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MrLongbeard wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 3:18 pm Pricing up a new motorsickle for the wife

Taipan wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 12:01 pm

MrLongbeard wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 3:18 pm Pricing up a new motorsickle for the wife

Wotcha getting her?

MrLongbeard wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 1:51 pm

Yorick wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 3:50 pm Sat having a beer after awesome 5 hour Enduro.
I'm improving so much, they ask me to lead the rides sometimes.
But being the trailblazer means that I hit problems first LOL.

Had a few places where took 2 folk to get the bikes up and over rocks and through tight gaps.
I'm used to both wheels being loose now and get the back wheel spinning in 6th on the long sandy tracks, which feels awesome.

And confident to have both wheels 'moving' on the hard paths covered by loose stuff.
That was until the front decided it didn't want to play and had a lie down at about 50 ish

Best shirt ripped, but the body armour saved me


But I'm chuffed I can still do 5 hours tough stuff in high 20s

Horse wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 4:53 pm Never noticed, before seeing that pic, that the leading edge of the wing isn't a smooth curve, it has a 'corner'.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 9:31 pm
Fascinating period in aerospace history, the pace of development was insanely fast. That photo is from the early 50s, 5 years earlier propeller driven straight wing planes were state of the art.

cheb wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 8:10 am Whittle was designing his jet engine when the UK was still using biplanes as front line fighters AFAIR from what I read some years ago.

Potter wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 12:54 pm
You can see where the stories of triangle shaped alien craft came from. If you were used to seeing Spitfires flying over your head and then late one night you saw one of those on a development flight, you'd wonder what the hell it was.

Horse wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 3:07 pm

Potter wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 12:54 pm
You can see where the stories of triangle shaped alien craft came from. If you were used to seeing Spitfires flying over your head and then late one night you saw one of those on a development flight, you'd wonder what the hell it was.

Filly's mother lived in Rugby during WWII. They heard jet engines being tested (somewhere) but obviously no-one had a clue what they were.

MingtheMerciless wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 10:48 pm Watching “Hacksaw Ridge” a very underrated war film.

Pirahna wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 10:56 pm Just watched a film called Nomadland. Worth it for the landscapes but also thought and memory provoking for me. I need a trip back to the US.