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On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:57:21 +0100, Ramsman
wrote: On 08/10/2013 14:13, Lab Lover wrote: On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 23:22:04 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 07/10/2013 18:43, Lab Lover wrote: On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:00:39 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 06/10/2013 14:56, Lab Lover wrote: On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 09:15:53 +0100, Syke wrote: On 06/10/2013 09:05, Syke wrote: Is that a 3 blade prop and a 4 blader? Regards Syke Responding to my own question, it seems the answer is, sometimes; https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=co...=lnms&tbm=isch But not always; http://www.aircraftaces.com/photos/pby-coronado-1.jpg How odd! Some interesting history on the Coronado: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches...ac/pb2y-5r.pdf I thought I'd research the Coronado in my own library, so took out my book on testing at Boscombe Down during WWII. It took a couple of minutes to work out why the Coronado wasn't in the index... And....? I felt foolish. I only tug once on the cheese. That sounds rather rude. Have a look in Google Maps for Boscombe Down, the site of the UK's Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment, and you'll see what I mean. Rude, no, not at all. You expressed a partial thought. I was interested enough to ask you to finish the thought. In reply, you made a feeble attempt at facetiousness, I responded in kind. I expend more than enough effort attempting to read my wife's mind. It is just too much effort to try and read the mind of a Usenet poster and it is certainly far too much effort to go to Google maps to evaluate a site I am intimately familiar with just so I can guess the meaning of your cryptic comment. Rude? No, it was simply my way of saying I am going to leave your mouse trap alone and not play the game. All of this silliness could have been avoided if you had simply expressed a complete thought initially. |
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On 08/10/2013 21:39, Lab Lover wrote:
On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:57:21 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 08/10/2013 14:13, Lab Lover wrote: On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 23:22:04 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 07/10/2013 18:43, Lab Lover wrote: On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:00:39 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 06/10/2013 14:56, Lab Lover wrote: On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 09:15:53 +0100, Syke wrote: On 06/10/2013 09:05, Syke wrote: Is that a 3 blade prop and a 4 blader? Regards Syke Responding to my own question, it seems the answer is, sometimes; https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=co...=lnms&tbm=isch But not always; http://www.aircraftaces.com/photos/pby-coronado-1.jpg How odd! Some interesting history on the Coronado: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches...ac/pb2y-5r.pdf I thought I'd research the Coronado in my own library, so took out my book on testing at Boscombe Down during WWII. It took a couple of minutes to work out why the Coronado wasn't in the index... And....? I felt foolish. I only tug once on the cheese. That sounds rather rude. Have a look in Google Maps for Boscombe Down, the site of the UK's Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment, and you'll see what I mean. Rude, no, not at all. You expressed a partial thought. I was interested enough to ask you to finish the thought. In reply, you made a feeble attempt at facetiousness, I responded in kind. I expend more than enough effort attempting to read my wife's mind. It is just too much effort to try and read the mind of a Usenet poster and it is certainly far too much effort to go to Google maps to evaluate a site I am intimately familiar with just so I can guess the meaning of your cryptic comment. Rude? No, it was simply my way of saying I am going to leave your mouse trap alone and not play the game. All of this silliness could have been avoided if you had simply expressed a complete thought initially. This is becoming tedious. If you're intimately familiar with Boscombe Down, then surely you realise why it was a mistake to look for the Coronado in a book abut the place? -- Peter |
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"Ramsman" wrote in message ... On 08/10/2013 21:39, Lab Lover wrote: On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:57:21 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 08/10/2013 14:13, Lab Lover wrote: On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 23:22:04 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 07/10/2013 18:43, Lab Lover wrote: On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:00:39 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 06/10/2013 14:56, Lab Lover wrote: On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 09:15:53 +0100, Syke wrote: On 06/10/2013 09:05, Syke wrote: Is that a 3 blade prop and a 4 blader? Regards Syke Responding to my own question, it seems the answer is, sometimes; https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=co...=lnms&tbm=isch But not always; http://www.aircraftaces.com/photos/pby-coronado-1.jpg How odd! Some interesting history on the Coronado: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches...ac/pb2y-5r.pdf I thought I'd research the Coronado in my own library, so took out my book on testing at Boscombe Down during WWII. It took a couple of minutes to work out why the Coronado wasn't in the index... And....? I felt foolish. I only tug once on the cheese. That sounds rather rude. Have a look in Google Maps for Boscombe Down, the site of the UK's Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment, and you'll see what I mean. Rude, no, not at all. You expressed a partial thought. I was interested enough to ask you to finish the thought. In reply, you made a feeble attempt at facetiousness, I responded in kind. I expend more than enough effort attempting to read my wife's mind. It is just too much effort to try and read the mind of a Usenet