Cripes! Take cover!
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Greg66 wrote:A Lancaster with a fighter escort just overflew my office.
LiT - has your Mum been scrambled? :shock:
Would be more worried if it was a Heinkel or a Junkers.... I believe a Lancaster is one of our boys!!"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
Nope, it's to mark the anniversary of the blitz.
Us civilians aren't allowed to fly over London in single-engined aircraft, despite having far more hours. God knows they're military, you see, and will protect their engines from failure.0 -
Just saw them too, started off with a dakota I think, then a Lancaster and a spitfire...I was hoping for more, but that was it it seems
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It gave our resident German a fright, poor thing.
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lost_in_thought wrote:
Nope, it's to mark the anniversary of the blitz.
Us civilians aren't allowed to fly over London in single-engined aircraft, despite having far more hours. God knows they're military, you see, and will protect their engines from failure.
If it was to mark the Blitz, why not have a squadron of Messerschmits, Henkels and Dorniers?"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:
Nope, it's to mark the anniversary of the blitz.
Us civilians aren't allowed to fly over London in single-engined aircraft, despite having far more hours. God knows they're military, you see, and will protect their engines from failure.
I think I saw your mum on Saturday. Jolly good show if so.0 -
will3 wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:
Nope, it's to mark the anniversary of the blitz.
Us civilians aren't allowed to fly over London in single-engined aircraft, despite having far more hours. God knows they're military, you see, and will protect their engines from failure.
I think I saw your mum on Saturday. Jolly good show if so.
Ahhh, if you were at Duxford, you actually saw my little brother flying in either his first (sat) or second (sun) formation spitfire display. Start as you mean to go on and all.0 -
Wallace1492 wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:
Nope, it's to mark the anniversary of the blitz.
Us civilians aren't allowed to fly over London in single-engined aircraft, despite having far more hours. God knows they're military, you see, and will protect their engines from failure.
If it was to mark the Blitz, why not have a squadron of Messerschmits, Henkels and Dorniers?
I agree! Alas they've mostly been melted down and turned into saucepans.0 -
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lost_in_thought wrote:will3 wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:
Nope, it's to mark the anniversary of the blitz.
Us civilians aren't allowed to fly over London in single-engined aircraft, despite having far more hours. God knows they're military, you see, and will protect their engines from failure.
I think I saw your mum on Saturday. Jolly good show if so.
Ahhh, if you were at Duxford, you actually saw my little brother flying in either his first (sat) or second (sun) formation spitfire display. Start as you mean to go on and all.
He did that in his first formation display? Crikey. Looked like absolute chaos (which was probably the intent) but clearly wasn't :shock:
Or was he the one who peeled off after the second pass to land before the mayhem?0 -
Wallace1492 wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:
Nope, it's to mark the anniversary of the blitz.
Us civilians aren't allowed to fly over London in single-engined aircraft, despite having far more hours. God knows they're military, you see, and will protect their engines from failure.
If it was to mark the Blitz, why not have a squadron of Messerschmits, Henkels and Dorniers?
It would have just been too much of a temptation for them, I reckon.0 -
biondino wrote:Wallace1492 wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:
Nope, it's to mark the anniversary of the blitz.
Us civilians aren't allowed to fly over London in single-engined aircraft, despite having far more hours. God knows they're military, you see, and will protect their engines from failure.
If it was to mark the Blitz, why not have a squadron of Messerschmits, Henkels and Dorniers?
It would have just been too much of a temptation for them, I reckon.
Drop a full load on Canary Wharf and get them greedy bankers!!"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
Erk, no. Our primary data centre is there...Wallace1492 wrote:biondino wrote:Wallace1492 wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:
Nope, it's to mark the anniversary of the blitz.
Us civilians aren't allowed to fly over London in single-engined aircraft, despite having far more hours. God knows they're military, you see, and will protect their engines from failure.
If it was to mark the Blitz, why not have a squadron of Messerschmits, Henkels and Dorniers?
It would have just been too much of a temptation for them, I reckon.
Drop a full load on Canary Wharf and get them greedy bankers!!
@Lit, pass a chapeau onto your little (in age not size) brother0 -
Wallace1492 wrote:
Drop a full load on Canary Wharf and get them greedy bankers!!
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amnezia wrote:Wallace1492 wrote:
Drop a full load on Canary Wharf and get them greedy bankers!!
:roll: :roll: :roll:
Ignore him. He's from Scotland. Which was, and I think history will back me up on this one, firmly neutral in the war.
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Greg66 wrote:amnezia wrote:Wallace1492 wrote:
Drop a full load on Canary Wharf and get them greedy bankers!!
