and talking of black boxes
Jul 24th 2013, 6:32 pm
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Jul 24th 2013, 6:47 pm
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Re: and talking of black boxes
Why does the likelihood of having liquid in one's mouth increase when reading such a post?
Jul 24th 2013, 7:12 pm
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Re: and talking of black boxes
Which makes sense as that's where he was from. FWIW what is now Pearson was also named after him for a while
Why is it a silly name? he was one of two most celebrated canadian fighter aces (along with Will "Billy" Barker, who he later went into business with.)
Both Billys, Bishop and Barker, won VCs (one under rather more dubious circumstances than the other), and went on to pioneer commercial air travel in Canada as well as rise to the top ranks of the RCAF. Parallel lives with very different backgrounds.
Why is it a silly name? he was one of two most celebrated canadian fighter aces (along with Will "Billy" Barker, who he later went into business with.)
Both Billys, Bishop and Barker, won VCs (one under rather more dubious circumstances than the other), and went on to pioneer commercial air travel in Canada as well as rise to the top ranks of the RCAF. Parallel lives with very different backgrounds.
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Jul 24th 2013, 7:12 pm
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Jul 24th 2013, 7:14 pm
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Which makes sense as that's where he was from.
Why is it a silly name? he was one of two most celebrated canadian fighter aces (along with Will Barker, who he later went into business with.)
Both Bishop and Barker won VCs (one under rather more dubious circumstances than the other), and he went on to pioneer commercial air travel in Canada as well as rise to the top ranks of the RCAF.
Why is it a silly name? he was one of two most celebrated canadian fighter aces (along with Will Barker, who he later went into business with.)
Both Bishop and Barker won VCs (one under rather more dubious circumstances than the other), and he went on to pioneer commercial air travel in Canada as well as rise to the top ranks of the RCAF.
Don't think I ever called the name "silly"?
Jul 24th 2013, 7:32 pm
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Re: and talking of black boxes
Any grown up man's name ending in a y is silly.
Timmy, Tommy, Billy, Bobby, Jeffy, Dougy, Dickie, Ricky, Nicky, Willy, Herbie, Ollie, all silly.
Robbie is probably OK if you are Scottish. Maybe Barry as that one started out that way, unless it is short for Barence. Maybe.
Timmy, Tommy, Billy, Bobby, Jeffy, Dougy, Dickie, Ricky, Nicky, Willy, Herbie, Ollie, all silly.
Robbie is probably OK if you are Scottish. Maybe Barry as that one started out that way, unless it is short for Barence. Maybe.
Jul 24th 2013, 7:53 pm
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Re: and talking of black boxes
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.c...orough-airport
Yesterday,
As a non planey person i don't understand why, if the plane was amphibious, that it didn't land in the lake instead?
Yesterday,
As a non planey person i don't understand why, if the plane was amphibious, that it didn't land in the lake instead?
Jul 24th 2013, 8:28 pm
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Re: and talking of black boxes
I was at uni with a Peregrine, who was absolutely always Perry (but you would, wouldn't you? Honestly, who calls their kid Peregrine? And he was Welsh, though I suppose he couldn't help that either
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Jul 24th 2013, 8:33 pm
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Re: and talking of black boxes
Jul 26th 2013, 3:10 am
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Re: and talking of black boxes
I remember Richard Bach writing about how he learned to always double-check the wheels on his amphibian plane the first time he landed on a runway with the wheels up...
Jul 26th 2013, 12:21 pm
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Re: and talking of black boxes
also expalins why insurance on amphibs is so high in comparison
