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by Condor68
Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:46 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Pub noise
Replies: 0
Views: 199

Pub noise

My wife laura mentioned about a year ago it was quiet .Unusual as we stay between what were the busiest two hotels in our town and post covid it has been deathly quiet.Having growing up in the house next to the railway I filtered noise out. She mentioned the other night it was deadly quiet and she w...
by Condor68
Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Perfect Timing.
Replies: 2
Views: 161

Re: Perfect Timing.

Was there not an american concept built and battle trialled In a few wars think it was the USP-1127 HARRIER/AV-8..It did deliver.
by Condor68
Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Should I or shouldnt I post.
Replies: 0
Views: 137

Should I or shouldnt I post.

Quite a few years ago now I got taken to task by on of the British Legion organisers in our town because I was spotted watching the parade not participating.I said my military career was the cadets and the march was for the guys who actually served.I was told with no room to argue that when I signed...
by Condor68
Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:23 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Perfect Timing.
Replies: 2
Views: 161

Perfect Timing.

Been a bit quiet so thought this might amuse and maybe attract other experiences.On a wet and pretty miserable Sunday in the mid 80s I took my son to the Open day at Dyce.Most of the Helicopters doing Oil related jobs were American as were most of the regular airport traffic.A person from over the p...
by Condor68
Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:50 pm
Forum: RAF Leuchars
Topic: A-400 Atlas
Replies: 1
Views: 244

Re: A-400 Atlas

It passed fairly low and close to our house en route to Leuchars .Didnt seem too noisy.Of course that was only one pass they did about 8 or 9 at Leuchars with the return leg that could have got a bit wearing.
by Condor68
Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Band Of Brothers Documentary
Replies: 5
Views: 475

Re: Band Of Brothers Documentary

Like you raptor I have both and I find both have a lot of very powerful bits if watched alone rather than with others and a few beers(I watched both over a few night when I was ill a good few years ago}My wife is at present watching the box set as after watching an episode on TV she is hooked again....
by Condor68
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:44 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Louis Gossett Jr
Replies: 7
Views: 410

Re: Louis Gossett Jr

For anyone who read the above before it was edited I made a booboo.The shot I mentioned came from what I think was called Supercarrier around 1988ish.Not Iron Eagle

Apologies

Keith
by Condor68
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:35 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Louis Gossett Jr
Replies: 7
Views: 410

Re: Louis Gossett Jr

Would agree with all the comments .Thought it was on the tele again recently but the new one is even more far fetched..I know someone else writes it but with most fiLms its all in the delivery and he did it in everything I saw him in.havent seen a 4.

R.I.P. Chappie
by Condor68
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Boy, 11, found driving BMW towing caravan on M1
Replies: 11
Views: 1047

Re: Boy, 11, found driving BMW towing caravan on M1

I think the 4th word is the key iain as with his driving due to overweight vehicle etc there was no thought, he was all over the place and causing problems by other vehicles avoiding him.That would make boarding said lifeboat difficult..The only thing I know that comes near it was when I had a doubl...
by Condor68
Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:30 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Happy Easter to all
Replies: 3
Views: 238

Re: Happy Easter to all

Not so many of my pals still serving now with His Majesties Services but I think of them and the ones who didnt come home everyday.
Hope everyone had as nice a day as I had with family.

Keith
by Condor68
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Tail wagging dog?
Replies: 2
Views: 492

Re: Tail wagging dog?

Gary I am sure one of the papers up here reckoned it was £164 for the real strip and as you say £84 for the stadium strip.I still cant get my head round it.Dont know if it still applies but at one of the rugby internationals a few years ago there was a bit about strips in the programme.Apparently th...
by Condor68
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:59 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Top Gun Maverick
Replies: 95
Views: 9327

Re: Top Gun Maverick

🇺🇦 🌻 🇺🇦 The advantage of having it recorded on TV is that the mushy bits can be fast forwarded. ? Did he charge for using his own aircraft for the final scene? Probably did C24 but I couldnt care I liked the close ups of the plane ,the colours and the fact that liking a puzzle which ones James Cord...
by Condor68
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:34 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Top Gun Maverick
Replies: 95
Views: 9327

Re: Top Gun Maverick

Why is Rooster “Gooses” son so young in it? He’d be in his early 40s 😳🤣 Maybe he had been using all these anti ageing products Blackcat ,if he was they are good!,apparentlly they are worth it. I thought his hair was a bit funny .Wig? .Then again maybe he just looked younger than he was in the origi...
by Condor68
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: Airshow & Event Photography
Topic: Thank you
Replies: 0
Views: 433

Thank you

Dont think I thanked you guys who use this Section but a good few years ago I lost a large part of my info due to a (Floppy disc remember them glitch)I managed to recover a fair bit and a lot of it was from your pictures..

Thanks again

Keith
by Condor68
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: Airshow & Event Photography
Topic: Happiness is Vectored Thrust...
Replies: 7
Views: 1495

Re: Happiness is Vectored Thrust...

These shots should make a Government embarrassed as yet again an unprepared bunch led us into a war. These were what got us out of it.Like the night ones I
can never get it right.Also the P1127 got memories there.
by Condor68
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: Airshow & Event Photography
Topic: Phantom in the Phog (& others)
Replies: 5
Views: 1050

Re: Phantom in the Phog (& others)

The fog shots reminded me of a shot I couldnt get.While at Leuchars we were fishing on the river Eden for Sea Trout on a miserable light foggy evening .All of a sudden there was a lot of noise and shortly after 2 Phantoms hammered down the runway not too far away from us.I have never forgotten looki...
by Condor68
Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:59 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Wartime dummy airfields
Replies: 7
Views: 1448

Re: Wartime dummy airfields

Apologies should have been thanks to all who helped.

Keith
by Condor68
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:21 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Tail wagging dog?
Replies: 2
Views: 492

Tail wagging dog?

After the fuss about the new England kit because manufacturer seemingly wanted a new slant,it is on some Sunday paper sites Brazil didnt play in their famous yellow despite no colour clash because the makers apparently wanted them to wear blue strips. If they can do that contractually there must be ...
by Condor68
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:09 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Top Gun Maverick
Replies: 95
Views: 9327

Re: Top Gun Maverick

Just watching it now.they have just entered the valley flying under the missiles sites.I would have thought Radar wouldnt be needed to detect them.4 Hornets giving it welly a couple hundred feet away might just be heard by the most relaxed sentry.
by Condor68
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Top Gun Maverick
Replies: 95
Views: 9327

Re: Top Gun Maverick

My two cents having now seen it. SPOLIER ALERT Yes a fair amount of CGI, but tbf I think the fifth generation fighter involved were a little busy at the time of filming, and relations with Iran are also a little sticky to enable the borrowing of a Tomcat or two. I feel Rooster was made waaay too mu...

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