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posted on 16/9/12 at 07:09 AM
I would love to see (and hear) some of those old WW2 planes flying - never having done so in my 62 years. They are few and far between here in South
Africa.
The closest I have come to such planes is playing in an old Typhoon that was scrapped for it's engine, used to drive ventilation fans in an
underground diamond mine outside Kimberley.
quote:Originally posted by Ivan
I would love to see (and hear) some of those old WW2 planes flying - never having done so in my 62 years. They are few and far between here in South
Africa.
The closest I have come to such planes is playing in an old Typhoon that was scrapped for it's engine, used to drive ventilation fans in an
underground diamond mine outside Kimberley.
If you ever get to the UK Ivan make sure you check out the Imperial War Museum at Duxford . I live a couple of miles away and we get to see regular
airshows from our back garden
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posted on 16/9/12 at 12:52 PM
quote:Originally posted by rusty nuts
quote:Originally posted by Ivan
I would love to see (and hear) some of those old WW2 planes flying - never having done so in my 62 years. They are few and far between here in South
Africa.
The closest I have come to such planes is playing in an old Typhoon that was scrapped for it's engine, used to drive ventilation fans in an
underground diamond mine outside Kimberley.
If you ever get to the UK Ivan make sure you check out the Imperial War Museum at Duxford . I live a couple of miles away and we get to see regular
airshows from our back garden
Last time I was at Duxford I saw a Catalena flying boat take off - astonishingly slow-flying!
Time before that we were walking back to our car after our visit when we heard a jet start up... we heard on the BBC news later that they had tried to
take off with a Russian (I think) jet fighter, and had to dump it in a field just ahead of the runway. Both people on board got out relatively
unharmed, thankfully.
quote:Originally posted by Ivan
I would love to see (and hear) some of those old WW2 planes flying - never having done so in my 62 years. They are few and far between here in South
Africa.
The closest I have come to such planes is playing in an old Typhoon that was scrapped for it's engine, used to drive ventilation fans in an
underground diamond mine outside Kimberley.
If you ever get to the UK Ivan make sure you check out the Imperial War Museum at Duxford . I live a couple of miles away and we get to see regular
airshows from our back garden
Last time I was at Duxford I saw a Catalena flying boat take off - astonishingly slow-flying!
Time before that we were walking back to our car after our visit when we heard a jet start up... we heard on the BBC news later that they had tried to
take off with a Russian (I think) jet fighter, and had to dump it in a field just ahead of the runway. Both people on board got out relatively
unharmed, thankfully.
There was a Yak land on the M11 a few years ago IIRC one of the guys in the plane ejected and survived but the other stayed with the plane and died
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