Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[Rick]

Interesting story:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2079321/Royal-Navy-Sea-Harrier-Meet-man-loved-jump-jets-bought-lovingly-restored-working-order.html

RJ
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Various 1920s-1960s - Austin, Morris, Commer, Dodge etc.

[peter scott]

I can recall my brother-in-law knowing someone who privately owed a Vampire and how it cost £450 to fill its tanks for 30 minutes of flight but the Harrier is orders of magnitude more costly. £150/minute just for fuel!

Peter
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1939 SS Jaguar 2½ litre saloon

[Rick]

[pigtin]

Back in the 70s, when I lived just outside Ashford Kent. A guy two doors frm me had a Tiger Moth (with wings removed,) in the garage of his three bedroomed semi.
It was a type I had never seen before with an enclosed cabin. Wonder what happened to that?
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[exbmc]

There may be others pigtin, but the enclosed cockpit Moths that i know of are Thruxton Jackaroo's. They had seating for three i think, and were used as early air taxi's.Conversions were done at Thruxton. There is one based at Baxterley i think, Nr Coventry. G-AOIR Google this and you should get a picture up.

[pigtin]

That's the one and I remember now being told it was a Jackaroo.
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If you tie a piece of buttered toast to a cat's back, then drop it off a high building. It will hover just above the ground rotating slowly.