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Post by turboNZ on Feb 5, 2008 11:09:54 GMT 12
Couldn't find a Curtiss Jenny for the new barnstorming business, so a Piper/Cessna twin did the trick !!
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 27, 2008 7:44:49 GMT 12
Cool !!!!!!! I wonder if he'll still have his handheld M60. "...I am your worst nightmare!!....." Definite must-see !!
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 27, 2008 7:49:14 GMT 12
When I used to have a Staffy, she'd shred them. I'd find entrails and bits and pieces of hedgehog all over the garden. Worse still, she'd come inside with prickles sticking out of her cheeks that I'd have to remove then off to the vet for some shots !! $$$$
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 27, 2008 7:59:03 GMT 12
Surely PB would have known that they were a crew member down before check in, so the passengers could have been told then.
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 27, 2008 12:32:55 GMT 12
That's some cool PS'ing !!! Yup, has 2 x 450W blue tubes powered by a 12V battery pack bolted underneath. Looks really neat at night with the house-lighting turned off.
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 27, 2008 8:09:24 GMT 12
This thread gave me such a laugh ;D ;D ;D I love the look of the Mars Rover, that's what influenced the design of my carbon-fibre coffee table. My CAD My real one
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 24, 2008 9:09:46 GMT 12
Happy birthday !!!
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 30, 2008 16:23:33 GMT 12
Either are good bars, and I'm keen on 7.30pm.
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 24, 2008 9:05:38 GMT 12
Yup, could be keen for a beer or 3.
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 15, 2008 16:08:32 GMT 12
;D ;D ;D
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 15, 2008 16:06:57 GMT 12
Flying Leathernecks is a COOOL movie !!
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 15, 2008 15:59:46 GMT 12
Yes that's the history of the school, but I am talking about the way the media and public call, say, RNZAF or RAAF fighter jocks 'Top Guns', did that habit come about before or after the film? Obviously most fighter pilots who're called Top Guns have never been to the school at Mirimar... Of course you have to know how to ride a Kawasaki GPz900 and have a girlfriend in a Porsche 356 to be a REAL "topgun". Oh yes and also have a box you can stand on so you're as tall as the other people..... ooops.... ;D ;D ;D
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 15, 2008 14:06:41 GMT 12
From - www.geocities.com/merlin_topgun3000/topgunschool.html"The Navy established "Top Gun" at the Miramar Naval Air Station in 1969. It was a four week course that provided Navy pilots instruction that simulated realistic combat conditions. VF-121, the Pacific Fleet F-4 Replacement Training Squadron, was directed to establish a graduate level program for the entire Navy F-4 community. The first class convened on 3 March 1969, and TOPGUN was formally commisioned as a separate command at NAS Miramar on 7 July 1972"
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 13, 2008 16:52:44 GMT 12
Yes that convertible bit is a classic. It really stood out the fact that the F-86 comes apart pretty swiftly for maintenance.
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 10, 2008 9:07:52 GMT 12
TRX 850's are brilliant bikes. Everyone I know who's got one, or had one loves them.
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 6, 2008 21:30:48 GMT 12
Ah, bike helmet may be the better one of the two....
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 6, 2008 21:17:57 GMT 12
Ah well, if you bring a helmet along next weekend, you can have a go on the Guzzi. However, warning,...after riding it, you self-preservation may change as you will want one !!!
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 6, 2008 21:00:07 GMT 12
Thought about getting a 2-stroke but got an XR250 and a DR250 for good prices so the Mrs and me can both go off-roading together. As it is, she steals the Guzzi more than me !!!
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 6, 2008 20:28:07 GMT 12
You've seen the pic of me off-roading in my "Spanish-translated" W4nker in Hairy's SVX thread. This is my other beast (apart from the 2 dirt-bikes)
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 6, 2008 20:21:04 GMT 12
Our house once had the windows rattled by a Strikemaster back in the '70s. How much is the RNZAF going to pay me for my new window seals? Typical bloody Yanks !!!!!!!
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