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Borg Warner · Posted 21 Aug 2012, 18:09 #1

Think this will be of interest for some of us:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m81f5

Bermudan 75 · Posted 21 Aug 2012, 22:16 #2

One not to be missed.

Mick · Posted 22 Aug 2012, 09:26 #3

I'll catch that on Iplayer later on, thanks for posting it.

RhodieBill · Posted 22 Aug 2012, 09:58 #4

Thanks....

Raistlin · Posted 22 Aug 2012, 11:14 #5

Canberra, Vulcan, Valiant, Lightning - ee bah gum, that fair takes me back

Meteor a bit before my time though :lol:

Raistlin · Posted 22 Aug 2012, 21:37 #6

TSR2 as well! That's a keeper

Hands up who spotted XV231 behind the Lightning at Manchester?

Borg Warner · Posted 23 Aug 2012, 17:36 #7

Well in the garden this after and this rather strange noise in the distance.

Looked through the gap in the houses and there was XH558.

Even swmbo was impressed.

Believe it's at Clacton tomorrow and the general direction we saw it guess it was over Wattisham.

Awesome.

Mick · Posted 23 Aug 2012, 18:26 #8

Very interesting programme, was never really interested in aircraft at the time, I am now. I think I may own a rivet on XH558 or at least part of one.

Borg Warner · Posted 23 Aug 2012, 18:39 #9

What got me was even when there was a fatal crash at Farnborough, they carried on? What was it? A test pilot a month was killed?

Hope to catch Pt 2 next week.

Bermudan 75 · Posted 29 Aug 2012, 21:15 #10

I missed episode 1, but just watched episode 2. Excellent programme but would liked to have seen something on the 1-11, Trident, HS748, HS125, and the Handley Page Herald and Jetstream. And just to upset Boeing,a footnote, VC10 50 years and still going.

Raistlin · Posted 30 Aug 2012, 05:51 #11

I thought maybe a nod to Concorde as well? Still an interesting programme though.

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