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What the hell accent does this bloke have? I counter him calling us 'guys' over 107 times...... Bad teaching practice I say!
:lol::lol: Agreed, he probably got caught up on a barbed wire fence. This is the correct video I meant to put up about the lazer sight from an earlier question which was filmed at your old stomping ground Peter:
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Like many British people he has taken to using American words/phases such as "Guys", perhaps trying to be "modern and cool". If you are like myself, old fashioned and boring, you may prefer stick to English words and phases because we are British.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
Half English, half Kermit the frog on helium gas...Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
Dear o' deary me....... what on earth is the soldier at 1 minute for 10 seconds wearing on his head? And what on earth is his badge doing over his left ear? Don't they have platoon Sgts, section Sgts and CSM's to wear it properly? The age old problem and enemy of all laser sights is daylight and especially sunny daylight! I expect the new binoculars are one-way-trip jobbies.
The RSM's of today Peter are not made of the same stuff as us mate, that would have earned the badge holder at least a "SHELLING"
That's always been an issue...always.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
Lasers cause the troops to fiddle to try to get on target. Instinctive shooting has two rounds down and usually on. It needs to be practiced though.
Flying10K mentioned the Avro Shackleton for its impressive service longevity.
It first flew in 1949.
But like a lot of things, it had "history", being based on the major bits of the Avro "Lincoln" bomber.
The "Lincoln" was essentially a Griffon-engined "last gasp" of the legendary Lancaster. Post WW2, starting in Canada, it also spun off the "civil", version, the "Lancastrian".
But, the Lancaster bomber was itself derived from the Pre-WW2 "Manchester", which provided the basic fuselage and outer wings. The Manchester was woefully under-powered with only a PAIR of the notoriously unreliable "Vulture" engines, compared with the four Merlins on a standard Lancaster.
Designed development, not wild "flights of fancy".
The Avro Lancaster proved that the Avro Manchester was a good well designed aircraft, apart from the engines. Many of the early Lancasters were made from converted Avro Manchesters. I believe that I am correct in stating that the Avro Lancaster that is now in the RAF Museum, Hendon, London started out life as a Avro Manchester fuselage although it was never completed as a Manchester, I stand to be corrected on this point.