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Haven't worked out how to attach on here but the ACDC Thunderstruck Apache video on youtube is awesome
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Haven't worked out how to attach on here but the ACDC Thunderstruck Apache video on youtube is awesome
Or 640 tonnes....
Interesting that they seem to be using a road atlas.
Strangely, I looked on Google Earth the other day, and there's a U2 there on the current view, presumably for the Syria/Iraq situation.
They came with support from Starlifters, the first plane that I saw with a really flexible wing. They always looked exhausted, as the wings subsided during landing, as the speed came off it looked as though the tips might end up dragging on the ground.
Here - fairly sure that's one, a later issue, with the wing pods.Were was 'there' ? I remember watching a film/video shot at an RAF base, on you tube, the camera operator was following an RAF jet taxing and as the camera panned a U2 could be seen in the background. As far as I know they were not officially on UK soil at that time. There were no details on who shot the movie.
I had that all hours of the day, and night, for years - the novelty wears off....My other half and I witnessed the Vulcan Bomber flying over Manchester last year, the noise was amazing.
I've always liked the Bristol Boxkite, one of the first truly practical aircraft - an elegant and efficient design.
They were used for lifting aerial wires from lifeboats/rafts, amongst other things..A friend, back in my school days had a box kite, an ex RAF/army one. He told me they were used as a distress/signalling device and there design allowed them to fly in almost any weather. I never checked this fact but it sounded plausible at the time.