Life Through Your Camera

[FlyboyGil]

Last weekend.

Where am I and why the manic grin...? ;-)

You're in the cockpit of the Concorde!

Really?
How do you know, Gilly?
Clue me in!!

I looked at Leia's profile, and then clicked on her homepage, which is her flight journal. And it has that picture and says that she imagines herself behind the wheel of the Concorde.

and here was I complimenting you on your aircraft recognition skills....

Aircraft? What's an aircraft? Some kind of drink? 

[Oddball]

Last weekend.

Where am I and why the manic grin...? ;-)

You're in the cockpit of the Concorde!

Really?
How do you know, Gilly?
Clue me in!!

I looked at Leia's profile, and then clicked on her homepage, which is her flight journal. And it has that picture and says that she imagines herself behind the wheel of the Concorde.

and here was I complimenting you on your aircraft recognition skills....

Aircraft? What's an aircraft? Some kind of drink? 

Nope does not ring a bell wi me either gill   

[Mike]

ohhhh . . . . 

Gilly is a cheater..... 

[FlyboyGil]

ohhhh . . . . 

Gilly is a cheater..... 

Oh the war is on now!!

[Oddball]

what do you expect from a Canuk lol

[Frank N. O.]

Congratulations!!! That is totally awesome (in the correct sense of the word). I seriously understand the Joker-smile (The Joker from the Batman comics/series/movies). I think if I saw in a XB-70, YF-23, SR-71 or GA-112 I'd feel the same.

Is it the one in Heathrow? (I saw it on satellite photos, parked at the curb of a large taxi-way I think), and where did you get the cool cap?

Gilligan: Oh come on, anyone can recognize that yoke and instrumentpanel. Btw, that weird yoke is also used on Embraer aircraft and I got a picture of the cockpit of a Twin Commander Shrike where one such strange device is evident. I already don't like the normal yokes where the axle is at the absolute bottom of the yoke since it must give a strange movement when banking but that type there looks to be very very weird to fly imho.

Frank

[leiafee]

Heh, I looked before I posted to see if zooming in enough would make the placard saying G-BOAC readable 

Some friends from another online bulletin board went to Manchester, where one of them volunteers as a tour guide round the aircraft, and "did" Concorde (Also half a DC10, a Trident, and an Avro RJX -- and if anyone recognises one of them then they need more than one virtual pint!). 

I suspect every single one of us went away with a photo of us in the P1 seat of the beautiful "Alpha Charlie".  (complete with hat!)

[Oddball]

The Concorde at East Fortune has a perspex partition so you cant get into the cockpit....but you can sit on the Royal seat 

[Frank N. O.]

Royal seat? As in "the throne" ?

The Caravelle III I sat in with my dad also had such a cover.

Frank

[Oddball]

This was the seat the Queen sat in when she flew on/in Concorde

[leiafee]

The Concorde at East Fortune has a perspex partition so you cant get into the cockpit....but you can sit on the Royal seat 

I think the Manchester one is one of very few where you can get "up front".  Certainly the two others I've toured at Duxford and Brooklands have the flightdeck roped off.

[TheSoccerMom]

This is a moldy oldie, but here is a Doug load full of Special Forces, about to jump into an abandoned airbase to carry out a fake attack.  It was about impossible to get up to the front, they had so much gear.

[Skid Kid]

I wonder if your threat of "Don't make me come back there!" would work on that crowd?

[G-man]

I wonder if your threat of "Don't make me come back there!" would work on that crowd?

I'm sure it would---Have you met S'mom..

[Ragwing]

It was about impossible to get up to the front, they had so much gear.

You can also forget about going to the loo.  Great bunch of guys.  Thanks S'Mom it has been a while.