now that is emotional stuff. :nod:
now that is emotional stuff. :nod:
:nod: wd Dan WalkerQuote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Wossit got in it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Sorry, speak English you mad DutcherQuote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Wot planes are flying over like?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
I don't know! What do you think I ma, some anorak wearing plane spotter....it was more the reason for the fly pastQuote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
What reason?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
75 yrs ago a badly damaged American bomber was returing from Denmark, needed an emergency landing but the pilot wouldn't land on the 1 area of grass as there were kids on there (having a fight!), so he circled but eventually hit trees and 10 airmen died..... one of the kids has tended to a memorial for years, a BBC presenter bumped into him and organised the fly past ....Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Oh dear, what a mug. Kills 10 colleagues rather than making some scrotes jump out of the way. :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Must admit, that was rather my thought on the matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Hmm. I confess I treat these stories with some skepticism. If you're near enough top the ground in a struggling heabvy bomber to notice some children, you're unlikely to be in a position to try to keep the aircraft int he air. And the chances of the captain of an aircraft endangering his crew, in the highly unlikely event that he had the time, the capacity or the ability to make such a decision, are utterly minimal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
I'm afraid we're going to have to file this one under, "Probaby wasn't really like that, and, if it was, if the captain had lived he would quite rightly have been court-martialled anyway."
There. I've pissed in your chips, sorry. :-(
Funny story all the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Dumb Yankee fúcker.