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Crown Cars, Our local Taxi service.

When I was told they were buying me a tricycle this wasn't quite what I had in mind.

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Excellent, Another great aircraft that's still in service!

One, but not the earliest, That Honour goes to the Vickers Viscount which first flew in 1948 and entered service in 56. This was followed by the Bristol 175 Britannia which first flew in 52 and entered service in 57. Lockheed's L-188 Electra first flew in 57 and entered service in 59, It shares its first flight year with the Ilyushin IL-18 , Tupolev TU-114 and Antonov AN-10 which ball first flew in 57. finally came the Vickers Vanguard which first flew in 59 and entered service in 60. Parallel to the big 4 engined turboprops were the Twin engined rivals the Handley Page Herald and Fokke

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Great shots of a lovely aircraft. The Electra has a very distinctive sound. We used to see lots of them coming into Heathrow in the 60s and 70s. KLM had a fleet of them as did several other operators. The last one I saw in operation was Air Atlantiques one at Stansted doing a night time cargo flight. Thanks for posting.

Dictaphone.

Turn and slip indicator.

Corner shop

It is with great sadness that I have to mention the loss of a few local businesses. A local bra manufacturer has gone bust, a submarine company has gone under, a manufacturer of food blenders has gone into liquidation, a dog kennel has had to call in the retrievers and a company supplying paper for origami enthusiasts has folded. Do you know any in your area?

So I phoned up the spiritual leader of Tibet, he sent me a large goat with a long neck. Turns out I phoned Dial-a-Llama

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Thanks Joe.

"Those bloody kids, First they try and pull the windscreen wipers off, now this!"

Oh Bugger! I should have remembered that concrete was wet when we landed last time!

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Somewhat odd , It can do either a rolling take-off, or more commonly vertical . Once airborne it flies very similar to any other twin prop airliner. When in forward flight it acted like an autogyro so was an unpowered rotor. Only one was ever built so the sim designers had to do a lot of guesswork I guess , unless they were able to get access to the test notes from the guys at Farnborough etc. Basically it's a Twin with a bit of a twist. The remains of the original are in the Helicopter Museum at Weston Super Mare. Just one fuselage section and part of the rotor. The rest was scrapped.

The Fairey Rotodyne was designed as a compound helicopter using tip jets on the rotor blades and a pair of Napier Eland engines for normal flight. It was designed to operate from city centres and hence saving travel time to the main airports.However one of the biggest problems was the noise generated by the tip jets which was far too loud even for 1950s standards! There had been several companies interested in the idea and Fairey were already working on the much more refined Mk II when the UK government pulled the plug on the funding and killed the project. Ironically it's role became irrelev

The Bristol Britannia was one of the most beautiful probliners ever built. It was loved by passengers and crew alike for it's spaciousness, smooth flight characteristics and it's quiet engines, (it was the latter that gave the aircraft it's nickname as compared to the big American Piston airliners of the day, the Britannias 4 Proteus Turboprops were a lot quieter.) It was the very first aircraft I ever flew on, albeit on a short engineering flight, and it was also the first aircraft I ever acquired as a model. Growing up near Heathrow, these were a regular sight for me and the Britannia is ver

Thought you guys may find this interesting. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-recreational-general-aviation/coronavirus-covid-19-recreational-general-aviation

Excellent shot, The Last Gunfighter.!

Lovely shots, Beautiful aircraft, Along with the Herald, Viscount and HS748 these were the mainstays orf commuter routes for many years. The Rolls |Royce Dart Turboprop was, and still is a very efficient engine and they powered all of those aircraft. I still love the turboprop aircraft to this day, though the only one I ever flew in was a Britannia in the late 60s .