Faster and better than a Storm, or any other bike

Stratman · Post by **Stratman** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:04 pm

I've just volunteered to help out at the Norwich Aviation Museum. I can pretend I am Biggles or Guy Gibson while I work on a Buccaneer, a Vulcan or a Lightning. Yes I know they were before then but I can't think of anyone similar from the 50s/60s.

I can relive my dashed dreams of being a pilot whilst I sit in the cockpits making plane noises, then ride home on the Storm sounding like a Spitfire.

Bliss

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:21 am

Oh Dear!

Why do I have a feeling there's going to be an aviation nostalgia thread coming on any time soon8O

Just kidding Strat. That sounds like a lot of fun, enjoy

Pete.l

Stratman · Post by **Stratman** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:33 am

As if!

TSP · Post by **TSP** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:28 pm

I thought I was alone in being so, so sad and obsessed with planes!

If your a true nut, you should get the DVD box sets called Dogfighters, it's a computer generated DVD that re-lives the famous dogfights of history. I am obsessed by it

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:33 pm

Please spare me ! Bloody things are a pain in the ass

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:36 pm

Pete.L wrote:Oh Dear!
Why do I have a feeling there's going to be an aviation nostalgia thread coming on any time soon8O

Now I'm really jealous!!!!!!

Ah yes the VC10 - remember those things waking me up (no mean feat I can assure you!) at our training school (end of Brize Norton runway) Mail run for German bases et al - Wednesday mornings and bloody early! iirc.

VC-10

Doesn't really do the noise justice at all!

SR-71 Blackbird

Fastest! - but American

Unfortunately Amaerican, but awesome all the same.

XB-70 Valkyrie

Also unfortunately never got beyond the 'X' status!

Another Awesome plane ...

Or would have been ! a bit long this vid but worth it IMO - also has a Vulcan and Lightning in it

TSR-2

Length of a Lancaster, Wing Span of a Spitfire and iirc, the Yanks were going to shelve the F-111 and buy the TSR-2 as it was a far superior plane!
Again iirc (or at least from reading). the Air Ministry decided to scrap TSR-2 and buy the f-111 - never bought a single plane!

I know, I'm sad, but then I didn't start it

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Rossi, really messes with your mind!!!!! Muaahahahaha

Stratman · Post by **Stratman** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:15 pm

I forgot to mention - sounds better too. Tell me these don't get the hair on the back of your neck rising

Battle of Britain Planes

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:22 am

Doh!

How could I forget to mention the Merlin engine!!

I especially like the bit between 1:05 & 1:17 - truly awesome, although I love the music, The Spitfire and the film, the Hurricane was the real star of TBOB .......

BOB Stats

This is music to my ears!

Why have one beautiful sounding engine when you can have 2?

Wooden Wonder anybody?

Listen for the Mosi's going overhead in this one!

How the heck did they get them altogether? Wish I'd been there

This music still makes me want to don a leather cap, goggles and go daggadaggadaggadagga !! & Oh Maria!!!

Didn't quite catch what the reporter at the end of this clip says, can anyone clarify?

Low Flying - Watch for the clickable link at the end of this clip to see more VERY low fly pasts & Sonic Boom Booms!

(a link at end of each one)

Look out for the brits and I think, a Harrier.

andy c · Post by **andy c** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:03 pm

On the subject of the Avro Vulcan They've just got XH558 airworthy at Bruntingthorpe about 10 miles down the road from me an awesome site when it flies over.

How about having a Storm meet somewhere like Duxford.

we could get all the bikes together and half the people who turned up would'nt now it was a Wings and Wheels Day

Stratman · Post by **Stratman** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:21 am

Duxford would be good, though looking at the website I can't make any of the flying exhibitions remaining this year. The static displays are good though. What about 30th August?

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:29 pm

Can't make 30th Aug, still be @ Manx GP IOM

What about Cosford? more central - Midlands area?

Dunno when their flying show is but statics while not as many as Duxford are still impressive iirc - also don't they have a TSR-2?

[Edit] = Yes Show been and gone

Yes they have TSR-2

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/col ... ection.cfm

[Edit]

andy c · Post by **andy c** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:58 pm

Just been told Cosford is Free to get in

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:15 am

Yep free to get in and it was a large cold war set up last time I was there on a course. Vulcan, nuke missiles etc......
Count me out though its just a bit too much of a busmans holiday

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:32 pm

Nah!

Surely you could just flash your gold braiding and get us Stormers into the pilots seats so we could make engine noises and re-enact dog fights 'n' stuff!

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:33 pm

Nah!

Surely you could just flash your gold braiding and get us Stormers into the pilots seats so we could make engine noises and re-enact dog fights 'n' stuff!

If there was owt interesting in 'em these days, I'd show you round a telephone exhange!