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Jenks

Re: Spitfires.

#11 Post by Jenks »

Ordered my copy of the book. As others have said it's not in stock with Amazon at the moment, not a problem, i'm happy to wait. More of John Dibbs beautiful photographs here:

http://www.planepicture.com/galleries


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#12 Post by falco67 »

Chuck wrote:Oh for a big lottery win..it would be the business to fly in one.
Its not tooo expensive...sell a rifle :squirrel:


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Wish I had a rifle that expensive to sell??? ;)
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#14 Post by snayperskaya »

A Spitfire, complete with D-Day Invasion stripes, flew quite low over my house last Sunday afternoon.There is nothing better than the sound of a Merlin :good:
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#15 Post by falco67 »

You could always do it properly of course...

http://www.classic-wings.co.uk/the-skys ... t-package/

next week I am doing this

http://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/lancaster-taxy-rides/

My birthday present from last November :good: there is a very long waiting list however. I have asked for a Spitfire flight for my next birthday but I am not expecting a result :o
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#16 Post by Chuck »

:good: :good: :good: :good:

Try and tell that to a foreigner....WW2 means nothing to some - not in their history. My missus is awed at the stories I tell from my parents experience of air raids etc...Got to say though she LOVES the Harrier GR7! She'd never seen one till she went to an airshow..

Anywhere you can get a ride on one the way you can in a Mig or a Lightning etc??

A Lanc taxy ride.....sure beats a Skoda!

You can do mitchell and Flying Fortress flights in Arizona..wish i'd done them when i was there..quite a sight to see them flying overhead...

£71500 to fly a Spit Bargain!!! Now,, how much for the other requirements + cost of one Spit - slightly used, one careful owner?? :D
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#17 Post by snayperskaya »

I used to work with a bloke that spent around 4k on a trip to Russia in 1997 and he went up in a Sukhoi SU-27.I remember him saying the pilot wasn't shy when it came to "showboating" and he pulled the move where the plane climbs near vertically until it loses airspeed and starts to drop backwards, with the engines running the whole time!.

Price has gone up a bit since he went.....

http://www.rusadventures.com/tour17.shtml
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#18 Post by Chuck »

You can do an English Elecrtric Lightning in South Africa - vertical climb till you see the curvature of the earth ...and space pretty much.

Well worth it if you can afford it I reckon.. :D
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#19 Post by TomH »

snayperskaya wrote:A Spitfire, complete with D-Day Invasion stripes, flew quite low over my house last Sunday afternoon.There is nothing better than the sound of a Merlin :good:
Not when you're on the regular flight circuit from Duxford. Bloody things. Especially when your'e trying to listen to Barry Manilow in the garden. B*stards ****
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#20 Post by shugie »

TomH wrote:
snayperskaya wrote:A Spitfire, complete with D-Day Invasion stripes, flew quite low over my house last Sunday afternoon.There is nothing better than the sound of a Merlin :good:
Not when you're on the regular flight circuit from Duxford. Bloody things. Especially when your'e trying to listen to Barry Manilow in the garden. B*stards ****
If you're trying to listen to Marry Banilow in a place where others can hear a Merlin is way more than you deserve.
Careful now/that sort of thing
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