in one of these...

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34

Rougher than a badgers arse.  Notable appearances from a Bleriot XI, a 
Rutan VariEze, and an RFB Fantrainer.  And of course the JU-52.

Happy day :)

In article <g9eaps$g5i$02$1@news.t-online.com>,
 Tosspot  wrote:

> in one of these...
> 
> 	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34

I had a good ride today, _on_ one of these ..

http://coughlan.fr/bike.jpg [1]

24.1 km, or a ball hair under fifteen miles.

D.

[1] nota bene.. that is _not_ my flaccid and pasty-white arm to the 
left..
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Tosspot wrote:
> in one of these...
> 
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34
> 
> Rougher than a badgers arse.  Notable appearances from a Bleriot XI, a 
> Rutan VariEze, and an RFB Fantrainer.  And of course the JU-52.
> 
> Happy day :)

My dad navigated them doing SAR from Coltishall back in the 70s.  They 
have one of his at Hendon, which came as something of a shock when we 
took my young nephew up there a couple of years back.  I would have been 
  crawling around it at about the same age as he was.

Oddly he seemed less impressed than I did.

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In article <6Myuk.42507$Ei2.20203@fe08.news.easynews.com>,
Catman   wrote:
>My dad navigated them doing SAR from Coltishall back in the 70s.  They 
>have one of his at Hendon, which came as something of a shock when we 
>took my young nephew up there a couple of years back.  I would have been 
>  crawling around it at about the same age as he was.
>
>Oddly he seemed less impressed than I did.

My grandad flew in the Lancaster they have at Hendon, which was nice
because it meant they let us aboard it. Unfortunately it was back when I
was about 10 years old and like your nephew didn't really appreciate it.

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Nick wrote:
> In article <6Myuk.42507$Ei2.20203@fe08.news.easynews.com>,
> Catman   wrote:
>> My dad navigated them doing SAR from Coltishall back in the 70s.  They 
>> have one of his at Hendon, which came as something of a shock when we 
>> took my young nephew up there a couple of years back.  I would have been 
>>  crawling around it at about the same age as he was.
>>
>> Oddly he seemed less impressed than I did.
> 
> My grandad flew in the Lancaster they have at Hendon, which was nice
> because it meant they let us aboard it. Unfortunately it was back when I
> was about 10 years old and like your nephew didn't really appreciate it.
> 

Should have asked if they'd let me aboard the Westland :)

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"Tosspot"  wrote in message 
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> in one of these...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34

Did you like that massive shaft running up between you and the pilot?

When that stops, it's time to clench.
>
> Rougher than a badgers arse.

But full of "character". Sort of the FatBoy of the copter world. About as 
reliable too.


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Tosspot wrote:
> in one of these...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34
>
> Rougher than a badgers arse.  Notable appearances from a Bleriot XI, a
> Rutan VariEze, and an RFB Fantrainer.  And of course the JU-52.
>
> Happy day :)

Christ, its a while since I leapt out the back of one of  those to give the 
locals a hard time.
Mate of mine, who's still serving, was lucky enough to backseat Red 5 at an 
air display the other day.

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members. Groucho Marx

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:46:10 +0200, Tosspot 
wrote:

>in one of these...
>
>	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34
>
> a Rutan VariEze,

Saw one of those pass overhead the other day.

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Catman wrote:
> Tosspot wrote:
>> in one of these...
>>
>>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34
>>
>> Rougher than a badgers arse.  Notable appearances from a Bleriot XI, a 
>> Rutan VariEze, and an RFB Fantrainer.  And of course the JU-52.
>>
>> Happy day :)
> 
> My dad navigated them doing SAR from Coltishall back in the 70s.  They 
> have one of his at Hendon, which came as something of a shock when we 
> took my young nephew up there a couple of years back.  I would have been 
>  crawling around it at about the same age as he was.
> 
> Oddly he seemed less impressed than I did.

Given it was a 27 litre, 9 cylinder engine between me and Dog, I was 
fucking impressed.  A really odd take off, it rolls forward, comes up on 
the suspension, rolls a bit more and takesoff.  You don't really know 
you're airborne.  Think of a Stork takeoff, but blimey, you really know 
you're hanging under a big multicylinder engine.

