Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 interesting stuff Bernard,thanks for posting.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 HMVF has done this to me, I can't stop now I've got the bug! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 HMVF has done this to me, I can't stop now I've got the bug! A friend of mine is a Budist monk,he does re birthing and hypnothism for a living i am sure he could help.He cured me of getting the ache with a few people on here:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Cw from what I've seen it didn't work ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 CW, I gotta get out more, I'm going to have a go at fitting a Jake brake on Forceful in the morning :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 I'm going to have a go at fitting a Jake brake on Forceful in the morning :thumbsup: That'll save on brake linings :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 And how about the first paragraph after in Parliament, in this little gem :yay: http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1920/1920%20-%200846.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 And how about the first paragraph after in Parliament, in this little gem :yay: http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1920/1920%20-%200846.html It is amazing how mysteries can be solved so quick using the web, nice find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 One for CW, after this bit; Editor's note: Lt-Cdr McEwan was a pioneer airship pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War He entered the Royal Navy as a Public Schools entry from Shrewsbury in 1913, aged 19. After serving as a Midshipman in HMS Invincible at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December 1914, he was appointed to theRoyal Naval Air Service for duties with lighter-than-air craft. He served as an airship pilot from 1915 to 1919, attaining the temporary ranks of Flight-Lieutenant and Captain, Royal Air Force, in addition to his substantive rank as a Lieutenant, Royal Navy . He set an airship endurance record of 25 hours 22 minutes on 26/27 June 1917 from Pulham Airship Station in a North Sea class airship. He also flew a Sea Scout airship to a record height of 10 300 feet from Polegate Airship Station. This record stood even after the War. His total of airship hours flown was one of the highest, being about 2400 hours. here; http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol042am.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 :tup::More good stuff your on a roll mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Yes the last was an amazing insight on Naval Warfare, I was intrigued by this bit "The coal from the collier for the 'Bristol' was far too hot for her to put in her bunkers, so she was delayed." Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Any ideas? No not really ,i know when we were building the victoria line the cement In the centre of the pile would gradualy get hotter and it would burn your neck when carrying it,of course that was in mens days they were 112 lb not like these H&s bags now.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 The Memorial on the Downs above Eastbourne. The Memorial is almost in the centre of this picture, on the darker green patch. There was just a small clump of trees on the top in those days, and no scrub, except for small patches of gorse, the Downs were sheep shorn turf, with very few fences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 They almost made it , just needed a couple hundred more feet of altitude and they might have made it home .The photo's really give you a better idea than topographic maps. (at least for me ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted July 5, 2017 Author Share Posted July 5, 2017 It's about time we had an update, came across this interesting article on the 'History of Eastbourne' FB page. http://www.eastsussexww1.org.uk/airship-disaster-downs-20-december-1917/ All seems so vivid being as it's so local to me, easy to just walk up onto the downs and trace the whole story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Has anyone identified the truck in the first photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddythefrog64 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 On 2/8/2009 at 6:07 PM, Lauren Child said: There's a memorial to a B-17 crew who crashed up on Butts Brow (very close to Eastbourne/Polegate, near Willingdon). I go walking up there sometimes with my dad. That was a B-24 'Ruth-Less' on 2nd Feb 1944. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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