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·I have the Wright Flyer, it’s a big watch relative to my wrist size but it contains a piece of the first powered flying machine that flew this year 120 years ago for the first time.
The Aviators Thread
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··Married... with childrenThat's very cool. Did the watch come with a certificate to say which part of the aircraft was incorporated into the watch?
Neil Armstrong had a piece of the same cloth when he landed on the moon and most recently the NASA Mars Rover helicopter had a piece of the cloth fixed to it for its first flights on Mars.
Pretty cool to think a 120 year old piece of Muslin cloth has flown on the Earth, Moon and Mars.
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Anniversary of the maiden flight of the Supermarine Spitfire, arguably the most iconic aeroplane of all time.
At 4-30pm on the 5th of March 1936 test pilot Mutt Summers took the Spitfire up for 40 minutes.
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Twocats
··Married... with childrenI don’t believe there is a person alive who would not relish the chance of a flight in the Spitfire. It’s as beautiful as it was practical.
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·I don’t believe there is a person alive who would not relish the chance of a flight in the Spitfire. It’s as beautiful as it was practical.
If that had been when I was 9 years old there's no way anybody would've got me out.
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Later on the 2 Lancs, Vera and Thumper flew over 👎
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Anniversary of the maiden flight of the Supermarine Spitfire, arguably the most iconic aeroplane of all time.
At 4-30pm on the 5th of March 1936 test pilot Mutt Summers took the Spitfire up for 40 minutes.
Bremont have a limited edition Sortie watch you can only buy if you have flown in a Spitfire (passenger or pilot). I think there is another you can only get if you have solo flown a Spitfire.
Mutt Summers was an amazing chap who also helped develop the bouncing bomb flying the tests for that. I think he got his nickname from often having a Pee on the rear wheel before a flight. Not as mad as it sounds as it avoided a pressing 'need' in the air and also a full bladder was said to cause more injuries in a crash or bale out situation. Someone once told me after the first short Spitfire test flight he just said 'change nothing'
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Turpinr
·Bremont have a limited edition Sortie watch you can only buy if you have flown in a Spitfire (passenger or pilot). I think there is another you can only get if you have solo flown a Spitfire.
Mutt Summers was an amazing chap who also helped develop the bouncing bomb flying the tests for that. I think he got his nickname from often having a Pee on the rear wheel before a flight. Not as mad as it sounds as it avoided a pressing 'need' in the air and also a full bladder was said to cause more injuries in a crash or bale out situation. Someone once told me after the first short Spitfire test flight he just said 'change nothing'
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I know he flew a Wellington when they were testing the bouncing bomb.
One of the blokes on the Altitude site has been up in a Spit and got the watch, lucky git😜
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·Last summer within the space of 8 days a Hurricane flew over twice and a Lancaster in between.
I didn't see anyone take any notice of the Hurricane but they did of the Lanc.Mind you the Lanc was a lot lower.
Some kids playing football stopped and watched as the mighty Lanc went over
I didn't see anyone take any notice of the Hurricane but they did of the Lanc.Mind you the Lanc was a lot lower.
Some kids playing football stopped and watched as the mighty Lanc went over
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·I think he got his nickname from often having a Pee on the rear wheel before a flight. Not as mad as it sounds as it avoided a pressing 'need' in the air and also a full bladder was said to cause more injuries in a crash or bale out situation.
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SpeedyPhill
·Omega & Longines 6B/159 - The Royal Air Force's Secret Weapon of WW2
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I saw that one as well - he does some quality videos IMHO. Also on Seamaster / military.
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·A lot of bomber crews pi55ed on the wheels of their kites for luck.
Superstition was a big thing among the bomber boys.
Superstition was a big thing among the bomber boys.
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·A lot of bomber crews pi55ed on the wheels of their kites for luck.
Superstition was a big thing among the bomber boys.
It became a tradition for cosmonauts to piss onto the wheels of the bus driving them to the launchpad, as Yuri Gagarin had done on April 12, 1961
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It became a tradition for cosmonauts to piss onto the wheels of the bus driving them to the launchpad, as Yuri Gagarin had done on April 12, 1961
Maybe it's an aviation theme 👍
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··Married... with childrenI saw this for the first time today… 20 years old or so.
A bad day at the office / glad no one was hurt..
The pilot could get a job in a kitchen with slicing like that.
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The aircraft was sliced by a runaway Piper Saratoga's propeller. Four other aircraft were damaged, three beyond repair.
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https://www.1001crash.com/index-page-description-accident-SAA_B747-lg-2-crash-134.html
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·I saw this for the first time today… 20 years old or so.
A bad day at the office / glad no one was hurt..
The pilot could get a job in a kitchen with slicing like that.
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The aircraft was sliced by a runaway Piper Saratoga's propeller. Four other aircraft were damaged, three beyond repair.
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·This is one of the funniest I have seen. The 747 is famous for needing section 41 repairs nut this particular section 41 is toast.
https://www.1001crash.com/index-page-description-accident-SAA_B747-lg-2-crash-134.html
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·On one level a bit silly / an another rather cool and impressive (or perhaps rather Coulthard would be a better description :0)
(78) Coulthard-driven Red Bull F1 car takes on inverted race plane - YouTube
(78) Coulthard-driven Red Bull F1 car takes on inverted race plane - YouTube