poster and it is certainly far too much effort to go to Google maps to evaluate a site I am intimately familiar with just so I can guess the meaning of your cryptic comment. Rude? No, it was simply my way of saying I am going to leave your mouse trap alone and not play the game. All of this silliness could have been avoided if you had simply expressed a complete thought initially. This is becoming tedious. If you're intimately familiar with Boscombe Down, then surely you realise why it was a mistake to look for the Coronado in a book abut the place? -- Peter Perhaps your interlocutor is unfamiliar with English geography. So, for the benefit if the uninitiated, Boscombe Down is a long way from any stretch of water where a flying boat could land. Hence the impracticality of searching for information about a flying boat in a book dealing with activities at Boscombe Down. Please excuse my butting in here, but there a few enough contributors left in the newsgroup and it would be a pity to spoil the generally amicable tenor of the messages due to a minor misunderstanding. Cheers, Indrek Aavisto -- Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult W.S. Churchill |
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On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 19:16:17 -0400, "Indrek"
wrote: "Ramsman" wrote in message ... On 08/10/2013 21:39, Lab Lover wrote: On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:57:21 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 08/10/2013 14:13, Lab Lover wrote: On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 23:22:04 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 07/10/2013 18:43, Lab Lover wrote: On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:00:39 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 06/10/2013 14:56, Lab Lover wrote: On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 09:15:53 +0100, Syke wrote: On 06/10/2013 09:05, Syke wrote: Is that a 3 blade prop and a 4 blader? Regards Syke Responding to my own question, it seems the answer is, sometimes; https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=co...=lnms&tbm=isch But not always; http://www.aircraftaces.com/photos/pby-coronado-1.jpg How odd! Some interesting history on the Coronado: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches...ac/pb2y-5r.pdf I thought I'd research the Coronado in my own library, so took out my book on testing at Boscombe Down during WWII. It took a couple of minutes to work out why the Coronado wasn't in the index... And....? I felt foolish. I only tug once on the cheese. That sounds rather rude. Have a look in Google Maps for Boscombe Down, the site of the UK's Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment, and you'll see what I mean. Rude, no, not at all. You expressed a partial thought. I was interested enough to ask you to finish the thought. In reply, you made a feeble attempt at facetiousness, I responded in kind. I expend more than enough effort attempting to read my wife's mind. It is just too much effort to try and read the mind of a Usenet poster and it is certainly far too much effort to go to Google maps to evaluate a site I am intimately familiar with just so I can guess the meaning of your cryptic comment. Rude? No, it was simply my way of saying I am going to leave your mouse trap alone and not play the game. All of this silliness could have been avoided if you had simply expressed a complete thought initially. This is becoming tedious. If you're intimately familiar with Boscombe Down, then surely you realise why it was a mistake to look for the Coronado in a book abut the place? -- Peter Perhaps your interlocutor is unfamiliar with English geography. So, for the benefit if the uninitiated, Boscombe Down is a long way from any stretch of water where a flying boat could land. Hence the impracticality of searching for information about a flying boat in a book dealing with activities at Boscombe Down. Please excuse my butting in here, but there a few enough contributors left in the newsgroup and it would be a pity to spoil the generally amicable tenor of the messages due to a minor misunderstanding. It was my impression the Coronado was an amphibian like it's little brother the PBY-5 Catalina. I certainly could be wrong. |
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On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 19:16:17 -0400, "Indrek"
wrote: "Ramsman" wrote in message ... On 08/10/2013 21:39, Lab Lover wrote: On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:57:21 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 08/10/2013 14:13, Lab Lover wrote: On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 23:22:04 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 07/10/2013 18:43, Lab Lover wrote: On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:00:39 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 06/10/2013 14:56, Lab Lover wrote: On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 09:15:53 +0100, Syke wrote: On 06/10/2013 09:05, Syke wrote: Is that a 3 blade prop and a 4 blader? Regards Syke Responding to my own question, it seems the answer is, sometimes; https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=co...=lnms&tbm=isch But not always; http://www.aircraftaces.com/photos/pby-coronado-1.jpg How odd! Some interesting history on the Coronado: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches...ac/pb2y-5r.pdf I thought I'd research the Coronado in my own library, so took out my book on testing at Boscombe Down during WWII. It took a couple of minutes to work out why the Coronado wasn't in the index... And....? I felt foolish. I only tug once on the cheese. That sounds rather rude. Have a look in Google Maps for Boscombe Down, the site of the UK's Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment, and you'll see what I mean. Rude, no, not at all. You expressed a partial thought. I was interested enough to ask you to finish the thought. In reply, you made a feeble attempt at facetiousness, I responded in kind. I expend more than enough effort attempting to read my wife's mind. It is just too much effort to try and read the mind of a Usenet poster and it is certainly far too much effort to go to Google maps to evaluate a site I am