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Two Iconic Brit Fighters

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:36 pm
by jarhead60mm
I thought some Lardies might find this of interest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjOqNj7R1jg

Terry

Re: Two Iconic Brit Fighters

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:30 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
I'd have gone for Henry Cooper and Nigel Benn, but there you go.

Re: Two Iconic Brit Fighters

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:40 pm
by Truscott Trotter
Funny my first thoughts were Henry Cooper and Joe Bugner.

I guess it is Spits and Hurries not Gloster Gladiators and Harts?

Re: Two Iconic Brit Fighters

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:45 pm
by chris cornwell
Joe Bugner was South African really iirc

Re: Two Iconic Brit Fighters

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:56 am
by Truscott Trotter
Actually he is a Hungarian-born British-Australian national :lol:
But interesting vid anyway and two iconic Brit planes indeed
This is my fave though
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Re: Two Iconic Brit Fighters

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:29 am
by Quackstheking
Gotta hand it to the pilot of the Camel - you couldn't pay me to go up in that string bag powered by a faulty lawnmower engine!

Don

Re: Two Iconic Brit Fighters

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 11:28 am
by Truscott Trotter
A faulty lawnmower engine that rotated and would plunge your plane into the ground if you did not pay attention.

Re: Two Iconic Brit Fighters

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 7:26 pm
by BaronVonWreckedoften
I had an actual lawnmower that used to do that.

Re: Two Iconic Brit Fighters

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 10:12 am
by KTiger_44
Well, you're now officially halfway towards building a plane to engage Fokkers and Pfalz's over the Somme :mrgreen:
But to come back to the original topic, it's just sad that things like "stalling speeds" exist, because if it wasn't for that, it would have been a great thing to see a Camel, a Spitfire, an English Electric Lightning, a Jaguar, a Tornado, a Typhoon and a F-35 flying together!

... but well, at least, it'd be possible without the Camel, which could then fly in formation with helicopters.

Re: Two Iconic Brit Fighters

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:04 am
by Truscott Trotter
EE Lightning is one of my favorite jet fighters of all time and the Aifix kits was one of my earliest builds.