Battle of Britain Memorial Flight visit

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by pkrboo, Jun 9, 2023.

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  1. art b

    art b

    Brave...!
     
    art b, Jun 10, 2023
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  2. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    even bigger!!
     
    Merlin Cat, Jun 10, 2023
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  3. snotty

    snotty

    Room for a Spitfire?
     
    snotty, Jun 10, 2023
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  4. Merlin Cat

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    That’s fantastic
     
    Merlin Cat, Jun 10, 2023
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  5. snotty

    snotty

    Or, if you haven't read it, "Not Much of an Engineer" by Stanley Hooker. Covers the early days of the Merlin ("You seem like a bright fellow who knows about all this airflow stuff. From tomorrow, you're in charge of the supercharger, ok?") and Rolls gas turbines. Plenty of bright fellows and politics (Stan was a bit naive about the Chinese...). Great book!
     
    snotty, Jun 10, 2023
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  6. Sydney

    Sydney

    You’ll probably also be interested in this page from another of his logbooks when he was in 218 squadron flying Lancaster’s towards the end of the war:

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    Sydney, Jun 11, 2023
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  7. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    That’s very interesting :thumbsup:
     
    Merlin Cat, Jun 11, 2023
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