Re: SER1 1948 (sic.) Land Rover for sale

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A friend of mine flew Tornados and ended up instructing on them. He was 
based in Yorkshire for a while and came over for a BBQ whilst I was staying 
at my parents house. Anyway I was there for the week but he only stayed the 
weekend. But he said that on Monday the would call a bombing run on the 
phone box in the village for 1pm.

I tell you. You really wouldn't want to be the enemy. I knew they were 
coming but it was still awesome and terrifying. 5 of them came in so low 
and so fast you didn't hear them until they were on top of you. I could 
just imagine that there would be nothing but scorch marks and a few 
smoldering remains left.
 From my vantage point I was near enough level with the planes as they came 
by and I could swear I saw my mate salute as he went by.


At 10:57 11/05/2005, you wrote:
>Thanks Tom,
>I flew Phantoms in the 70's and then transitioned to F-111's out of RAF 
>Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire.  It sounds like they ingested some birds at 
>low level which would have made the engines stall like that.
>Tactical speeds were 420-480 knots at around 500' AGL so in an emergency 
>you only had seconds to make a decision and perhaps try and wrestle a 
>crippled ship out of a populated area.  It is an unforgiving business.
>
>Wayne Perrin
>On Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at 05:32 AM, Tom Wykes wrote:
>
>>
>>For those of you who are interested.
>>
>>http://www.allenby.info/aircraft/planes/61-80/leal.html
>>
>>here is a write up of the crash and some photos of the location. The 
>>picture with the lines and dots on is the view you get looking from my 
>>parents house. In fact the guy must have been standing in front of their 
>>house to take this. What it doesn't show is the village at the bottom of 
>>the valley. But like they say it was a miracle that no one else was hurt.
>>
>>
>>At 10:20 11/05/2005, you wrote:
>>
>>>A funny story, along the same lines. Apart from the sad bit.
>>>
>>>Back in the early 80s a Phantom jet crashed very very near the village 
>>>where my parents live in North Yorkshire. Sadly the two crew were 
>>>killed. It's believed that they stayed in the aircraft to try and avoid 
>>>the village.
>>>Anyway the old farmer who lives next door to my folks was first on the 
>>>scene with his tractor and trailer manhandled a large section of wing 
>>>onto the trailer and took it home. "good bit of aluminium for patching 
>>>stuff up" were his words.
>>>Anyway the crash investigation team turn up to recover all the bits and 
>>>spent a long time looking for this wing section, a part of which was 
>>>later discovered covering a hole in his milking parlour roof. and the 
>>>rest propped up in his work shop.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 10:05 11/05/2005, you wrote:
>>>>Funny you should say that Wayne, because I have actually got the remains of
>>>>a Spit in a barn.  When I say the remains that is what I mean, it crashed
>>>>nearby in '47 and the farmer who rented the barn salvaged some and 
>>>>stored it
>>>>inside.  The rest has been salvaged by souvenir hunters over the years, 
>>>>so I
>>>>doubt it will ever fly again.  Mind you Series 1's have returned from less
>>>>!!
>>>>
>>>>Tom C.
>>>>
>>>>Wayne Perrin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > If someone has the odd Supermarine laying around in a barn or hanger,
>>>> > going spare, please let me know so I can free up the space for you.  I
>>>> > wouldn't charge more than a modest handling fee to dispose of it on
>>>> > your behalf.
>>>> > Wayne Perrin
>>>> >
>>>> > P.S.  Diana, if I'm slurring my words it is due to the lingual
>>>> > musculature interfering with the mandibular occlusion
>>>> > On Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at 09:10 PM, Diana Alan wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > Bruce
>>>> > >
>>>> > > I don't guess that an RV10 would be a historic aircraft once you did a
>>>> > > quick
>>>> > > build on it would it?  I think Allan would prefer a Mk 10 Supermarine
>>>> > > Spitfire or even a North American P51D for cruising at or above 200MPH
>>>> > > and
>>>> > > yes he would have to pay for either of those.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Cheers
>>>> > > Diana
>>>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>>>> > > From: <Bruce.Stewart@xxxxx.xx>
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Auster!......Pah....come on Al....why not ditch the Auster
>>>> > > And build an RV10 quick build...TIO540 constant speed prop,
>>>> > > What a nice machine...and wouldn't it go....cruise at 200mph....
>>>> > > You might have to get a second job to pay for it though!....:o)
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Bruce Stewart
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > > To change subscription see www.landrover.net/series1/mail
>>>> > >
>>>> >
>>>> > To change subscription see www.landrover.net/series1/mail
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>To change subscription see www.landrover.net/series1/mail
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards.
>>>
>>>Tom Wykes.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>Regards.
>>
>>Tom Wykes.
>>
>>
>>
>>PCB Designer
>>Cambridge Broadband.
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>>
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>>
>>
>>To change subscription see www.landrover.net/series1/mail
>
>
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Regards.

Tom Wykes.



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