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Jessie The Jeep Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 (edited) Some of the other vehicles... Saturday's weather was pretty good, but Sunday had a couple of heavy showers which added to the already waterlogged ground. One re-enactor was spotted bailing out his display with what appeared to be a potty! On Saturday night, there was a 1940's pub quiz, and our team, the 'Century Bombers' came third in a tie break after three teams all had the same final score. Most teams had a bit of a gripe after the picture round where the quiz master was convinced the Short Stirling was a Halifax because his book said it was! but a good night was had by all, especially Bodge on doubles all night! Edited August 18, 2008 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 *hic* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Cracking photos Steve and looked like you guys had fun and Bodge your Dodge looks wonderful - did you get any funny looks or questions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 One kid said it was a 'Toon Army' truck since it was black and white! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 yeah I'm repainting it green as we speak! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Part of the jets in 'Jeeps & Jets' was the Museums Avro Vulcan B2 XL319 and a Goblin jet engine which performed several run ups. More pics later... I seen the Vulcan when it flew into Usworth Airfield (or Sunderland Airport, depends who you talk to!) when i was a kid, one heck of a piece of flying, as it was quite a short runway, Nissan now have a factory where the airfield was, last time i was up in those parts i noticed the main hangar which was WW2 era had gone:cry:, originally Nissan fixed it up due to the fact it was reasonably rare so i dont know what happened to it after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 I was told they let the hangar fall into disrepair so it could be knocked down, because it was a listed building, and they couldn't get rid of it any other way. How true that is I don't know, but it sounds believable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I could only have been about 7 when a friend invited me to come with his family to the RAF Usworth open day. It was great for a lad of seven, loads of git big aeroplanes. The only one I can remember was a DC-3, in which you could get a half-hour's flight for about ten shillings (50p - a king's ransom pre-the rampant inflation and devaluation in the 60s that Harold Wilson said on TV would not affect the Pound in our pockets. I knew he was lying. Here was a politician and his lips were moving. Sorry - must get off politics). ISTR 607 Squadron were stationed there in the first part of the war (I remember the Sunderland Echo carrying a serialisation of a history of the squadron) but they moved to Ouston west of Newcastle because from Usworth they couldn't get high enough to effect an intercept in time, and the forward location reduced the effectiveness of the interceptions because there was no flexibility up and down the coast as to where to effect an interception. If I said ISTR the pub outside the airfield's gates (which must have been popular with fighter pilots) was the Three Tuns, would I get a star? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Remember, NEAM has a website, whence I got the story of the crash of Vulcan XM610 on Wingate, a story which I just missed seeing happening and which still moves me nearly 40 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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