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In message <[email protected]>
"Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Not into planes as such, but you've got to appreciate people with
> skill,
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-157891579338112956&q=crosswind
>
> and er, without..............
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2367849993821094040&q=crosswind
>
> Dave
>

Success is over-rated - Steven Piles* book "The Book Of Heroic Failures"
is the bible to those of us, mostly British, who strive to snatch
defeat from the jaws of victory.

My hero is the canal engineer (English) working in Ireland to build
a canal between two lakes. On the great day they cut the tape and....
......... promptly emptied one into the other. Excellent.

2nd is probably the aptly named PMT (Potteries Motor Transport) who
told drivers not to stop for passengers as "it messes up the
time-table". Fantastic stuff.

Richard

*He was founder member of "The Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain",
but he got chucked out as his book was a best seller.
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On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:38:46 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Success is over-rated - Steven Piles* book "The Book Of Heroic Failures"
>is the bible to those of us, mostly British, who strive to snatch
>defeat from the jaws of victory.
>
<lightbulb moment>

I remember loving that book, but haven't seen my copy for years and
years.

Must take a trip up into the loft to see if I can unearth it.

Thanks for the reminder.

David

 
On or around 1 Mar 2006 04:13:18 -0800, "Dave R" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Not into planes as such, but you've got to appreciate people with
>skill,
>
>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-157891579338112956&q=crosswind
>
>and er, without..............
>
>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2367849993821094040&q=crosswind

Oh, I dunno, I reckon the bloke in that last one had a very high level of
skill - it's still flying... Mind, WTF was he doing trying to land it there
in those conditions I dunno - I'd have thought there were roolz about that
sort of thing.
--
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"You praise the firm restraint with which they write -_
I'm with you there, of course: They use the snaffle and the bit
alright, but where's the bloody horse? - Roy Campbell (1902-1957)
 
Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around 1 Mar 2006 04:13:18 -0800, "Dave R"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> Not into planes as such, but you've got to appreciate people with
>> skill,
>>
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-157891579338112956&q=crosswind
>>
>> and er, without..............
>>
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2367849993821094040&q=crosswind
>
> Oh, I dunno, I reckon the bloke in that last one had a very high
> level of skill - it's still flying... Mind, WTF was he doing trying
> to land it there in those conditions I dunno - I'd have thought there
> were roolz about that sort of thing.

Isn't it amazing what passenger willpower and prayer can do?

--
"He who says it cannot be done is advised not to interrupt her doing
it."

If at first you don't succeed,
maybe skydiving's not for you!


 

"Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Not into planes as such, but you've got to appreciate people with
> skill,
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-157891579338112956&q=crosswind
>
> and er, without..............
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2367849993821094040&q=crosswind
>
> Dave
>

Bet there was a nasty smell in the passenger compartment of the plane in the
second vid!


--
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Ex- Freelander Td4 5dr owner - the worst vehicle I have ever had!!!
New Jeep Cherokee Ltd 2.8CRD Auto - freelander replacement.



 
90ninety <[email protected]> uttered summat
worrerz funny about:

> Bet there was a nasty smell in the passenger compartment of the plane
> in the second vid!

It's just reminded me why I love my Caravan so much. I have a vision of the
AA trying to change a fan belt at 30,000 ft. Mind the RAC recent adds seem
to have developed rocket boots so maybe with time I'll come around to the
idea.

Lee


 

"90ninety" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Not into planes as such, but you've got to appreciate people with
>> skill,
>>
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-157891579338112956&q=crosswind
>>
>> and er, without..............
>>
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2367849993821094040&q=crosswind
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
> Bet there was a nasty smell in the passenger compartment of the plane in
> the second vid!
>
>
> --
> 1990 Ninety 2.5 n/a D (Jasmine) - the off-road toy
> Ex- Freelander Td4 5dr owner - the worst vehicle I have ever had!!!
> New Jeep Cherokee Ltd 2.8CRD Auto - freelander replacement.
>
>
>
This happened to us when we went to Fuerteventura back in 2002- what a scary
flight. You could've heard a pin drop when we 'bounced' back up into the
air.....in stark contrast to the huge cheer that went up once we were safely
down on the 2nd attempt! Apparently the cross winds are renowned there and
landings like that are quite common. Needless to say no-one told us about
this beforehand....and we've not got up the bottle to return yet!

Icky.


 
On 1 Mar 2006 04:13:18 -0800, "Dave R" <[email protected]>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>Not into planes as such, but you've got to appreciate people with
>skill,
>
>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-157891579338112956&q=crosswind
>
>and er, without..............
>
>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2367849993821094040&q=crosswind
>
>Dave

Had a landing like the second one at Heraklion in October when we went
to crete, with a woman captain. First time SWMBO had flown, and she
didn't realise what a bad landing was. Quite a few of us commented on
the landing, to which the cabin crew explained they had got used to
her landings.....
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Financial Director
101 Ambi, undergoing camper conversion www.simoni.co.uk
1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
 

"Simon Isaacs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 1 Mar 2006 04:13:18 -0800, "Dave R" <[email protected]>
> scribbled the following nonsense:
>
>>Not into planes as such, but you've got to appreciate people with
>>skill,
>>
>>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-157891579338112956&q=crosswind
>>
>>and er, without..............
>>
>>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2367849993821094040&q=crosswind
>>
>>Dave
>
> Had a landing like the second one at Heraklion in October when we went
> to crete, with a woman captain. First time SWMBO had flown, and she
> didn't realise what a bad landing was. Quite a few of us commented on
> the landing, to which the cabin crew explained they had got used to
> her landings.....

