Pinback Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Hi - Came across this on You Tube Hope you like 7 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I enjoyed that as Ive not seen Scimatars live before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Very cool indeed. Thanks. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Very good and thanks, I have always thought that the Scimitar, in the fashion of the Hunter, was a very clean and elegant aeroplane. Nice to see Sea Venoms as well, a type not often seen or spoken of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 11 hours ago, Head in the clouds. said: I have always thought that the Scimitar, in the fashion of the Hunter, was a very clean and elegant aeroplane The Scimitar was an even portlier version of its already fat brother the Swift, the Hunter is a very svelte, clean and elegant aircraft in comparison. The Scimitar features at number 9 in this list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 35 minutes ago, Wez said: The Scimitar features at number 9 in this list. That just proves the saying Wez, " Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". If we all thought the same it would be a very monochrome world. The Sea Vixen above may not be a slick slip of a plane but it is big and powerful and that is maybe where it's beauty lay. Portly, how dare you Sir... Out of curiosity, what is number 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Yep, just realised it is a video. No1 is an obscure type but there are some poor designs in that top ten. I suppose they can't all be winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 13 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: I enjoyed that as Ive not seen Scimatars live before. OK here's some more then : 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Thank you very much for both videos Richard. Just makes me want to build one even more. Just have to keep telling myself that someday I will be able to build one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XL929 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Wonderful footage, many thanks for sharing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Gotta to say like the Scimitar but it wasnt a particulary safe aircraft .....then again not many of that vintage were.....meteors weren't called meatbox for nuffin'.....mind you I may have that wrong but they did crash a lot so seems apt. Meanwhile there is a scimitar vid knocking about whilst you watch a pilot drown in the cockpit....not a spectator sport really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 On 12/02/2018 at 5:13 PM, junglierating said: I may have that wrong but they did crash a lot No,you're not wrong..76 built,39 written off. I wish the film of Commander Russell's crash would be removed. There are many reports on how the crash happened and what caused him to be trapped and drown as the aircraft sank but I see no need for anyone to watch it happen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) On 2/11/2018 at 7:36 PM, Head in the clouds. said: That just proves the saying Wez, " Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". If we all thought the same it would be a very monochrome world. The Sea Vixen above may not be a slick slip of a plane but it is big and powerful and that is maybe where it's beauty lay. Portly, how dare you Sir... Out of curiosity, what is number 1? That 'list' is full of biased nonsense and some serious distortions - and that is being kind to the author narrator. Nasty sneering style too. Some of the aircraft he mentions were poor, some were designed and delivered to out of date or flawed specifications. Some were modified heavily from their original purposes or overtaken by events. Very easy to criticise with hindsight, traditionally viewed as 20:20. 'Hushkit.net' seems to specialise in some weird stuff. (Oh - and HitC, their no1 was the Blackburn Twin Blackburn. Not the prettiest of aeroplanes & one which few folk will have heard of.) Thanks Pinback, and Scimitar. Excellent videos of happy days when we had a fixed wing FAA of note! John B Edited February 16, 2018 by John B (Sc) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephLalor Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, John B (Sc) said: That 'list' is full of biased nonsense and some serious distortions - and that is being kind to the author narrator. Nasty sneering style too. Some of the aircraft he mentions were poor, some were designed and delivered to out of date or flawed specifications. Some were modified heavily from their original purposes or overtaken by events. Very easy to criticise with hindsight, traditionally viewed as 20:20. 'Hushkit.net' seems to specialise in this sort of weird and rather unpleasant stuff Thanks Pinback, and Scimitar. Excellent videos of happy days when we had a fixed wing FAA of note! I've seen that video. It seems to be one of a number on which the commentary sounds as though it is generated rather than spoken. You get some odd rhythms and pronunciations, e.g. meegee for MiG. At least, they've always been migs to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 7 minutes ago, JosephLalor said: I've seen that video. It seems to be one of a number on which the commentary sounds as though it is generated rather than spoken. You get some odd rhythms and pronunciations, e.g. meegee for MiG. At least, they've always been migs to me. True. A very odd voice, strange cadences! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 On 11/02/2018 at 6:52 PM, Wez said: The Scimitar was an even portlier version of its already fat brother the Swift, the Hunter is a very svelte, clean and elegant aircraft in comparison. The Scimitar features at number 9 in this list... Tell me, where did you find this chunk of ill informed rubbish? Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Selwyn said: Tell me, where did you find this chunk of ill informed rubbish? Yooo choob! There's all sorts of rubbish there! I agree it's a load of tosh. Being ex RAF and having worked with the navy (and currently working with a load of ex navy), I will take the opportunity to take the piddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Wez said: Yooo choob! There's all sorts of rubbish there! I agree it's a load of tosh. Being ex RAF and having worked with the navy (and currently working with a load of ex navy), I will take the opportunity to take the piddle. If this idiot doesn't like British aircraft manufacturing he should be really worried about the F35, the rear fuselage of which is manufactured in Lancashire! BAE Systems have delivered about 200 units so far if I recall correctly. Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 6 hours ago, Wez said: Yooo choob! There's all sorts of rubbish there! I agree it's a load of tosh. Being ex RAF and having worked with the navy (and currently working with a load of ex navy), I will take the opportunity to take the piddle. Well dont suppose you get much oppprtunity at work lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 36 minutes ago, junglierating said: Well dont suppose you get much oppprtunity at work lol Just all day, every day, never gets tiresome though, they always bite then drip on about the junior service not having any traditions like they think we care. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixII Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 As a mate would say......"bloody CRABS!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 24 minutes ago, PhoenixII said: As a mate would say......"bloody CRABS!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 pure rubbish this video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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