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[montravia]

Tell me about it. When I did my 1st solo flight the RAF airfield on my route denied me permission to fly over. Had to turn West and box it. Somehow I managed to get to Beverley.

Unplanned diversion was and still is part of the nav/skills test.

 

[DLax69]

Unplanned diversion was and still is part of the nav/skills test.

I just thought they didn't like me...!

 

[Andyk]

Baked some cookies with my youngest last night.

 

[philw696]

Still hankering after a XJ6.

 

[philw696]

Recreated by hand in a shed on South Island New Zealand.

 

[doodlebug]

Recreated by hand in a shed on South Island New Zealand.
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Rod Tempero if I'm not mistaken. Fantastic skills.

 

[mikem]

5 brothers in the merchant marine (all Blue Star) - 3 deck and 2 engineers in the 70’s. Two are back teaching old school stuff in Nautical College. I’ll bet my fid (3ft) is bigger than your marlinspike

Just finished reading the account of the recent locating of Shackleton’s Endurance and the expedition - Frank Worsley’s impressive navigation -22+ chronometers on the ship but his trusted one kept inside his shirt.

I also spent the first 12 years of my merchant navy career in Blue Star (deck) , small world.

 

[RodTungsten]

I also spent the first 12 years of my merchant navy career in Blue Star (deck) , small world.

The Ashton brothers - Andrew, Philip, David, Dominic & Tim. My job was usually delivering or collecting them, often with, let’s say accompanying goods of one kind or another….

 

[philw696]

 

[Lozzer]

Probably the GOAT touring car that never quite managed to be the GOAT touring car of its time. Magnificently unreliably britishly awesome.

 

[P5Nij]

 

[philw696]

Merlin engine assembly line.

 

[Lozzer]

Merlin engine assembly line.
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Kermit Weeks (pic) bought 40 surplus merlins in the early 80's for $2000 a piece

 

[Lozzer]

Merlin engine assembly line.
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It's amazing how we managed to get by without a CNC machine

 

[MAF260]

 

[Oneball]

Christmas movie time

 

[drellis]

Yippie ky aye

 

[midlifecrisis]

Please don't watch the sequel, it's all so effing wrong...

 

[Oneball]

Please don't watch the sequel, it's all so effing wrong...

I know but it’s still fun.

 

[midlifecrisis]

I know but it’s still fun.

No it's NOT!