Aaahh, Heraklion, known also to many as Souda Bay. What an airport that was,
last time I was there. We landed in a Nimrod (funny looking thing, loosely
based around the old Comet 4) with a similar arrival style. Pilot claimed in
the bar later that the runway surface resembled a ploughed field, we told
him to bugger off, it was just his crap flying!
We were parked opposite side to the main terminal, beside the Crete air
force, what an engineering disaster area that was!!! Never saw a single
plane (OLD ex-american Chance-Vought Corsairs) take off in 10 days we were
there. They had manuals in english and couldn't speak a word hardly, they
were repairing aircraft by pictures alone!! Frightening!!!
Stayed in a hotel in Xania (pronounced kanya?) that stank of diesel fumes,
the Kydon hotel if memory serves me right. The harbour area was nice though,
lots of nice little restaurants and very friendly locals too.
<add something on topic-ish for a landy group>
Even saw a few nice old series II landys out there.
Badger.


 
....and Lee_D spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> 90ninety <[email protected]> uttered summat
> worrerz funny about:
>
>> Bet there was a nasty smell in the passenger compartment of the plane
>> in the second vid!
>
> It's just reminded me why I love my Caravan so much. I have a vision
> of the AA trying to change a fan belt at 30,000 ft. Mind the RAC
> recent adds seem to have developed rocket boots so maybe with time
> I'll come around to the idea.
>
> Lee

You and me both, Lee.

I *know* I can walk.
I *know* I can swim.
I know I *can't* fly.

--
Rich
==============================

There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary
and those who don't.


 

"Badger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>

> Aaahh, Heraklion, known also to many as Souda Bay. What an airport that
> was, last time I was there. We landed in a Nimrod (funny looking thing,
> loosely based around the old Comet 4) with a similar arrival style. Pilot
> claimed in the bar later that the runway surface resembled a ploughed
> field, we told him to bugger off, it was just his crap flying!
> We were parked opposite side to the main terminal, beside the Crete air
> force, what an engineering disaster area that was!!! Never saw a single
> plane (OLD ex-american Chance-Vought Corsairs) take off in 10 days we were
> there. They had manuals in english and couldn't speak a word hardly, they
> were repairing aircraft by pictures alone!! Frightening!!!
> Stayed in a hotel in Xania (pronounced kanya?) that stank of diesel fumes,
> the Kydon hotel if memory serves me right. The harbour area was nice
> though, lots of nice little restaurants and very friendly locals too.
> <add something on topic-ish for a landy group>
> Even saw a few nice old series II landys out there.
> Badger.
>

I have been there too! Crete rocks. we went ages ago & loved every (fecking
hot) minute of it. We stayed near the airbase that the Nazis sent the
parachutes into. Maleme i believe?

Hotter than a strippers knickers it was.

Nige


 
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 22:23:29 -0000, "Nige"
<[email protected]> scribbled the following
nonsense:

>
>"Badger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>
>> Aaahh, Heraklion, known also to many as Souda Bay. What an airport that
>> was, last time I was there. We landed in a Nimrod (funny looking thing,
>> loosely based around the old Comet 4) with a similar arrival style. Pilot
>> claimed in the bar later that the runway surface resembled a ploughed
>> field, we told him to bugger off, it was just his crap flying!
>> We were parked opposite side to the main terminal, beside the Crete air
>> force, what an engineering disaster area that was!!! Never saw a single
>> plane (OLD ex-american Chance-Vought Corsairs) take off in 10 days we were
>> there. They had manuals in english and couldn't speak a word hardly, they
>> were repairing aircraft by pictures alone!! Frightening!!!
>> Stayed in a hotel in Xania (pronounced kanya?) that stank of diesel fumes,
>> the Kydon hotel if memory serves me right. The harbour area was nice
>> though, lots of nice little restaurants and very friendly locals too.
>> <add something on topic-ish for a landy group>
>> Even saw a few nice old series II landys out there.
>> Badger.
>>
>
>I have been there too! Crete rocks. we went ages ago & loved every (fecking
>hot) minute of it. We stayed near the airbase that the Nazis sent the
>parachutes into. Maleme i believe?
>
>Hotter than a strippers knickers it was.
>

we talked about buying a place there, and I found a property in Malia
for 3,000 euros (not a typo), but SWMBO wasn't interested..... Said
she had lived through one building site, and didn't want to live
through another, being as the property only had one wall standing. She
just couldn't see the potential of the place......
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Financial Director
101 Ambi, undergoing camper conversion www.simoni.co.uk
1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
 
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