Tosspot wrote:
> Catman wrote:
>> Tosspot wrote:
>>> in one of these...
>>>
>>>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34
>>>
>>> Rougher than a badgers arse.  Notable appearances from a Bleriot XI, 
>>> a Rutan VariEze, and an RFB Fantrainer.  And of course the JU-52.
>>>
>>> Happy day :)
>>
>> My dad navigated them doing SAR from Coltishall back in the 70s.  They 
>> have one of his at Hendon, which came as something of a shock when we 
>> took my young nephew up there a couple of years back.  I would have 
>> been  crawling around it at about the same age as he was.
>>
>> Oddly he seemed less impressed than I did.
> 
> Given it was a 27 litre, 9 cylinder engine between me and Dog, I was 
> fucking impressed.  A really odd take off, it rolls forward, comes up on 
> the suspension, rolls a bit more and takesoff.  You don't really know 
> you're airborne.  Think of a Stork takeoff, but blimey, you really know 
> you're hanging under a big multicylinder engine.

I never flew in the Whirlwind, but AIUI they (the Wessexes) were turbine 
powered. Which made things a bit less 'visceral'.

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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Tosspot 
 typed
>Catman wrote:
>> Tosspot wrote:
>>> in one of these...
>>>
>>>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34
>>>
>>> Rougher than a badgers arse.  Notable appearances from a Bleriot XI, 
>>>a  Rutan VariEze, and an RFB Fantrainer.  And of course the JU-52.
>>>
>>> Happy day :)
>>  My dad navigated them doing SAR from Coltishall back in the 70s. 
>>They  have one of his at Hendon, which came as something of a shock 
>>when we  took my young nephew up there a couple of years back.  I 
>>would have been   crawling around it at about the same age as he was.
>>  Oddly he seemed less impressed than I did.
>
>Given it was a 27 litre, 9 cylinder engine between me and Dog, I was 
>fucking impressed.  A really odd take off, it rolls forward, comes up 
>on the suspension, rolls a bit more and takesoff.  You don't really 
>know you're airborne.  Think of a Stork takeoff, but blimey, you really 
>know you're hanging under a big multicylinder engine.

ITYM "sitting just behind".

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My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Catman
 saying something like:

>I never flew in the Whirlwind, but AIUI they (the Wessexes) were turbine 
>powered. Which made things a bit less 'visceral'.

Was it not the case that the modernisation of the aircraft with a
turbine saved it from the bin? Istr something along those lines years
ago, relating to Westland. I also str something about the originals with
piston engines were horribly unreliable, which probably relates to the
first point.
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"Catman"  wrote in message 
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> Tosspot wrote:
>> Catman wrote:
>>> Tosspot wrote:
>>>> in one of these...
>>>>
>>>>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34
>>>>
>>>> Rougher than a badgers arse.  Notable appearances from a Bleriot XI, a 
>>>> Rutan VariEze, and an RFB Fantrainer.  And of course the JU-52.
>>>>
>>>> Happy day :)
>>>
>>> My dad navigated them doing SAR from Coltishall back in the 70s.  They 
>>> have one of his at Hendon, which came as something of a shock when we 
>>> took my young nephew up there a couple of years back.  I would have been 
>>> crawling around it at about the same age as he was.
>>>
>>> Oddly he seemed less impressed than I did.
>>
>> Given it was a 27 litre, 9 cylinder engine between me and Dog, I was 
>> fucking impressed.  A really odd take off, it rolls forward, comes up on 
>> the suspension, rolls a bit more and takesoff.  You don't really know 
>> you're airborne.  Think of a Stork takeoff, but blimey, you really know 
>> you're hanging under a big multicylinder engine.
>
> I never flew in the Whirlwind, but AIUI they (the Wessexes) were turbine 
> powered. Which made things a bit less 'visceral'.

A big fuck off radial engine in the nose, with the drive shaft running 
between the two front seats. Later "turbined" versions you can easily tell 
by the exhausts sprouting out of each side of the nose. Still needed the 
shaft between the seats though in order to drive the gearbox asbove the 
heads of the occupants.


