OT: VE day warplanes

[nightjar]

Perhaps we should reintroduce the custom of the leader of the country riding into battle at the head of the army.

Colin Bignell

[tony sayer]

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Sounds if it would cost less if they gave it up completely. So what happens in New Zealand, no low flying?..

BTW what the heck's this all got to do with DIY??????......

[Martin]

What about other pictures on the film?

TBH if it was me I'd have said no then denied all knowlege of tresspassing!

Your word against theirs?

[Martin]

Same here - apologise & leave and ignore any threats!

[Harry the Horse]

That's no reason for everyone to be tagged like a dog.

[Cynic]

Quite. You either fly *very* low so the gunners have no time to aim and you are exposed to a smaller threat area, or you fy *high* where you are out of range and visually invisible, like the PRU guys did.

[Brimstone]

That way you don't get your chips.

[The Caretaker]

Would he know where the head was?

[Simon Hawkings2]

country riding

Well I use the head at least twice a day, but of course you pommy bastards, probaly piss in the streets or in your neighbors pockets and there seems no doubt some of you line up to watch.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Yeah..I was amused in cam.misc to see that 'pictures of the children are taken by the head'

I had visions of the teachers poking their Parazzi lenses at lines of little boys' privates through a peephole in the urinal wall..

[Fat Sam]

Last time I checked, the Canberras were still operating....I see them take off and land from the runway, less than 5 miles from my front door every day.... They may not actually be called PRU anymore, but they still operate....

[Fat Sam]

Maybe so, but it still lifts the emphasis off low flying in a tactical situation.... Don't get me wrong though....I'm in support of the need for low flying training....It's still a vitally essential skill for military pilots, and if we want our air force to continue being the best in the world, we need to allow them to adequately train....

[Fat Sam]

LOLOL....As luck would have it, they didn't drop anything...They broke off when they spotted us and our landrover in th emiddle of the range.... They got a roasting from Donna Nook ATC, and then again when they returned home....

[Andy Hall]

At least we're not all criminals called Bruce

[DJC]

Single combat. (Nothing dignified or glorious mind you, mud wrestling might do.)

[mmaker]

Nah, make it a 'reality TV' show: all the leaders get stuck in a house together, and one gets voted out each week... :).

Mark

[Cynic]

Plenty of old & not-so-bold pilots flew in PRU. My mate's blue Spitfire was not even fitted with guns IIUC. He flew plenty of sorties deep over enemy country during WWII, and rarely saw a shot fired in anger. Very sensible chap. Also flew mostly in good weather. Not much point in taking photographs above an overcast.

Very precise pilot. If the approach speed was meant to be 80KIS, the ASI showed 80 all the way down. Not 79.5 Not 80.5 Infuriating.

Sadly died 2 years ago, but he had a wealth of amusing stories about the WWII days. He destroyed one aircraft. A bomber. It happened while he was making his way back from the mess late one evening. His lighter failed to work and he wanted a smoke, so he detored past a parked aircraft to refill it from an engine fuel drain. He then tested that the flint still worked OK, and suddenly the wing erupted in flames. It was never deterimined what caused the unmanned aircraft to suddenly catch fire. Fortunately nobody had seen him in the vicinity before it happened.

I wish I had written them down - the stories I've forgotten are now gone for good.

[Depresion]

I'm a ruthless dictator who rigged my elections get me out of here? No end of contestants then.

[Depresion]

Hang on the broke off when they spotted brits and got roasted for it? Somehow I am not surprised by that.

[AlanG]

Cattle do

Only to those who seek control of their fellows.