UK2 VL229 Vickers VikingC2.jpg

Joseph Testagrose wrote in
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I was expecting a flying boat.
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On 01/08/2012 14:20, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
Joseph Testagrose wrote in
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I was expecting a flying boat.


It's like what I experience when posts are about Hornets and Typhoons.
They're usually grey things with holes at each end instead of having
whirly bits pulling them along. And now there's a third Lightning as well.

--
Peter

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Ramsman wrote:

On 01/08/2012 14:20, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
Joseph Testagrose wrote in
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I was expecting a flying boat.


It's like what I experience when posts are about Hornets and Typhoons.
They're usually grey things with holes at each end instead of having
whirly bits pulling them along. And now there's a third Lightning as well.

.... or:
Westland Whirlwind -- I expect a pair of Merlins, a T-tail, instead of a
collection of parts whirling around in semi-tight formation.

On 01/08/2012 19:21, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article ,
Ramsman wrote:

On 01/08/2012 14:20, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
Joseph Testagrose wrote in
:


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Attachment decoded: UK2 VL229 Vickers VikingC2.jpg
`
end

I was expecting a flying boat.


It's like what I experience when posts are about Hornets and Typhoons.
They're usually grey things with holes at each end instead of having
whirly bits pulling them along. And now there's a third Lightning as well.

... or:
Westland Whirlwind -- I expect a pair of Merlins, a T-tail, instead of a
collection of parts whirling around in semi-tight formation.


Brace up lads, this is the 21st century!

;-)

--
Moving things in still pictures

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On 01/08/2012 19:21, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article ,
Ramsman wrote:

On 01/08/2012 14:20, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
Joseph Testagrose wrote in
:


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Attachment decoded: UK2 VL229 Vickers VikingC2.jpg
`
end

I was expecting a flying boat.


It's like what I experience when posts are about Hornets and
Typhoons. They're usually grey things with holes at each end instead
of having whirly bits pulling them along. And now there's a third
Lightning as well.

... or:
Westland Whirlwind -- I expect a pair of Merlins, a T-tail, instead of
a collection of parts whirling around in semi-tight formation.


Brace up lads, this is the 21st century!

;-)

:þ
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

On Wed, 1 Aug 2012 19:21:18 +0100, Orval Fairbairn wrote
(in article
):

... or:
Westland Whirlwind -- I expect a pair of Merlins, a T-tail, instead of a
collection of parts whirling around in semi-tight formation.

Merlins? In a Whirlwind? If only...

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
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In article ,
Ramsman wrote:
On 01/08/2012 14:20, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
Joseph Testagrose wrote in
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end

I was expecting a flying boat.

It's like what I experience when posts are about Hornets and Typhoons.
They're usually grey things with holes at each end instead of having
whirly bits pulling them along. And now there's a third Lightning as
well.

... or:
Westland Whirlwind -- I expect a pair of Merlins, a T-tail, instead of a
collection of parts whirling around in semi-tight formation.

Peregrines, not Merlins.

On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:05:37 +0100, Ramsman
wrote:

On 01/08/2012 14:20, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
Joseph Testagrose wrote in
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"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message
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On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:05:37 +0100, Ramsman
wrote:


Aviation history is up to its arse in Globemasters, too...







Either the foreground or the background would qualify as a pretty picture,
doing both is like chocolate and vanilla in the same bucket of strawberries.



Unless I've mis-Googled, this is Mt St Helens from Ed Carlson ?




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Dave Kearton