If you like your aircraft noisy......read on....
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Great to see so many P-51's Mustang on the field ............ famously powered by the Rolls Royce Merlin licence built by Packard.
Bavarianbrit
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I watched an A10 warbird at Roswell air show back in 1992 going up and down the runway at a very low altitude then it dropped some napalm just for fun, as you do. Not on us I am happy to say.
pete evans
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A friend is in the states currently, looking at buying one. 3 mill apparently
. Some plane mind you.Wapinschaw
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Thanks for posting that. An amazing gathering.
Sadly I was at an airshow where we witnessed the loss of our twin Merlin engined Mossie from Hawarden, She went down in Black wood near Barton Aerodrome Manchester, both crew lost.
Smellydog
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They first had Allison engines from Indianapolis .
They found them well underpowered, So the R.A.F. stuck a Merlin in, The rest is history.
Great video. Particularly like the P47 and the Sea Fury.
I recommend the Warbirds display weekend at Duxford for any lovers of aviation.
My sister in laws brother was a Lt Commander in Fleet Air Arm, he had plenty of great stories to tell. He was on the deck of Ark Royal when they launched the Swordfish torpedo bombers against the Bismark.
I recommend the Warbirds display weekend at Duxford for any lovers of aviation.
My sister in laws brother was a Lt Commander in Fleet Air Arm, he had plenty of great stories to tell. He was on the deck of Ark Royal when they launched the Swordfish torpedo bombers against the Bismark.
Wapinschaw
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That is an amazing connection to history. At the time they did not know how it was going to work out, nor did the aviators know if they would see the dawn. Brave men on both sides. Huge respect from a retired Crab.
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Yes, Fred always referred to the RAF as "Crabs".
He was a fascinating bloke. He finished as a Lt Commander.
Wapinschaw
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There is some speculation as to how the RAF acquired the nickname "Crabs," but there is a view that it came about during WW2. One idea is that there was a camouflage paint similar in colour to the blue/grey woollen uniforms of the RAF called "crab fat grey" which stuck on the RAF.Hi.
Yes, Fred always referred to the RAF as "Crabs".
He was a fascinating bloke. He finished as a Lt Commander.
The other is that the treatment for the STI of crab lice at the time was Blue Unction, a blue/grey ointment once again similar in colour to the RAF uniform. I don't know if either is correct, but I do know that the awful wool uniforms and detachable collar shirts were issued well into the 1970's. The uniforms itched like hell but you got used to it, although they used to stink when wet. There were still some of both being worn in 1979 when I moved on.
I used to see a Mosquito in the skies above RAF Cosford in the late 80's. Phenomenal aircraft to watch
Heym SR20
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When I was a school boy as a Cadet, the commanding officer of the airforce section had been a Spitfire pilot in the war and recalled absolute thrill of being a young man (he was 23 at the Wars end) within 1500 hp in front if him. He just talked about the pure exhilaration of flying such a machine and absolutely no thought that he might not survive.
He was a Sgt pilot, so just had the thrill of flying such a beast and none of the responsibilities of command.
He was a Sgt pilot, so just had the thrill of flying such a beast and none of the responsibilities of command.
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