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April 15th 09, 01:09 AM
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Spitfire FR XIVe
Not sure why the cockpit is radioactive.
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April 15th 09, 01:59 AM
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On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:09:33 +0100, "jd" wrote:
Not sure why the cockpit is radioactive. Perhaps it is some excessive Nanny state nonsense due to luminescent guages. Had I been visiting the museum I couldn't have helped myself. I would have asked. Thanks for the nice pics. Waldo.
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April 15th 09, 05:21 PM
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In message , jd
writes Not sure why the cockpit is radioactive. [ A MIME image / jpeg part was included here. ] [ A MIME image / jpeg part was included here. ] [ A MIME image / jpeg part was included here. ] It's Elf'n'Safety concerns about the radiation given off by the radium in the luminous instrument markings. Probably gave a rat a pimple on its bum after 10,000 hours exposure to 1000 altimeters. -- Peter Ying tong iddle-i po!
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April 15th 09, 11:49 PM
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On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:59:04 -0700, Waldo.Pepper wrote:
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:09:33 +0100, "jd" wrote: Not sure why the cockpit is radioactive. Perhaps it is some excessive Nanny state nonsense due to luminescent guages. Had I been visiting the museum I couldn't have helped myself. I would have asked. Thanks for the nice pics. Waldo. There was a shortage of museum staff ... I only saw the one, staffing the ticket booth for the flight simulator. I'm sure there were others, but not obviously dressed as museum staff.
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