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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:53 pm Post subject: Early Jets TV |
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Hi
Early British military jet history.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01m81f5/Jet!_When_Britain_Ruled_the_Skies_Military_Marvels/
Can someone ID the turbo prop in the opening credits just before the Viscount though? The cockpit looks Cometish. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10 |
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Roger-hatchy
Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Posts: 2135 Location: Tiptree, Essex
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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If you mean just after the meteor take off.
Not turboprop.
It's the Bristol Brabazon.
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Thanks for that, of course it was, I just picked up those intakes and thought Turboprop because the prog was about jets.
Even worse i should have recognised the shape of those intakes as it was always claimed that the 404, 405 and 406 Bristol car rad intakes were modelled on the Brabazon style _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10
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Greg
Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 445 Location: Dreamland Margate
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:33 am Post subject: |
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Fantastic!....a lot of my favourite aircraft there
...couldn't stop watching...late to bed now!
...thank you for posting |
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pigtin
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Many thanks for that, I actually worked on equipment for the TSR2. _________________ Due to the onset of my mid eighties I'm no longer sprightly and rarely seen in my Austin special. I have written a book though. https://amzn.eu/d/7rwRRqL |
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Jim.Walker
Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 1229 Location: Chesterfield
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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The comments about schoolboy knowledge in the fifties brought back memories. I was there. I still remember that the Saab Draken could climb faster than any of the British jets in the early 1950s. And the Supermarine Swift was faster than the Hawker Hunter. And I could go on and on.
Wonderful days. I enjoyed this immensley.
Jim. _________________ Quote from my late Dad:- You only need a woman and a car and you have all the problems you
are ever likely to want". Computers had not been invented then! |
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 1750 Location: Derbyshire
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:30 am Post subject: |
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I've just spent a very happy hour watching it. I grew up with those jets at various RAF stations where my Dad was based: Strubby (Lincs.), Lyneham (Transport Command but with a Maintenance Unit servicing Meteors), Khormaskar (Aden), Masirah (middle of nowhere) and later Laarbruch and Bruggen (Germany).
I remember Venoms and Meteors flying overhead as if it was yesterday, seeing the Black Arrows loop twenty two Hunters and watching a Lightning stand on its tail and shoot skywards - both at Farnborough.
Such memories - happy days... |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22472 Location: UK
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