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PostPosted: 19:28 - 21 Sep 2016    Post subject: Had a great day out a week last Friday at RAF Cosford Reply with quote
Had a fantastic day out a week last Friday with a Royal Enfield dealer in Saint Helens, we all met up at 8:00AM for breakfast, there where 40 Bullets, I had all ready ridden from Bangor North Wales on mine, left at 6:00AM got to Saint Helens in time for breakfast, had the provided breakfast and the 40 Bullets of all types set off for RAF Cosford, Telford, had a great ride down, refreshments provided on arrival, then a short tour of the museum before we had the lovely provided lunch, after lunch a longer tour of the remainder of the museum, more refreshments at 4:00PM before we set off on the ride back, I was following in a group who I thought was going the right way but his satnav must have been dodgy, to cut it short I got left behind at a stupid Tee Junction when my visor steamed up ( have to get a pinlock ), no sign of anybody again, no idea which way they went, ( very bad leaving someone behind but I new the way ), just to be sure I got my phone out and ran my satnav app, eventually after about 20 miles I turned a corner and there was one of the riders checking people past, I carried on and got back to the dealers, I thought I would be last but no, after about 10 minutes the one with the dodgy satnav and his group turned up every body back safe and sound for evening tea and cakes before setting off home, I got to the McD's on the A55 and the heavens opened and the Gale was horrendous, it was that bad I could not be bothered stopping to put on the waterproofs, I just kept going, the gale was so bad I was struggling to do 55, anyway I got home with just soaked legs my Jacket was more waterproof than I first thought, I did not care a jot about being wet, I had one of the best times ever with my clothes on, I did 340 Miles on the Bullet that day
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PostPosted: 19:32 - 21 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Full bloody stop!

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PostPosted: 20:03 - 21 Sep 2016    Post subject: Re: Had a great day out a week last Friday at RAF Cosford Reply with quote
CrusaderPhil wrote:
Had a fantastic day out a week last Friday with a Royal Enfield dealer in Saint Helens, we all met up at 8:00AM for breakfast, there where 40 Bullets,

I had all ready ridden from Bangor North Wales on mine, left at 6:00AM got to Saint Helens in time for breakfast, had the provided breakfast and the 40 Bullets of all types set off for RAF Cosford, Telford, had a great ride down, refreshments provided on arrival, then a short tour of the museum before we had the lovely provided lunch, after lunch a longer tour of the remainder of the museum, more refreshments at 4:00PM before we set off on the ride back,

I was following in a group who I thought was going the right way but his satnav must have been dodgy, to cut it short I got left behind at a stupid Tee Junction when my visor steamed up ( have to get a pinlock ), no sign of anybody again, no idea which way they went, ( very bad leaving someone behind but I new the way ), just to be sure I got my phone out and ran my satnav app, eventually after about 20 miles I turned a corner and there was one of the riders checking people past, I carried on and got back to the dealers,

I thought I would be last but no, after about 10 minutes the one with the dodgy satnav and his group turned up every body back safe and sound for evening tea and cakes before setting off home, I got to the McD's on the A55 and the heavens opened and the Gale was horrendous, it was that bad I could not be bothered stopping to put on the waterproofs, I just kept going, the gale was so bad I was struggling to do 55,

anyway I got home with just soaked legs my Jacket was more waterproof than I first thought, I did not care a jot about being wet, I had one of the best times ever with my clothes on, I did 340 Miles on the Bullet that day

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PostPosted: 20:05 - 21 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
RAF Cosford is funnily enough in Cosford not Telford and has a Wolverhampton post code Wink

There endith my lesson for today.
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PostPosted: 20:07 - 21 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
tom_e wrote:
RAF Cosford is funnily enough in Cosford not Telford and has a Wolverhampton post code Wink

There endith my lesson for today.


I don't give a sh*t, it was a great day out.
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PostPosted: 20:44 - 21 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 20:45 - 21 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
ScaredyCat wrote:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/188253/_bcf/lightning.png


Looks like an FD2 and a lightening, not sure what the rocket is
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PostPosted: 20:51 - 21 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, Lightening is my 2nd favourite. Vulcan is my first love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU_X5QYBSto
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PostPosted: 21:14 - 21 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Vulcan is my first love.

What about the Lancaster?
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PostPosted: 21:18 - 21 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
ScaredyCat wrote:
Vulcan is my first love.

What about the Lancaster?


It was not there, there was a bigger commercial version of it there though, that Churchill used to fly in until he saw his Yank counterpart flying in comfort, then he ditched it.
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PostPosted: 22:15 - 21 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
ScaredyCat wrote:
Vulcan is my first love.

What about the Lancaster?


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PostPosted: 09:06 - 22 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
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It was not there, there was a bigger commercial version of it there though, that Churchill used to fly in until he saw his Yank counterpart flying in comfort, then he ditched it.


An AVRO York i believe. There were a lot of bombers about in 1945 so some were converted to passenger use, AVRO Lancastrian's started out bas bombers. Yorks were civillian aircraft using lancaster parts.
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PostPosted: 09:13 - 22 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
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It was not there, there was a bigger commercial version of it there though, that Churchill used to fly in until he saw his Yank counterpart flying in comfort, then he ditched it.


An AVRO York i believe. There were a lot of bombers about in 1945 so some were converted to passenger use, AVRO Lancastrian's started out bas bombers. Yorks were civillian aircraft using lancaster parts.


Think it was a York
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PostPosted: 13:32 - 22 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
They have a Lincoln bomber at cosford which was the successor to the Lancaster

I have a guide book in front of me at the moment
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PostPosted: 13:48 - 22 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:

What about the Lancaster?


Lancaster first. Vulcan second.

Went to wheels and wings last year as it was one of the last airshows the Vulcan was flying within a reasonable distance from me. One of the only airshows it never made it to due to bad weather. was pissed.

Managed to catch a quick glimpse of it when it did the southern loop by Farnborough. Persuaded the girlfriend it was a day out. Saw it's silhouette for all of ten seconds. On the way back to the bike and the girlfriend said was that it

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Managed to catch a quick glimpse of it when it did the southern loop by Farnborough. Persuaded the girlfriend it was a day out. Saw it's silhouette for all of ten seconds. On the way back to the bike and the girlfriend said was that it


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Lucky enough to live quite close to the other Vulcan at wellesborne so see that quite a bit

Have had numerous fly-pasts of the Vulcan and battle of Britain flights on my motocross track

Normally on way back from ssomewhere ( think fairford) about 4 o clock they fly directly over my field Cool
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PostPosted: 18:30 - 22 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
I did part of my training there on Avro Shackletons, which were apparently developed from the Lincoln, and that from the Lancaster. Probably still a Shackleton or two there?
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