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Author:  EL Gordo [ Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:35 pm ]
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one of my other favorite engined things:
this is mine.

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And:
I want this one

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if anyone has a big Stihl they want to sell let me know ????????

Author:  sam [ Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:09 pm ]
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have replied by email , but pm me on here , I have a Stihl 66 which I may be prepared to sell

Author:  thegumeister [ Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:48 pm ]
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I have a little stihl 17 that does all I need

Author:  Clive993 [ Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:12 am ]
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I could go for one of these!! Make watching tv a bit more fun...



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Author:  Nick [ Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:27 am ]
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:D

Author:  EL Gordo [ Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:30 am ]
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nice chopper nick. :shock:

Author:  Nick [ Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:19 pm ]
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dekandgord wrote:
nice chopper nick. :shock:


In all modesty yes but I didn't realise that I forgot to draw the blinds.


:wink:

Author:  EL Gordo [ Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:32 pm ]
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then there is this:

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Author:  thegumeister [ Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:38 pm ]
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ImageHere's 3 of them in a carpark in Bradford with no plane attached, the noise was incredible

Author:  EL Gordo [ Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:46 pm ]
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is that 3 merlins or any of the other engines used on the Sppitfire variants??

Author:  PaulPSB [ Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:33 pm ]
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The SR-71 has always been a favourite of mine

Author:  EL Gordo [ Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:16 pm ]
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ooh the Blackbird yea, always quite liked the english electric lightning meself as well


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Author:  thegumeister [ Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:09 pm ]
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Yeah the English Electric Lightning just hits the spot 8) I remember one coming over the crowd at Farnborough air show(when they still could) at stall +1mph sticking it vertical and lighting the afterburners, it just hung there for a few moments then disappeared vertically like thunderbird 1. We were sat on the bonnet of Dads Hillman Avenger and a windscreen on a Capri 3 or 4 cars away just shattered in the noise, magic moment (for everyone but the Capri owner)

The bare engines were 2 merlins out of a Beaufighter and the twin prop was a Griffen fron a Shackleton, must get them for a TIPEC event, only charge for fuel used, awesome on the backfire.

Author:  EL Gordo [ Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:33 am ]
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the lightning was one of the few planes to intercept a U2 i believe?


The official ceiling was a secret to the general public and low security RAF documents simply stated 60,000+ ft (18 000+ m), although it was well known within the RAF to be capable of much greater heights; the official maximum altitude mainly being determined by cockpit pressurisation reliability and safety. Recently the actual performance ceiling has been made public by the late Brian Carroll, a former RAF Lightning pilot and ex-Lightning Chief Examiner, who reports taking a Lightning F53 up to 87,300 feet

In 1984, during a major NATO exercise, Flt Lt Mike Hale intercepted an American U-2 at a height which they had previously considered safe from interception. Records show that Hale climbed to 88,000 ft (26,800 m) in his Lightning F3. Hale also participated in time-to-height and acceleration trials against F-104 Starfighters from Aalborg. He reports that the Lightnings won all races easily with the exception of the low level supersonic acceleration, which was a "dead heat".[3]

Carroll reports in a side-by-side comparison of the Lightning and the F-15C Eagle (which he also flew) that "acceleration in both was impressive, you have all seen the Lightning leap away once brakes are released, the Eagle was almost as good, and climb speed was rapidly achieved. Takeoff roll is between 2,000 & 3,000 feet [600 to 900m], depending upon military or maximum afterburner-powered takeoff. The Lightning was quicker off the ground, reaching 50 ft [15 m] height in a horizontal distance of 1,630 feet [500m]".

In British Airways trials in April 1985, Concorde was offered as a target to NATO fighters including F-15s, F-16s, F-14s, Mirages, F-104s - but only Lightning XR749, flown by Mike Hale and described by him as "a very hot ship, even for a Lightning", managed to overtake Concorde on a stern conversion intercept

Author:  thegumeister [ Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:52 pm ]
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Loved it when Clarkson parked one on the front lawn but didn't have to move it again due to some hassle :?:

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