The Bluebird Project

Renegadenemo wrote: ↑Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:00 am Well you know all the right people now - onwards and upwards

Surely that should be 'onwards and downwards'?

Long pondered this one. A small aircraft stuffed with two afterburning Olys and virtually no wing or any other provision for carrying fuel. It surely had to be even more compromised than a Lightning. TSR-2 wasn't a small aircraft. It was nearly twice as long and nearly twice as heavy as a Tornado. ...

The Concorde inlet is a marvel of engineering in its own right... True, but I wish that page was better proof-read and designed. Sadly I no longer have colleagues who worked on that bit who could clean it up for them. The page is also wrong about Concorde being the only aircraft able to Supercruise...

'Is that all there is?'



https://youtu.be/qYWjsS4kZoA

I reckon anyone sailing up with an accommodation vessel would make good money.

Personally I think you would get less politics etc. involved if you go permission from the Marquess of Bute to use a flag bearing his arms. I did look for an agreed or official flag for the Isle of Bute but all there appears to be are proposals, many incorporating elements of the Marquesses arms. Us...

This sort of conflict is definitely not 'my thing' but if there is a lot of 'tittle-tattle' going the rounds then would a (easy to find, probably temporary) Frequently Asked Questions page on the website be useful? That way you can put out answers to the questions you have already got to hear about,...

Presidential proclamations of intent to stage missions to the Moon - and Mars, for that matter - are best taken with a pinch of salt, True dat. Especially as preparations take several presidential terms of office to make - especially with modern levels of acceptance of risk. Several presidents past...

Having watched Guy Martin - watch him instead. Super job all round.

And when you have watched that, maybe this (Cambrai, from the Tank Museum)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_BnN4cWbo

Moving tank is also a replica, built around an Excavators power-train.