Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Saw the Vulcan up close and personal when it was still in service and came over to display at the Toronto Air Show.
I was stationed at CFB Trenton where the Vulcan and other birds practiced and flew the Toronto mission. Sitting at the end of the
runway just outside the perimeter fence when the Vulcan took off and put in full power for a steep climb - the very ground trembled.
The power and noise of those engines was incredible.

No wonder they guzzled so much fuel that the Falklands raid required something like 8 air-to-air refuelling sessions per Vulcan! That
just made the raid more remarkable.

Didn't we refuel them? Or let them refuel in the Azores?

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Saw the Vulcan up close and personal when it was still in service and came over to display at the Toronto Air Show.
I was stationed at CFB Trenton where the Vulcan and other birds practiced and flew the Toronto mission. Sitting at the end of the
runway just outside the perimeter fence when the Vulcan took off and put in full power for a steep climb - the very ground trembled.
The power and noise of those engines was incredible.

No wonder they guzzled so much fuel that the Falklands raid required something like 8 air-to-air refuelling sessions per Vulcan! That
just made the raid more remarkable.

Didn't we refuel them? Or let them refuel in the Azores?

There's an excellent BBC Documentary on Youtube on just this; Last raid of the Vulcans

[sprior]

Bloody hell Chief how many of these things are there?

[sprior]

So this is where those spare planes are

[Grollub]

M&M Export Storage, Cleveland?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

So this is where those spare planes are

EnZed markings? [&:]

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: sprior

So this is where those spare planes are

EnZed markings? [&:]

NZ Barracudas????

These are FAA aircraft.

[Cap Mandrake]

Kanoya, in SW Kyushu appears lightly garrisoned so we try a Pegasus Bridge thingy.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

So this is where those spare planes are

Definitely NOT Cleveland. Too picturesque.

The eaves have huge overhangs and many roofs are very steeply pitched and there are quite a few very oddly designed two story houses with 15x15 ft first floors.

NOT the US. It must rain or snow like Hell there. Probably Southern NZ somewhere.

[Cap Mandrake]

Looks like Martlett II's in front and some kind of export P-40 with the wings off in back.

Planes in back have 4 blade props.

[Cap Mandrake]

No, I take it back. I think those are flying greenhouses in back with wings folded.

Fulmars. Not sure why they have 4 blade props.

[Cap Mandrake]

That would definitely make this a carrier air complement.

Australia? South Africa? New Zealand?

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

No, I take it back. I think those are flying greenhouses in back with wings folded.

Fulmars. Not sure why they have 4 blade props.

The shape of those canopies makes me think of some P-39 type. Specifically, look at the one 2nd from the right, which is the right-most one where you can see the canopy.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

No, I take it back. I think those are flying greenhouses in back with wings folded.

Fulmars. Not sure why they have 4 blade props.

The shape of those canopies makes me think of some P-39 type. Specifically, look at the one 2nd from the right, which is the right-most one where you can see the canopy.

There is a big air inlet under the prop. Not a P-39. Plus there is the small matter of the wings.[:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

Somebody here will know the model number of the uglofortresses with the four blade prop AND the name of the bar partly hidden by the third big tree on the left.

[Cap Mandrake]

And the name of the "friendly" barmaid with the ginger hair

[Cap Mandrake]

We can ask Admiral Lord SPrior when he gets back from Buckingham Palace.



Had my second root canal in as many weeks. Why do thsoe guys ask you a question when you have a bite block, a suction catheter and and oral dam in your mouth?


Indian Dentist: "Are you OK, Mr. Mandrake"

FAM: "Hccchhhaaa uuuuuuuhh"

Indian Dentist:"Good. We are almost done. Nurse, please prepare the ultrasonic Starblaster3000."

FAM: [X(]

[Cap Mandrake]

I have a technical question for any physics guys out there. If something is "ultrasonic" then why can I hear it? [:D]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Kanoya, in SW Kyushu appears lightly garrisoned so we try a Pegasus Bridge thingy.

I think the bridge analogy you're looking for is the bridge at Arnhem, Allied dog.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

No, I take it back. I think those are flying greenhouses in back with wings folded.

Fulmars. Not sure why they have 4 blade props.

The shape of those canopies makes me think of some P-39 type. Specifically, look at the one 2nd from the right, which is the right-most one where you can see the canopy.

There is a big air inlet under the prop. Not a P-39. Plus there is the small matter of the wings.[:)]

Wings, schmings. Those things reduce dive speed.