Fighter plane over Bristol this morning?
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Noel edmonds and richard branson are actually the same person. (pedant mode on) The decibel is logarithmic, the richter scale is based on 3 factors and the use of a nomogram to get the final scary number.
Wasnt that beoing sst based on the mach 3 bomber that never really saw service, a very cool plane. I suspect we will soon see an sst again, I think i read somewhere that the japanese are thinking about one.
Wasnt that beoing sst based on the mach 3 bomber that never really saw service, a very cool plane. I suspect we will soon see an sst again, I think i read somewhere that the japanese are thinking about one.
munkeeunit
sumptuous lushness
Isambard said:Branson is rather a shouty wanker isn't he.
I dunno if i hate him more or less than Noel Edmonds......
Noel Edmonds, Branson, Alan Sugar, Donald Trump, all part of the same nauseating plan to make capitalism cool and trendy. They absorb the language of the 'street' repackage it, add shiny knobs to it and feed it back to us at a significant mark-up.
Mcdonalds - I'm lovin' it. Fuck Off.
The Sun - we love it. Fuck Off.
All part of the same corporate bollocks which pretends to be our mate.
(Except Noel Edmonds doesn't really fit that well
)Ummm... where were we?
*Tangential Rant Mode Off*
The Pious Pawn
I Can
I dont live near bristol but a couple of times this has happened near me fighter planes have screamed over head bloody low scares hell out of you to . ive kept a eye out in the news but nothing ever tallys up with said event .
Miscellaneous
Princess
Pawn said:
I had a chinook hover 5 ft above the roof of my old office once, I actually hid under the desk until they decided that they were going to land.
Bastard Marines/Squaddies *hides from other half*
With Branson yes Munkee but I ALWAYS though Alan Sugar was a nasty piece of work.
You are not wrong on Edmonds either though, don't doubt yourself. He always was a capitalist bastard. Didn't he lose a fortune in some dodgy share deal or something a few years back?
You are not wrong on Edmonds either though, don't doubt yourself. He always was a capitalist bastard. Didn't he lose a fortune in some dodgy share deal or something a few years back?
A bit more detail for those interested...
Concorde was making a very good profit for BA up until September 11th. But they were still committed to running it until 2012 (if I remember rightly) and started to be very tactical with which ones they would use to keep a balanced number of airframe hours across their fleet of five (with 2 more 'unconverted' post accident, being used for spares).
The killer blow was: Air France Crash... AF sales never recovered after that. AF pulls out. Airbus withdraws support for aircraft (effectively - by upping the cost to BA massively). With no support organisation (Airbus would not release technical details to another supplier) the aircraft could not get a type certificate, and thus could not fly passengers commercially. BA tried two rescue plans - a joint service with American Airlines, and a heritage flight operation for airshows and state occasions. Branson's plan was irrelevent because Airbus explicitly said they wouldn't support the airfcraft with any other airlines.
Although BA and AF were the only airlines to operate concorde, it did briefly run under "dual livery" with Braniff and with Singapore Airlines. Something like 130 concordes were originally ordered by a variety of airlines, but they all cancelled after the project was delayed and the 747 was launched.
Noise and pollution factors were very big concerns when the aircraft was launched, with a prolonged period where it could not be flown into NYC one of the few US destinations within fuel range. The objections were eventually overcome, and with the limited number of aircraft that were actually delivered, Concorde largely fell off the map in terms of environmental concern.
The final flight was to Filton, the British birthplace of Concorde.
Concorde lines up for the final time at Heathrow
Concorde was making a very good profit for BA up until September 11th. But they were still committed to running it until 2012 (if I remember rightly) and started to be very tactical with which ones they would use to keep a balanced number of airframe hours across their fleet of five (with 2 more 'unconverted' post accident, being used for spares).
The killer blow was: Air France Crash... AF sales never recovered after that. AF pulls out. Airbus withdraws support for aircraft (effectively - by upping the cost to BA massively). With no support organisation (Airbus would not release technical details to another supplier) the aircraft could not get a type certificate, and thus could not fly passengers commercially. BA tried two rescue plans - a joint service with American Airlines, and a heritage flight operation for airshows and state occasions. Branson's plan was irrelevent because Airbus explicitly said they wouldn't support the airfcraft with any other airlines.
Although BA and AF were the only airlines to operate concorde, it did briefly run under "dual livery" with Braniff and with Singapore Airlines. Something like 130 concordes were originally ordered by a variety of airlines, but they all cancelled after the project was delayed and the 747 was launched.
Noise and pollution factors were very big concerns when the aircraft was launched, with a prolonged period where it could not be flown into NYC one of the few US destinations within fuel range. The objections were eventually overcome, and with the limited number of aircraft that were actually delivered, Concorde largely fell off the map in terms of environmental concern.
The final flight was to Filton, the British birthplace of Concorde.
Concorde lines up for the final time at Heathrow
djbombscare
Plays with knives
Miscellaneous said:I had a chinook hover 5 ft above the roof of my old office once, I actually hid under the desk until they decided that they were going to land.
Bastard Marines/Squaddies *hides from other half*
We had the copper chopper doing that the other night. Fizz was having a bath in the bathroom and I was busting for a wee. And she had the door locked. I know I thought. I'll just pop out in the garden its only a wee after all. . .
So down I stagger doing all I can to not let anything escape. And make it otu the door.
Just as the copper chopper arrives.
I look up and its decided for the next five minutes our garden is it waypoint. Hover hover hover.
