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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 26, 2006 17:55:12 GMT 12
Hey, I was wholly tongue-in-cheek with my cynical comments... not serious. I know those selection boards are a lot of work.
A first glance look at the Andover and HS748 tells you the Andover has a different tail desing and a stetched fuselage too.
I don't think the 748 could crouch, could it?
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Post by phil82 on Aug 26, 2006 19:15:08 GMT 12
Sorry Dave, it's the written word as opposed to the spoken, we sometimes miss the nuance!
The 748 can't kneel, and really, it is a quite different aircraft to the Andover. They're related, but like cousins twice removed!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 26, 2006 19:33:40 GMT 12
Yep, sorry. I should have used smileys to make it more clear.
I always hated hearing airshow commentators saying Mount Cook used Andovers like the RNZAF. I agree, distant relations only.
The Andover is a much more balanced and more modern looking aircraft than the 748, and just looks nice in every scheme I've seen - especially the red, white and blue Farnborough scheme.
My mate's dad was in RAF Transport Command in the 1960's and 70's, and he always wanted the opportunity to make the radio call "Andover over Dover, Over", but it never came.
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Post by turboNZ on Aug 26, 2006 20:06:51 GMT 12
Umm,...I hope no-one shoots me but I did only say that the Andover was based on the 748,......  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 26, 2006 21:08:02 GMT 12
True. But as it turns out, it's about as based on it as Pearl Harbor the movie was on a true story ;D ;D ;D
Anyway, back to other selection alternates... any more?
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