armoured fleet has seen extensive service both at home and abroad including firing in action in the Battle of At Tiri in Lebanon in 1980, as a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) to injured civilians during the Grapes of Wrath offensive in Lebanon in 1996 and were used in an armoured reconnaissance role during violence in Monrovia, Liberia when intensive rioting began in 2004. Following an upgrade programme in the 1990s which included dieselisation and re-turreting, the operational life of the vehicles was extended. However the Panhard fleet of AML 90s and 20s has now reached the end of its operational life. All Panhard AML 90 and AML 20 vehicles currently in service with the Defence Forces will become non-operational today 01 May 2013 and will be withdrawn from service' the above was a press release from the army press office. thought you lads would like to see a few pics of them... AML 60 AML 20 aml 90 un aml 90 90'S in a live fire ex in the Glenn its sad to see them go, as they were a great fleet , with the exception of the aml 60....the mortar round had a nasty habbit of hopping out of the breech when on the move - scared the s*ite out of the crew!!!

is there no end to your talents? were you down at brens lately?

keep them pics comming!

fran, i won't even ask what your up to!

thanks des, i've learned a lot today(the hard way!!) the 150 quoted by the ? expert was for reinstalling the operating system aswell as all updates - i presume it was for time he was charging. anyway all is well and the lad has been confined to his x box from now on!

great pics from you guys as usual:tumbsup:

thanks to all who replied , but the award for the 'saint of the year' goes to Broithe! spot on advice - hit f8 straight to safe mode and system restore, that done, straight to the malware site, downloaded the anti mal stuff, 4 bugs detected and removed . laptop now like new! thanks a mil broithe and pass on my appreciation to the tech whiz kid! pints to ye all:cheers: apparently the problem lay with a site called frostwire - so stay well clear of that crap! PS....I LOVE THIS SITE! - where else would you get help like this?

thanks lads!

i found a windows xp home edition cd, not belonging to the acer but can i use this?

lads, this is a computer question (and it railway related - because without the laptop i cant access the site when away from home!!) im told that any computer repair shop could charge up to 150 euros to get it running, and i would rather spend that on the galway liveried coaches! the laptop is an Acer aspire, it was working fine but my young lad had it for a while and now it starts up ok but you cant get on line or play a dvd , in fact i cant access any programs. there is an antivirus software on the machine and it shows all as secure.however there is a security warning on the bottom right of the screen saying 'firewall warning- hiddeen file transfer to remote host has been detected, activate internet security now' i cant access that either. tried system restore , cant access that . can i press any key on start up to activate factory default settings? any help is appreciated!

great shots there ant - there is something really special about that yellow train!!

UP6936, its an ex BR mark 1 generator van.

brilliant!....now if only i had a jax like that - id stick the mother-in-law on it and hit her with the 600 volts up the kiber pass!

great stuff there jimbo - keep it up

found this little jem of a short film with brendan gleeson as the oul garda sergeant.... [video=youtube;-gT8v4jlh4Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gT8v4jlh4Q&feature=player_detailpage

you are not paranoid Broithe....we ARE talking about you!!

would love to see those pics! i have always said that there must a hugh amount of pics and memorabelia just sitting in boxes in attics around the country just begging to be found....everyone go around to the parents and grandparents gafs and start looking! good luck and enjoy the tour-be sure to take the camera!

too much c2h5oh!

might as well be standing in the real garage! top class:tumbsup: