Heather

Oh, Mr. Quirke.............lol at the 'cat line' to end your post!!! I have
an original "Earl the Dead Cat" and the death certificate.....I display him
proudly.
Heirloom, old and need to hack up a fur ball


"cquirke (MVP Win9x)" wrote in message
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:21:08 -0000, "Mike M"

Heavy bomber designed to deliver nuclear weapons.

Carried the "Blue Steel" stand-off missile, wasn't it?

The Vulcan (http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co...can/index.html)
was
perhaps the most successful and certainly the best known of the three
British V bombers, the others being the Valiant (built by Vickers
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/valiant/) and the Victor (from
Handley Page http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co...tor/index.html).
The Victor went on to serve for many years as a in-flight refuelling
tanker.

What was interesting was that the Victor's distinctive swept wing
design (which sweeps slightly more forwards from some point along the
edge) came from a single test sample of a wartime German jet bomber.
If I remember correctly, the Arado Ar 234 v16.

Yes! Google agrees :-)

http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/His...r234/Ar234.htm

This is also interesting reading...

http://aeroweb.lucia.it/~agretch/RAFAQ/GermanJets.html

No pictures of the v16, unfortunately, though Google found some links
for model conversion kits to add the v16's swept wings.



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Cats have 9 lives, which makes them
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They should have just used Pirates to begin with........
Heirloom, old and arrrrrrr matey


"Shane" wrote in message

Did you know that the V-Force crew
were required to wear an eyepatch, so if the nuclear blast blinded one eye
they had one in reserve?
Shane

Mescalito has opened up my eyes
Mescalito has set my mind at ease
Mescalito has opened up my eyes
Set my mind at ease...
Ah!
...............courtesy of James Taylor.
Heirloom, old and a fan

"Shane" wrote in message
...
Sounds like somebody's been dancin' with mescalitto again.

Is that the cactus or the worm?


Shane

arrrrrrr!


Shane


"heirloom" wrote in message
...
They should have just used Pirates to begin with........
Heirloom, old and arrrrrrr matey


"Shane" wrote in message

Did you know that the V-Force crew
were required to wear an eyepatch, so if the nuclear blast blinded one
eye
they had one in reserve?
Shane

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:18:44 -0000, "Shane"

Heavy bomber designed to deliver nuclear weapons.
Carried the "Blue Steel" stand-off missile, wasn't it?

Mm. In an earlier post I made the elementary (frankly illiterate) error of
calling it a bomb. About 100 mile range. Did you know that the V-Force crew
were required to wear an eyepatch, so if the nuclear blast blinded one eye
they had one in reserve?

Nope, but I keep an eye closed when going outside if I forget my
shades, for much the same reason - else I tromp on things when
bludering back into the Festery darkness!

Been up in a Lightning yet then Chris?

Alas not - but I did fly from Bloem to Cape Town in an original Dakota
a few years back. Normally, that takes between 1 to 2 hours via small
airliner, but the (very) unpressurised Dak took 5 hours! I sat as far
away from the yawning open door as possible ;-)

We still fly Dakotas (DC-3 or C-47, civil vs. military) here, but they
now have smaller turboprop engines. It looks like a very neat
conversion; the new engine nacelles are slimmer and longer.

Folks can fly (as passengers) in various ex-military jet planes at
Thunder City, outside Cape Town, but I suspect the cost may exceed
that of getting to Cape Town from elsewhere in the world. Thunder
City indeedr has a Lightening, as well as a Buccaneer and Hunter. But
tourists are more likely to take a helicopter flip, possibly in the
Vietnam-stalwart Bell Uraquios, if that's still on offer.

But IMO the best may have been to fly passenger in the Ju-52 that
South Africa acquired before WW2. Not sure if that's still airworthy,
though; it's been a few years since I saw it flying around.



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lol I knew that would wake you up g
Joan

Heather wrote:
Hokay, Jose.....you just wait and watch over your shoulder. The Witch of
the North will get you.

Sending a little *wrath* your way.....could you send me some warm weather?
Still snowing up here.

Kissies.....Figgs

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 01:01:09 GMT,"Shane"
penned this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general

Sounds like somebody's been dancin' with mescalitto again.

Is that the cactus or the worm?


Shane



Google: Carlos Castaneda.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike

You guys read Castenada? Hmmmm.... I'm spaced right out! Cool. Ever
read "The Little Prince"?

John

B.J.Honeycut wrote:

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 01:01:09 GMT,"Shane"
penned this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general


Sounds like somebody's been dancin' with mescalitto again.

Is that the cactus or the worm?


Shane




Google: Carlos Castaneda.

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:36:50 GMT,John John penned
this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general

You guys read Castenada? Hmmmm.... I'm spaced right out! Cool. Ever
read "The Little Prince"?

John

B.J.Honeycut wrote:

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 01:01:09 GMT,"Shane"
penned this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general


Sounds like somebody's been dancin' with mescalitto again.

Is that the cactus or the worm?


Shane




Google: Carlos Castaneda.



choking on me own laughter Oh yes.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike

Cool again... I'll never forget how at the tender age of seven I
learn't how to draw a sheep in a box... with three holes in the box...
"Dessine moi un mouton..." At the age of sixteen or seventeen on
"Castenada" logic my mom didn't think I was very clever with my new
ideas... hanging from a baobab tree...

Jean-Guy

B.J.Honeycut wrote:

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:36:50 GMT,John John penned
this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general


You guys read Castenada? Hmmmm.... I'm spaced right out! Cool. Ever
read "The Little Prince"?

John

B.J.Honeycut wrote:


On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 01:01:09 GMT,"Shane"
penned this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general



Sounds like somebody's been dancin' with mescalitto again.

Is that the cactus or the worm?


Shane




Google: Carlos Castaneda.



choking on me own laughter Oh yes.