The Plane that Saved Britain! (1 Viewer)

[Rob]

Be honest, with that title you were thinking of the Spit weren't you?! But no, there is a tv docu on Channel 4 on Sunday night at 8pm about the Mosquito or Wooden Wonder if you will, looks like it will be good.

Rob

 

[Jack]

Be honest, with that title you were thinking of the Spit weren't you?! But no, there is a tv docu on Channel 4 on Sunday night at 8pm about the Mosquito or Wooden Wonder if you will, looks like it will be good.

Rob

It was your name AND the title that made me think of the Spit!

 

[Rob]

It was your name AND the title that made me think of the Spit!

^&grin^&grin

Ok. I'll give you that one.

Will you please ask your bowlers to stop taking wickets, its bad enough anywhere, but at the home of Cricket its .....well just not Cricket!:wink2:

Rob

 

[Jack]

^&grin^&grin

Ok. I'll give you that one.

Will you please ask your bowlers to stop taking wickets, its bad enough anywhere, but at the home of Cricket its .....well just not Cricket!:wink2:

Rob

It has been a good session. Have you ever attended a Lords Test Match?

 

[Rob]

It has been a good session. Have you ever attended a Lords Test Match?

Yes many many moons ago (1970's/80's moons actually) I also went very often on a Sunday to watch Middlesex play County Cricket with my dad. I don't mean it was Middlesex v my dad.....that wouldn't have been fair would it?!:wink2:

Rob

 

[Jack]

Yes many many moons ago (1970's/80's moons actually) I also went very often on a Sunday to watch Middlesex play County Cricket with my dad. I don't mean it was Middlesex v my dad.....that wouldn't have been fair would it?!:wink2:

Rob

In my youth I was a bit of a Mike Gatting fan but what was the story with Mike Ramprakash?

 

[Rob]

In my youth I was a bit of a Mike Gatting fan but what was the story with Mike Ramprakash?

'Ramps' as they call him, never quite made it on the international stage as his form suggested he would. But we had two other great county batsmen , Derek Barlow and Clive Radley, who also were never international stars, although Radley did play for England I think.

Ramps did win Strictly Come Dancing and gave up his on drive for the Samba

Rob

 

[Jack]

'Ramps' as they call him, never quite made it on the international stage as his form suggested he would. But we had two other great county batsmen , Derek Barlow and Clive Radley, who also were never international stars, although Radley did play for England I think.

Ramps did win Strictly Come Dancing and gave up his on drive for the Samba

Rob

Radley did play for England. He was a good player of spin and he toured India in 1976 I think and may well have got a big hundred against NZ from memory. I read any cricket book I could find as a child so I know a bit about the 1970s. I was a closet fan of Geoffrey Boycott and Brian Close.

 

[wayne556517]

In my youth I was a bit of a Mike Gatting fan but what was the story with Mike Ramprakash?

Must of had a boring youth mate............^&grin

 

[Rob]

Radley did play for England. He was a good player of spin and he toured India in 1976 I think and may well have got a big hundred against NZ from memory. I read any cricket book I could find as a child so I know a bit about the 1970s. I was a closet fan of Geoffrey Boycott and Brian Close.

When Radley and Barlow played together it was a joy to watch, great batsmen and really fast between the wickets and both were just sublime fielders. We had a good team in those days.

Yeah I liked GB, not universally popular but good to watch.

Rob

 

[Jack]

Must of had a boring youth mate............^&grin

I am tempted to report this as baiting except for the fact that 'complete accuracy' is not a reportable offence!{sm4}{sm4}

 

[lancer]

And here I was thinking we were going to have a fine dust-up on the Spit vs Hurri subject. Disappointed. :wink2:^&grin -- Al

 

[Rob]

And here I was thinking we were going to have a fine dust-up on the Spit vs Hurri subject. Disappointed. :wink2:^&grin -- Al

^&grin

Neither were as good as the Defiant{eek3}{eek3}{eek3}{eek3}{eek3}{eek3}:wink2:

Rob

 

[lancer]

^&grin

Neither were as good as the Defiant{eek3}{eek3}{eek3}{eek3}{eek3}{eek3}:wink2:

Rob

Oh, dearie me. Don't know where to go with this except to say, had it been the Defiant GB had to depend on, London might now be called New Berlin.{sm2}{eek3} -- Al

 

[Rob]

Oh, dearie me. Don't know where to go with this except to say, had it been the Defiant GB had to depend on, London might now be called New Berlin.{sm2}{eek3} -- Al

Indeed!{eek3}

You do wonder about the thought process don't you. ' Right, so no guns at the front, we all on board with that...right off for lunch'!{eek3}

Rob

 

[lancer]

Indeed!{eek3}

You do wonder about the thought process don't you. ' Right, so no guns at the front, we all on board with that...right off for lunch'!{eek3}

Rob

You really do have to wonder. What genius decides forward firing guns are not needed for an aircraft moving forward? I am particularly impressed by the design of the gunner's escape suit. Sounds like it was designed by Rockie the Flying Squirrel. That the suit was called the Rhino should have been a tipoff that maybe it wouldn't float so well. :rolleyes2: That said, the men who had to fly such a aircraft in combat had to have a large pair and I salute them. -- Al

 

[Rob]

You really do have to wonder. What genius decides forward firing guns are not needed for an aircraft moving forward? I am particularly impressed by the design of the gunner's escape suit. Sounds like it was designed by Rockie the Flying Squirrel. That the suit was called the Rhino should have been a tipoff that maybe it wouldn't float so well. :rolleyes2: That said, the men who had to fly such a aircraft in combat had to have a large pair and I salute them. -- Al

Yes indeed they did. It would take Horse sedatives to get me into a Defiant during the B.O.B, I too doff my hat to these guys. Also I guess we should remember the Defiant did go onto have success as a night fighter, attacking from below its turret was lethal in this role.

Rob

 

[lancer]

Yes indeed they did. It would take Horse sedatives to get me into a Defiant during the B.O.B, I too doff my hat to these guys. Also I guess we should remember the Defiant did go onto have success as a night fighter, attacking from below its turret was lethal in this role.

Rob

It is a tribute to wartime ingenuity to adapt a failed system in one role, to another role where it succeeds, and the Defiant certainly fits that category. Still, I wouldn't have wanted to be in the gunner's position under any circumstances. Survival rates for getting out of the turret in emergency situations must have been abysmal. -- Al

 

[Mitch]

I think the title should have been the planes that saved the world!! Spitfire and Hurricane are obvious after the first major defeat to the German war machine inflicted in WWII but, the Mossie and Lancaster probably did more to muller the Geman war machine and infra structure than any other aircraft. The ability to adapt these aircraft to hit dams, capital ships to prison breaks and everything else in between was astonishing and the title is not really a deviation from the truth.
Mitch

 

[Rob]

It is a tribute to wartime ingenuity to adapt a failed system in one role, to another role where it succeeds, and the Defiant certainly fits that category. Still, I wouldn't have wanted to be in the gunner's position under any circumstances. Survival rates for getting out of the turret in emergency situations must have been abysmal. -- Al

Nope me neither Al. All respect and gratitude to them.

Rob