:roll: :roll: :roll:
Ignore him. He's from Scotland. Which was, and I think history will back me up on this one, firmly neutral in the war.
Yes, we stayed firmly neutral to look after all that lovely oil for the London Government, so they could use the massive wealth it generated to:
Build the M25
Build Canary Wharf
Invest massively in London
Build the Millenium Dome
Give the Royals lots of Palaces
Host the Olympics
Buy Nuclear Weapons and Locate them all in Scotland
8)
Its been a pleasure...."Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
Wallace1492 wrote:Buy Nuclear Weapons and Locate them all in Scotland
See, now don't say we never buy you anything nice 0 -
bails87 wrote:Wallace1492 wrote:Buy Nuclear Weapons and Locate them all in Scotland
See, now don't say we never buy you anything nice
Maybe we should start playing with the toys....... complete what we started in 1314, and 1745...."Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
Wallace1492 wrote:bails87 wrote:Wallace1492 wrote:Buy Nuclear Weapons and Locate them all in Scotland
See, now don't say we never buy you anything nice
Maybe we should start playing with the toys....... complete what we started in 1314, and 1745....
Just turn off the oil, that should do it!0 -
Wallace1492 wrote:bails87 wrote:Wallace1492 wrote:Buy Nuclear Weapons and Locate them all in Scotland
See, now don't say we never buy you anything nice
Maybe we should start playing with the toys....... complete what we started in 1314, and 1745....
Well, no one could accuse you of rushing at something...0 -
Starting something at 1745 is a stupid idea, by half five I'm all done for the day and just am waiting for my boss to leave.
As I have a job and am not some drug addled Buckfast fuelled fat ginger idiot who smells of mazola and desperation.Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
will3 wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:will3 wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:
Nope, it's to mark the anniversary of the blitz.
Us civilians aren't allowed to fly over London in single-engined aircraft, despite having far more hours. God knows they're military, you see, and will protect their engines from failure.
I think I saw your mum on Saturday. Jolly good show if so.
Ahhh, if you were at Duxford, you actually saw my little brother flying in either his first (sat) or second (sun) formation spitfire display. Start as you mean to go on and all.
He did that in his first formation display? Crikey. Looked like absolute chaos (which was probably the intent) but clearly wasn't :shock:
Or was he the one who peeled off after the second pass to land before the mayhem?
Nope, that was another fellow, ex-military, whose spitfire only carries 30 gallons of fuel. It's carefully organised chaos, which I think is planned to give the effect of a sky full of spitfires - seems to work. He was no.2 of the 3 remaining 2-seats.0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:Ahhh, if you were at Duxford, you actually saw my little brother flying in either his first (sat) or second (sun) formation spitfire display. Start as you mean to go on and all.
C*cking heck, your family are just too cool for school. 0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:Nope, that was another fellow, ex-military, whose spitfire only carries 30 gallons of fuel. It's carefully organised chaos, which I think is planned to give the effect of a sky full of spitfires - seems to work. He was no.2 of the 3 remaining 2-seats.
Oh I see. TBH there were so many that I rather lost track of what was where.
30 gallons ain't much is it?
Anyway, I thought it was er y'know really really good 0 -
will3 wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:Nope, that was another fellow, ex-military, whose spitfire only carries 30 gallons of fuel. It's carefully organised chaos, which I think is planned to give the effect of a sky full of spitfires - seems to work. He was no.2 of the 3 remaining 2-seats.
Oh I see. TBH there were so many that I rather lost track of what was where.
30 gallons ain't much is it?
Anyway, I thought it was er y'know really really good
Very kind of you to say so! I shall pass it on. 0 -
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Now, now - don't bite the hand that feeds youWallace1492 wrote:bails87 wrote:Wallace1492 wrote:Buy Nuclear Weapons and Locate them all in Scotland
See, now don't say we never buy you anything nice
Maybe we should start playing with the toys....... complete what we started in 1314, and 1745.... "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
It's carefully organised chaos, which I think is planned to give the effect of a sky full of spitfires
Aye it worked! Looked amazing when they were doing the low passes...actually it all looked amazing. If anyone want's to see what a 16 Spitfire fly past looks like I'll try to post the video later.0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:
Nope, it's to mark the anniversary of the blitz.
Us civilians aren't allowed to fly over London in single-engined aircraft, despite having far more hours. God knows they're military, you see, and will protect their engines from failure.
Military aren't usually allowed either. For the 25th Anniversary of the Falklands War there were no Harriers - because they're single engined 0