I looked at the grass, checked out the weeds, wandered around feeling like I was criminal in me own fecking garden. And still it stayed.
I gave up and went in again, thought I'd have to go in the sink. But Fizz was out the bath by then luckilly enough as I dont think I'd have had the time to empty the sink of washing up.
djbombscare
Plays with knives
paolo999 said:
Wicked stuff
I gotta say in that pic I think it looks sad
I was in the spotlight with the Avon and Somerset police chopper, a few winters back.
I was keeping warm at home with a Parkray stove, and dead timber harvested from the Downs. There was a nice big lump of fallen hawthorn, over towards Stoke Bishop, and I went over there one cold and frosty night, with my bush saw, and set to work
There was some police activity going on over in Sneyd Park. Presumably someone had been seen looking insufficiently rich, or something.
The chopper arrived in the neighbourhood, and presumably switched on the infra-red camera.
After a good half-hour's sawing, I must have leapt out at them on the screen.
Next thing you know, the spotlight was shining down on me. It was very bright, I must say.
I gave them a cheery wave. They decided I was relatively harmless, and went on their way. And I went home to a real fire.
I was keeping warm at home with a Parkray stove, and dead timber harvested from the Downs. There was a nice big lump of fallen hawthorn, over towards Stoke Bishop, and I went over there one cold and frosty night, with my bush saw, and set to work
There was some police activity going on over in Sneyd Park. Presumably someone had been seen looking insufficiently rich, or something.
The chopper arrived in the neighbourhood, and presumably switched on the infra-red camera.
After a good half-hour's sawing, I must have leapt out at them on the screen.
Next thing you know, the spotlight was shining down on me. It was very bright, I must say.
I gave them a cheery wave. They decided I was relatively harmless, and went on their way. And I went home to a real fire.
Miscellaneous
Princess
djbombscare said:
You poor poor darling. 
It seems that the OB have found a true criminal at last. 
RubberBuccaneer
Hedd Wyn
We have been trained in Libyan terrorists camp by Colonal 'The Taffy 'Gadaffi .
djbombscare
Plays with knives
Miscellaneous said:
I think Devon and Cornwall must have sent my picture and prints up
I was comtemplatinmg opening up on em and seeing if I could hit the copter with the stream, but thought knowing my luck, I'd get arrested for a concealed weapon or something.
Miscellaneous
Princess
djbombscare said:I think Devon and Cornwall must have sent my picture and prints up
I was comtemplatinmg opening up on em and seeing if I could hit the copter with the stream, but thought knowing my luck, I'd get arrested for a concealed weapon or something.
I bet A&S have you on their prom noms list!
You'd probably get a FPN for pissing in their direction or assualt Police.
RubberBuccaneer
Hedd Wyn
Don't post pictures like that.
Poor bugger will be inundated with requests from this forum asking him if he can fly them to Paris.
Poor bugger will be inundated with requests from this forum asking him if he can fly them to Paris.
RubberBuccaneer
Hedd Wyn
llantwit said:
My Great great grandfather was from Wells, so I claim duel forum nationallity
munkeeunit
sumptuous lushness
llantwit said:Launching operation Yokelbash phase one... I'm going in.....
[cue dambusters music]
All Bristol / South Westerners should be aware that Llantwit reminds under Bristol 'supervision' following being shot down with power jet water pistols.
We are providing him with an internet connection, in line the the U75 Geneva Conventions, and are negotiating for his release via a third party despite ongoing provocation from the Welsh who, despite the above photographic evidence, and our 'sdupervisory' holding of Llantwit, insist that our claims of bombings raids over Bristol are a case of 'paranoia'.
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=162313
munkeeunit
sumptuous lushness
They remain in the tumble dryer, and will then be examined as an item of welsh technology.
You will have your personal effects returned upon your release.
Do you promise to invade London next or not?
You will have your personal effects returned upon your release.
Do you promise to invade London next or not?
munkeeunit
sumptuous lushness
The following statement has now been made, and can be read in full on the Wales forum, who need the posts to get them within invasion distance of London
Llantwit To Be Released - War With London Looms
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=162583
Llantwit To Be Released - War With London Looms
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=162583
*bump*
On the subject of unusual jet planes over Bristol, apparently the world's biggest passenger aircraft will be flying over tomorrow lunchtime (Thursday).
(-This is 'weather permitting' though, and the forecast is for rain and cloud, so it might not actually happen.)
On the subject of unusual jet planes over Bristol, apparently the world's biggest passenger aircraft will be flying over tomorrow lunchtime (Thursday).
(-This is 'weather permitting' though, and the forecast is for rain and cloud, so it might not actually happen.)
Ooooooh. I saw it. I was down by the Cumberland Basin, on my morning bike ride. I whipped out my cheap go-everywhere digital camera, and
It didn't work.
Damn cheap digital camera.
So here's the flypast in haiku form.
It didn't work.
Damn cheap digital camera.
So here's the flypast in haiku form.
It flew slowly by;
A grey plane in a grey sky
And a faint rumble
.A grey plane in a grey sky
And a faint rumble
djbombscare
Plays with knives
I heard the sound of engines. Looked up saw clouds and went back into the office and made a BIG paper aeroplane.
munkeeunit
sumptuous lushness
I heard it, but it sounded like it's engines were really struggling, and as if there was more than a few loose spanners rattling around.
I half feared it was about to drop out of sky.
I half feared it was about to drop out of sky.
