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« on: May 22, 2007, 07:25:09 pm » |
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Just found a few old trannies in the barn   |
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"I couldn't sleep very well last night. Some noisy buggers going around in automobiles kept me awake." Ken Miles
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nopanic - neil
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« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2007, 07:36:07 pm » |
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Love the cars, the good old days.
Can't help looking at the hoarding on the stand - The Speedbird logo and BOAC, was told what it stood for, but too rude to say here.
VC10 - what year was that?
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« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2007, 07:40:40 pm » |
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12th April 1970.
Edit : September 1969, sorry. Saga moment.
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"I couldn't sleep very well last night. Some noisy buggers going around in automobiles kept me awake." Ken Miles
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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2007, 08:59:31 pm » |
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Can't help looking at the hoarding on the stand - The Speedbird logo and BOAC, was told what it stood for, but too rude to say here.
VC10 - what year was that?
Ohh my Dad used to fly VC10s for BOAC!!!! I hope you werent gonna be insulting his memory!!!  |
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« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2007, 09:32:57 pm » |
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Can't help looking at the hoarding on the stand - The Speedbird logo and BOAC, was told what it stood for, but too rude to say here.
VC10 - what year was that?
Ohh my Dad used to fly VC10s for BOAC!!!! I hope you werent gonna be insulting his memory!!! I remember seeing those at Heathrow when I was young, accompanying my dad in his plane spotting days   |
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« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2007, 10:58:24 pm » |
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Termie,
Just found a few old trannies in the barn
Judging by the text, i thought that this was going to be one for the Gimp.
Nice picture though.
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« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2007, 11:02:16 pm » |
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Sorry about the quality of the pic (it is nearly 40 years old! and taken on a Practikamat!) but here's a plane and the race.  |
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« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2007, 11:02:29 pm » |
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Can't help looking at the hoarding on the stand - The Speedbird logo and BOAC, was told what it stood for, but too rude to say here.
VC10 - what year was that?
Ohh my Dad used to fly VC10s for BOAC!!!! I hope you werent gonna be insulting his memory!!! My uncle was a flight engineer on VC10's for BOAC. He used to call them "The Queen of the Sky" Chances are they knew each other, it wasn't a huge fleet! |
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« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2007, 11:09:24 pm » |
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The VC10's were built (in part by my Grandfather) at Weybridge (Brooklands), I can remeber my school shaking when they took off because it was a realtivly short runway and they really had to wellie it to take off. (Sorry Termi but the plane in the background of the last pic is a Jumbo 747 - still a great pic though)
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nopanic - neil
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« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2007, 11:33:08 pm » |
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That 747, must have been one of the first of BOAC fleet, becasue the 747 only got it air cert. in 69 (as I was told same year as Concorde)
So where was that airfield/track?
And as for VC10, when did they come out of service with BA?
BEA - stood for "Back Every Aftertoon" (as they flew to Europe)
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« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2007, 11:59:58 pm » |
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Can't help looking at the hoarding on the stand - The Speedbird logo and BOAC, was told what it stood for, but too rude to say here.
VC10 - what year was that?
Ohh my Dad used to fly VC10s for BOAC!!!! I hope you werent gonna be insulting his memory!!! My uncle was a flight engineer on VC10's for BOAC. He used to call them "The Queen of the Sky" Chances are they knew each other, it wasn't a huge fleet! Ohh... my dad was a Captain - 4 stripes!! We are practically related then JPC! F |
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« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2007, 12:01:59 am » |
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Thats a jumbo surely, not a VC10! - It is BOAC tho.  Oops - should read thread before posting!! |
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« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2007, 12:30:21 am » |
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... and latterly, the RAF still use them as in-flight tankers  And my Uncle flew them there VC10 tankers for years!  |
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« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2007, 12:32:55 am » |
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Small world! F |
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