Whiterock

Patrick Davey · February 5

A good few folk Larne-bound today!

Darius43 · February 23

Visiting A Class at Whiterock.

Cheers

Darius

Bob229 · February 23

Stunning work and scenery Darius

Darius43 · March 19

Some more scenery under construction.

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Darius

Darius43 · March 20

Further progress.

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Darius

Edited March 20 by Darius43

Darius43 · March 20

Static grass and flock applied.

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Darius

Darius43 · March 22

Cheers

Darius

Patrick Davey · March 22

Ah the Gazelle - one of the sounds of my childhood!

Broithe · March 22

1 hour ago, Patrick Davey said:

Ah the Gazelle - one of the sounds of my childhood!

I was doing a job for a wildlife trust in one of their nature reserves, not too far from both Shawbury and Tern Hill, in the 90s.

The employee I was with had been expressing his concern about excluding non-native species from the habitat when he heard a sound in the distance, somewhat muffled by the dense foliage of the trees around us.

"What's that sound?"

"It's a Gazelle", I answered.

This panicked him into searching around to find the interloper - there were Muntjacs about, but a gazelle would be just too much...

Eventually, he recognised the sound as 'a helicopter', which was a sufficient generic term for someone with his interests.

At least it wasn't a Lynx or a Puma, or he might have run off and abandoned me...

Northroader · March 23

A Chinook would have blown him away.

Broithe · March 23

1 minute ago, Northroader said:

A Chinook would have blown him away.

Or a Whirlwind.

In a very slightly related subject, I once made a list of categories that aircraft were named after. Most had several entries - weather events, predatory animals, birds, prey animals, places, battles, famous people, general descriptions of attitude, insects, even (very oddly) fish, etc.

But, I could only come up with a single plant-based name - the Bristol Sycamore.

And, I often wondered if the RAF still had spares lying around for the original Westland Whirlwind when the very different later one turned up..?

Mol_PMB · March 23

30 minutes ago, Broithe said:

But, I could only come up with a single plant-based name - the Bristol Sycamore.

There was Spruce Goose?

Broithe · March 23

Just now, Mol_PMB said:

There was Spruce Goose?

Yeah, but that was more of a nickname for what was officially a Hercules.

(Another category was general mythology)...

Darius43 · March 23

I have kits for a Scout and a Puma to mix things up a bit…

Cheers

Darius

Northroader · March 23

The Hercules going over ours were all “Fat Alberts”.

Galteemore · March 23

C130s were occasionally to be seen over NI but even a Herc would struggle to fit on an HLS like that !

Broithe · March 23

4 hours ago, Galteemore said:

C130s were occasionally to be seen over NI but even a Herc would struggle to fit on an HLS like that !

True, but tests were carried out, successfully, to get one onto and back off an aircraft carrier - done without arrester gear or the catapult to assist.