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"Wicked Uncle Nigel"  wrote in message 
news:y$g1crvadxuIJA2f@rcav8r.demon.co.uk...
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Tosspot 
>  typed
>>Catman wrote:
>>> Tosspot wrote:
>>>> in one of these...
>>>>
>>>>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34
>>>>
>>>> Rougher than a badgers arse.  Notable appearances from a Bleriot XI, a 
>>>> Rutan VariEze, and an RFB Fantrainer.  And of course the JU-52.
>>>>
>>>> Happy day :)
>>>  My dad navigated them doing SAR from Coltishall back in the 70s. They 
>>> have one of his at Hendon, which came as something of a shock when we 
>>> took my young nephew up there a couple of years back.  I would have been 
>>> crawling around it at about the same age as he was.
>>>  Oddly he seemed less impressed than I did.
>>
>>Given it was a 27 litre, 9 cylinder engine between me and Dog, I was 
>>fucking impressed.  A really odd take off, it rolls forward, comes up on 
>>the suspension, rolls a bit more and takesoff.  You don't really know 
>>you're airborne.  Think of a Stork takeoff, but blimey, you really know 
>>you're hanging under a big multicylinder engine.
>
> ITYM "sitting just behind".

Indeed.


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Beav wrote:
> "Tosspot"  wrote in message 
> news:g9eaps$g5i$02$1@news.t-online.com...
>> in one of these...
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34
> 
> Did you like that massive shaft running up between you and the pilot?
> 
> When that stops, it's time to clench.
>> Rougher than a badgers arse.
> 
> But full of "character". Sort of the FatBoy of the copter world. About as 
> reliable too.

Yeah, I did start thinking I don't mind if it crashes before my flight, 
or after it, but not during.  Very Harleyesque, vibrates like a busted 
dildo.

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember Catman
>  saying something like:
> 
>> I never flew in the Whirlwind, but AIUI they (the Wessexes) were turbine 
>> powered. Which made things a bit less 'visceral'.
> 
> Was it not the case that the modernisation of the aircraft with a
> turbine saved it from the bin?

Was googling idly yesterday, and it does appear to be the case.  I 
certainly am no expert, though.


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Beav wrote:
> "Catman"  wrote in message 
> news:zuDuk.461403$bC5.177192@fe07.news.easynews.com...
>> Tosspot wrote:
>>> Catman wrote:
>>>> Tosspot wrote:
>>>>> in one of these...
>>>>>
>>>>>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34
>>>>>
>>>>> Rougher than a badgers arse.  Notable appearances from a Bleriot XI, a 
>>>>> Rutan VariEze, and an RFB Fantrainer.  And of course the JU-52.
>>>>>
>>>>> Happy day :)
>>>> My dad navigated them doing SAR from Coltishall back in the 70s.  They 
>>>> have one of his at Hendon, which came as something of a shock when we 
>>>> took my young nephew up there a couple of years back.  I would have been 
>>>> crawling around it at about the same age as he was.
>>>>
>>>> Oddly he seemed less impressed than I did.
>>> Given it was a 27 litre, 9 cylinder engine between me and Dog, I was 
>>> fucking impressed.  A really odd take off, it rolls forward, comes up on 
>>> the suspension, rolls a bit more and takesoff.  You don't really know 
>>> you're airborne.  Think of a Stork takeoff, but blimey, you really know 
>>> you're hanging under a big multicylinder engine.
>> I never flew in the Whirlwind, but AIUI they (the Wessexes) were turbine 
>> powered. Which made things a bit less 'visceral'.
> 
> A big fuck off radial engine in the nose, with the drive shaft running 
> between the two front seats. Later "turbined" versions you can easily tell 
> by the exhausts sprouting out of each side of the nose.

Very distinctive.

> Still needed the 
> shaft between the seats though in order to drive the gearbox asbove the 
> heads of the occupants.

ISTR that bit. I was only young.


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Tosspot wrote:

> Beav wrote:
> >"Tosspot"  wrote in message
> news:g9eaps$g5i$02$1@news.t-online.com...
> > > in one of these...
> > > 
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-34
> > 
> > Did you like that massive shaft running up between you and the
> > pilot?
> > 
> > When that stops, it's time to clench.
> > > Rougher than a badgers arse.
> > 
> > But full of "character". Sort of the FatBoy of the copter world.
> > About as  reliable too.
> 
> Yeah, I did start thinking I don't mind if it crashes before my
> flight, or after it, but not during.  Very Harleyesque, vibrates like
> a busted dildo.

One of my exes had a busted vibrator, every time she used it I thought
she was going to knock her teeth out.

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Lozzo wrote:

> One of my exes had a busted vibrator, every time she used it I thought
> she was going to knock my teeth out.

Post corrected.

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