silvrsvt Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Interesting.....something I ran across on Facebook 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 If it's not powered by a Merlin, I'm not interested. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Oh.......my. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerdude20 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 You know what? It's absolutely fugly but I'll give them credit for creating a vision and sticking with it. Most cars around here are horribly "modified" and look like death traps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 If it's not powered by a Merlin, I'm not interested. You mean you wouldn't take a Griffon-powered version? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 You mean you wouldn't take a Griffon-powered version? I'm an old-fashioned "Battle of Britan" kind of fellow. "Where are you Charlie?" RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I think this is an appropriate place to repeat one of my favorite jokes. A Lufthansa pilot (German) was at the Berlin airport and asked for permission to take off in German. The ATC told him he had to ask in English (International Standard). The German pilot says "Why is it that a German Pilot in a German plane in a German airport in Germany need to speak English"? An unknown nearby British Airlines pilot chimes in "Because you lost the bloody war!!!!" 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstock Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 You mean you wouldn't take a Griffon-powered version? Especially fresh out of the crate? — IIRC, about 4-5 years ago, in S.E. Asia, a dozen or more Griffon-engine crated Spitfires were discovered. No news since then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Omg, that is soooo stupid..............and AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I posted akirby's story on another forum and got this response: The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.Speedbird 206: "Frankfurt , Speedbird 206 clear of active runway."Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven."The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?"Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark -- and I didn't land." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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