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Post by Ratty on Dec 11, 2018 23:15:49 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Dec 11, 2018 23:26:40 GMT
Code, I was in the air force in Melbourne in 1971 when the first QANTAS 747 staged a fly past .... much excitement. Is there an interesting story about the first Boeing test flight somewhere in the dim recesses of my memory?
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Post by missouriboy on Dec 12, 2018 2:07:19 GMT
The Bird is flying Code.
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Post by nautonnier on Dec 12, 2018 2:17:10 GMT
Code, I was in the air force in Melbourne in 1971 when the first QANTAS 747 staged a fly past .... much excitement. Is there an interesting story about the first Boeing test flight somewhere in the dim recesses of my memory? The 747 went from inception in Jan 1963 to first flight Feb 1969 and first commercial flight in Jan 1970. All done with slide rules ad hand produced drawings. No computer aided design and manufacture. The construction building is %$#@*!! huge was the largest single span roof for some time still in use. Code you should go there they have tours of the factory.
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Post by Ratty on Dec 12, 2018 6:49:59 GMT
Code, I was in the air force in Melbourne in 1971 when the first QANTAS 747 staged a fly past .... much excitement. Is there an interesting story about the first Boeing test flight somewhere in the dim recesses of my memory? I hope so. You're a big help .....
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Post by Ratty on Dec 12, 2018 8:26:07 GMT
The Bird is flying Code. That could become the new Statue of Liberty. ... they could return the favour and give it to France.
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Post by Ratty on Dec 12, 2018 8:31:12 GMT
Two retired Aussie business men sitting on a beach.
Mike: Nice to meet you. I'm a retired businessman. When my store burned down, rather than rebuilding I took the insurance money and retired here.
John: You know, I'm a retired businessman, too. When a flood washed away my store I took the insurance money and retired here, too.
Mike is silent for a while then he asks John, "How do you start a flood?"
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Post by missouriboy on Dec 12, 2018 9:57:57 GMT
Two retired Aussie business men sitting on a beach. Mike: Nice to meet you. I'm a retired businessman. When my store burned down, rather than rebuilding I took the insurance money and retired here. John: You know, I'm a retired businessman, too. When a flood washed away my store I took the insurance money and retired here, too. Mike is silent for a while then he asks John, "How do you start a flood?" You piss off God.
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Post by missouriboy on Dec 12, 2018 10:05:43 GMT
The Bird is flying Code. That could become the new Statue of Liberty. ... they could return the favour and give it to France. Put it on wheels and the new sans coulottes can roll it into battle while Louie Macron defends the Bastille. "Let him eat this."
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Post by Ratty on Dec 13, 2018 0:20:01 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Dec 13, 2018 0:34:29 GMT
Which reminds me of this Barbershop song....
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Post by Ratty on Dec 13, 2018 5:35:34 GMT
You're a big help ..... Did you mean "my" memory? I can't remember ..... Totally unrelated:
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Post by Ratty on Dec 13, 2018 12:21:15 GMT
Two retired Aussie business men sitting on a beach. Mike: Nice to meet you. I'm a retired businessman. When my store burned down, rather than rebuilding I took the insurance money and retired here. John: You know, I'm a retired businessman, too. When a flood washed away my store I took the insurance money and retired here, too. Mike is silent for a while then he asks John, "How do you start a flood?" You piss off God. We may have just done that ... National Radar Loop
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Post by nautonnier on Dec 14, 2018 8:13:43 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Dec 14, 2018 11:40:33 GMT
Looks like some serious fireworks just north of Sidney. You have a license for that?
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