intimately familiar with just so I can guess the meaning of your cryptic comment. Rude? No, it was simply my way of saying I am going to leave your mouse trap alone and not play the game. All of this silliness could have been avoided if you had simply expressed a complete thought initially. This is becoming tedious. If you're intimately familiar with Boscombe Down, then surely you realise why it was a mistake to look for the Coronado in a book abut the place? -- Peter Perhaps your interlocutor is unfamiliar with English geography. So, for the benefit if the uninitiated, Boscombe Down is a long way from any stretch of water where a flying boat could land. Hence the impracticality of searching for information about a flying boat in a book dealing with activities at Boscombe Down. The same reason I an woefully unsuccessful picking up pretty young women when I tell them I'm a General at the US Coast Guard base in Fargo, North Dakota... (Strangely enough: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3a3_1238648539 ) Please excuse my butting in here, but there a few enough contributors left in the newsgroup and it would be a pity to spoil the generally amicable tenor of the messages due to a minor misunderstanding. Cheers, Indrek Aavisto Seconded, Bob ^,,^ |
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On 09/10/2013 00:16, Indrek wrote:
"Ramsman" wrote in message ... On 08/10/2013 21:39, Lab Lover wrote: On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:57:21 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 08/10/2013 14:13, Lab Lover wrote: On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 23:22:04 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 07/10/2013 18:43, Lab Lover wrote: On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:00:39 +0100, Ramsman wrote: On 06/10/2013 14:56, Lab Lover wrote: On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 09:15:53 +0100, Syke wrote: On 06/10/2013 09:05, Syke wrote: Is that a 3 blade prop and a 4 blader? Regards Syke Responding to my own question, it seems the answer is, sometimes; https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=co...=lnms&tbm=isch But not always; http://www.aircraftaces.com/photos/pby-coronado-1.jpg How odd! Some interesting history on the Coronado: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches...ac/pb2y-5r.pdf I thought I'd research the Coronado in my own library, so took out my book on testing at Boscombe Down during WWII. It took a couple of minutes to work out why the Coronado wasn't in the index... And....? I felt foolish. I only tug once on the cheese. That sounds rather rude. Have a look in Google Maps for Boscombe Down, the site of the UK's Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment, and you'll see what I mean. Rude, no, not at all. You expressed a partial thought. I was interested enough to ask you to finish the thought. In reply, you made a feeble attempt at facetiousness, I responded in kind. I expend more than enough effort attempting to read my wife's mind. It is just too much effort to try and read the mind of a Usenet poster and it is certainly far too much effort to go to Google maps to evaluate a site I am intimately familiar with just so I can guess the meaning of your cryptic comment. Rude? No, it was simply my way of saying I am going to leave your mouse trap alone and not play the game. All of this silliness could have been avoided if you had simply expressed a complete thought initially. This is becoming tedious. If you're intimately familiar with Boscombe Down, then surely you realise why it was a mistake to look for the Coronado in a book abut the place? -- Peter Perhaps your interlocutor is unfamiliar with English geography. So, for the benefit if the uninitiated, Boscombe Down is a long way from any stretch of water where a flying boat could land. Hence the impracticality of searching for information about a flying boat in a book dealing with activities at Boscombe Down. Please excuse my butting in here, but there a few enough contributors left in the newsgroup and it would be a pity to spoil the generally amicable tenor of the messages due to a minor misunderstanding. Cheers, Indrek Aavisto I apologise for my apparently feeble effort at self-deprecation and levity. When encountering names of people, places or aircraft with which I am not familiar, my first response is to look them up, either on the Internet or in a book. I should not have assumed that other people do the same. I hadn't considered the possibility that anyone would think the Coronado was an amphibian. The Sunderland wasn't either, but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZfVEoZmt-c -- Peter |
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On 07/10/2013 08:07, Ramsman wrote:
The first aircraft I ever saw do this was a Blackburn Beverley, back in the 50s. Ah, yes, the amazing Beverley. When paratrooping from this one I noticed, when standing in the door awaiting the "green on - GO" order, that the big wheels were going round! ;-) Ri©ardo -- Moving Things in Still Pictures! |
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On 08/10/2013 23:05, Ramsman wrote:
If you're intimately familiar with Boscombe Down, then surely you realise why it was a mistake to look for the Coronado in a book abut the place? The futility of initially looking up the history of a pure flying boat in a book about an inland airfield probably wouldn't have occurred to me either. ;0) Regards Paul |
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On 10/10/2013 12:02, PVK wrote:
On 08/10/2013 23:05, Ramsman wrote: If you're intimately familiar with Boscombe Down, then surely you realise why it was a mistake to look for the Coronado in a book abut the place? The futility of initially looking up the history of a pure flying boat in a book about an inland airfield probably wouldn't have occurred to me either. ;0) Regards Paul The only excuse I can offer is that the book happened to be on my desk because I'd previously been looking something else up. The thought process was on the lines of: it's from WWII and the RAF had some, so it must have been tested at Boscombe Down. Then the brain cells reconnected and I realised it couldn't have been. -- Peter |
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