: Tue May 12, 2009 2:43 pm  

At risk of looking a complete geek...I walked under the wing of a Vulcan the other week (amongst various other aeroplanes). Smaller than I'd have imagined, and smaller than I remembered it being when I saw one at an early 80s air show.

: Tue May 12, 2009 3:03 pm  

nantwichexile wrote:

And me being a Vulcan (nothing to do with Spock) fan too used to be my highlight when visiting Church Fenton airshows in my youth

My mistake, a big gay bear hug next time I see you then, as long as I don't have to listen to that potty mouth of yours. I just presumed they were all swear words previously.

Puig-Aubert wrote:

At risk of looking a complete geek...I walked under the wing of a Vulcan the other week (amongst various other aeroplanes). Smaller than I'd have imagined, and smaller than I remembered it being when I saw one at an early 80s air show.

She always looked bigger in her element than on the ground to me. Which museum were you walking round?

One of: East Midlands, Cosford, Coventry, Hendon, Duxford, Norwich, Newark, Sunderland, Carlisle or East Fortune?

The others to be found at Waddington, Woodford, Southend, Wellesbourne and Bruntingthorpe are less accessible to the public so I'm guessing it were non of those.

: Tue May 12, 2009 3:20 pm  

Duxford.

Somebody had told me it was free and it was sixteen frickin quid. I rushed round in less than 2 hours and still found I'd missed whole hangars.

I was into warplanes in the late 70s and early 80s so it was a trip down memory lane. There were very few aircraft I couldn't name aside from a few that entered service after WW2 but had been pensioned off before, say, 1970 as the bits that interested me were the then (70s/80s) current aircraft plus the WW2 ones. That was odd as I hadn't given them much thought in 25 years (though I suppose I am prone to spotting errors in war films so perhaps should have known I'd retained a bit of info).

It left me interested enough to consider going to an airshow but didn't reignite any desire to read a book on them or look anything up on the interweb. I may go back in 25 years.

: Tue May 12, 2009 3:36 pm  

Puig-Aubert wrote:

Duxford.

Somebody had told me it was free and it was sixteen frickin quid. I rushed round in less than 2 hours and still found I'd missed whole hangars.

I was into warplanes in the late 70s and early 80s so it was a trip down memory lane. There were very few aircraft I couldn't name aside from a few that entered service after WW2 but had been pensioned off before, say, 1970 as the bits that interested me were the then (70s/80s) current aircraft plus the WW2 ones. That was odd as I hadn't given them much thought in 25 years (though I suppose I am prone to spotting errors in war films so perhaps should have known I'd retained a bit of info).

It left me interested enough to consider going to an airshow but didn't reignite any desire to read a book on them or look anything up on the interweb. I may go back in 25 years.

I know we're going off topic here and I won't persist....but you're a man after my own heart (RL and WW2/post WW2 aircraft). Women too by any chance ?? Please tell me not you're not gay ( a la TVOC with his offer of a gay hug ) and it might just be destiny that we meet....

Actually TVOC would be welcome too...nothing against consenting gay guys. No religion for me vindicating my bigoted prejudices under a cloak of shameful 'respectability'...getting off topic here again, but isn't religion a eupthemism for superstition.... and who did create the creator ??

: Tue May 12, 2009 3:45 pm  

Puig-Aubert wrote:

Duxford.

XJ824. A very clean example of those remaining and well cared for. No great history for her but she did spend six years out in Akrotiri, so she got plenty of sun on her back during that detachment.

The return to the air of the Vulcan aside airshows generally are pretty disappointing these days with airforces hard pressed to supply airframes for static display let alone flying items. The RAF role demo though is excellent and well worth a viewing. The variety and exotica has gone so it's all a bit samey for me these days.

nantwichexile wrote:

Actually TVOC would be welcome too...nothing against consenting gay guys.

Despite the evidence to the contrary it's all a front.

: Tue May 12, 2009 3:54 pm  

nantwichexile wrote:

I know we're going off topic here and I won't persist....but you're a man after my own heart (RL and WW2/post WW2 aircraft). Women too by any chance ?? Please tell me not you're not gay ( a la TVOC with his offer of a gay hug ) and it might just be destiny that we meet....

Actually TVOC would be welcome too...nothing against consenting gay guys. No religion for me vindicating my bigoted prejudices under a cloak of shameful 'respectability'...getting off topic here again, but isn't religion a eupthemism for superstition.... and who did create the creator ??

Nothing more than fingering on a first date.

: Tue May 12, 2009 4:17 pm  

Puig-Aubert wrote:

Nothing more than fingering on a first date.

you let me suck you off!

: Tue May 12, 2009 4:41 pm  

Cala Millor Rhino wrote:

you let me suck you off!

Only because of your pretty smile...

: Wed May 13, 2009 2:38 pm  

G1 wrote:

Sourcing a ready made right centre is an obvious and easy solution. They did make efforts to land one (Soliola). That didn't come off.

And here's the reply I wish I'd have made yesterday:

Except Soliola is a left centre and much more likely to end up at St Helens rather than Leeds.

: Wed May 13, 2009 3:27 pm  

tvoc wrote:

My mistake, a big gay bear hug next time I see you then, as long as I don't have to listen to that potty mouth of yours. I just presumed they were all swear words previously.



She always looked bigger in her element than on the ground to me. Which museum were you walking round?

One of: East Midlands, Cosford, Coventry, Hendon, Duxford, Norwich, Newark, Sunderland, Carlisle or East Fortune?

The others to be found at Waddington, Woodford, Southend, Wellesbourne and Bruntingthorpe are less accessible to the public so I'm guessing it were non of those.

Is that the place at Baginton? Just round the corner from me, it's never occurred to me to go and look.

Wellesbourne is pretty near me as well, closer inspection reveals that Joe Public can visit that one readily enough this June.