| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:19 - Apr 22 with 1112 views | NthQldITFC |
I'd thought we couldn't afford the airyplanes for these big ol' flat tops, but it sounds like we've scraped a few old Camels and SE5s together. |  |
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| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:22 - Apr 22 with 1098 views | Keno |
| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:19 - Apr 22 by NthQldITFC |
I'd thought we couldn't afford the airyplanes for these big ol' flat tops, but it sounds like we've scraped a few old Camels and SE5s together. |
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| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:22 - Apr 22 with 1093 views | Swansea_Blue |
Incest? Yes, not ideal. 
Oh, you mean the warships thingy. I’m not sure what it’s about other than a n expensive willy waving contest. What’s the gamble? |  |
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| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:23 - Apr 22 with 1079 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:22 - Apr 22 by Keno |
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Not half as harmful as a viper’s nest full of F-35B stealth jets! | |
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| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:27 - Apr 22 with 1046 views | giant_stow |
| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:22 - Apr 22 by Swansea_Blue |
Incest? Yes, not ideal.
Oh, you mean the warships thingy. I’m not sure what it’s about other than a n expensive willy waving contest. What’s the gamble? |
I think they've been a bit unreliable so far, plus someone might not like it - pretty high profile sending an aircraft carrier around the place, although having said all that, it's important to note that I know nothing and am but a dope-wissenned old tosser |  |
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| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:27 - Apr 22 with 1043 views | Keno |
| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:23 - Apr 22 by Swansea_Blue |
Not half as harmful as a viper’s nest full of F-35B stealth jets! |
Talking of vipers nests I knew a girl who had 35b’s once | |
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| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:43 - Apr 22 with 971 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:27 - Apr 22 by giant_stow |
I think they've been a bit unreliable so far, plus someone might not like it - pretty high profile sending an aircraft carrier around the place, although having said all that, it's important to note that I know nothing and am but a dope-wissenned old tosser |
Presumably this is about proving the things work? It won’t hurt in terms of international cooperation either.
And then on the other side of the equation we’ve got 350k homeless and 4.5 million children living in poverty while these boys go and play with their billions of pounds toys. I suppose we’d be thankful if Vlad got even bigger ideas though. | |
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| Bit of a gamble innit on 20:01 - Apr 22 with 914 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:27 - Apr 22 by Keno |
Talking of vipers nests I knew a girl who had 35b’s once |
Shame you didn’t meet the one with B52s | |
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| Bit of a gamble innit on 22:02 - Apr 22 with 756 views | Keno |
| Bit of a gamble innit on 20:01 - Apr 22 by Swansea_Blue |
Shame you didn’t meet the one with B52s |
Was that the girl they sing about at the Rugby?
Swing long sweet Harriet | |
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| Bit of a gamble innit on 22:08 - Apr 22 with 736 views | NthQldITFC |
| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:27 - Apr 22 by giant_stow |
I think they've been a bit unreliable so far, plus someone might not like it - pretty high profile sending an aircraft carrier around the place, although having said all that, it's important to note that I know nothing and am but a dope-wissenned old tosser |
That's the best sort of old tosser, if you ask me. | |
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| Bit of a gamble innit on 22:20 - Apr 22 with 703 views | giant_stow |
| Bit of a gamble innit on 22:08 - Apr 22 by NthQldITFC |
That's the best sort of old tosser, if you ask me. |
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| Bit of a gamble innit on 23:15 - Apr 22 with 610 views | Churchman |
| Bit of a gamble innit on 19:19 - Apr 22 by NthQldITFC |
I'd thought we couldn't afford the airyplanes for these big ol' flat tops, but it sounds like we've scraped a few old Camels and SE5s together. |
I think we’d be better off with SE5a’s than SE5s. The latter was underpowered (150hp) but the ‘a’ version had a 200hp Hispano-Suiza engine in it. Lot better!
Ok, so the the wings failed on the prototype, but it was one of the Royal Aircraft Factory’s finest aircraft. Aces McCudden and Mannock flew them with great success. It in SE5a form successfully operated from mid 1917 to the end of the war.
The Sopwith Camel was a hugely successful WW1 aeroplane chalking up more kills than other allied aircraft. You had to be good to fly it as it had some pretty lethal flying characteristics, including a vicious spin. Probably best to use SE5a’s on the Carrier!
Still, at least the Camel didn’t fall apart, catch fire without help or boil its pilot with radiator water. One of its predecessors, the DH2 was nickname ‘the spinning incinerator’ - by its own pilots. Not hard to work out why.
Parachutes? Nah, no room too heavy. Lightweight chutes were invented but the authorities felt that might encourage airmen to leave their valuable aircraft prematurely. You jumped or fried. Fuel tank? You sat on that. Protection? A nice plywood chair.
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| Bit of a gamble innit on 08:07 - Apr 23 with 418 views | RIPbobby |
I'd love to be 18 again and going away on that 8 month tour. That would be so excellent. |  | | |
| Bit of a gamble innit on 08:41 - Apr 23 with 394 views | GeoffSentence |
Hopefully it gets there and back without breaking down |  |
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