clivechapman.bsky.social
Hubby, Dad, Grandad, ex RSignals SNCO, Rugby fanatic, lover of real ale, WW2 history, AvGeek, Trekkie, Blackadder addict, a very bad fisherman & proud Brummie.
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Only on the rare occasions I go abroad.
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8 Air Experience Flight at RAF Cosford. If memory serves, my first one was in 1976.
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Been to East Kirby (check out profile pics), a great pod & that letter… I think the phrase rhymes with clucking bell.
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Built this during lockdown. A 1960s Airfix classic. It fought me every inch! An Airfix Anson was my first kit aged 6. Bought for me by my Dad. I loved the fact the turret moved & the undercarriage was retractable. If I remembered I used green & brown wax crayons as camo! 😂
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Tamiya tape & a very sharp scalpel & you can make your own masks. Very fiddly & frustrating. But satisfying when it’s done!
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David Bowie’s Heroes, covered live by Blondie. It’s on the B side of the 12” version of Atomic. I’m a huge Bowie fan, but Blondie’s cover is magnificent.
youtu.be/ABEqQKlWLC0?...
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I thought it was just me! 😂
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Funny name for a girl…
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Little boy with big job to do…
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You can’t ask me that, that’s like “What’s your favourite tune!” Today it’s er… Spitfire PRXIX. Tomorrow it might be a Jaguar GR1A, the day after a Mosquito FB VI. Impossible to say…
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Avro York. There’s one at RAF Cosford Museum.
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It’s good to be Irish & a rugby fan at the moment. I’m not looking forward to England’s first game of the tournament.
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The best concert I ever saw, Birmingham New street Odeon 1983 (I think). The Misplaced Childhood gig. Utterly epic!
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No. Very much earth bound.
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My first ever flight was in a Chipmunk at 8 Air Experience Flight at RAF Cosford around 1976, I’m guessing.
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Watched this again via your link yesterday afternoon, my wife had never seen it before & it was interesting getting her take on it. Suffice it to say she was very moved. What Masters of the Air did with CGI & a multi million dollar budget, this did just as effectively & movingly on a shoestring.
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The best bit of this was the end line. “The reason there was a war was that it was too much trouble not to have one.” Which was what I said to a German taxi driver returning to barracks after a beer during the run up to Gulf War 1.
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#ProudDad
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That’s a coincidence, I rewatched that episode this afternoon. For the umpteenth time. Probably more…
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Great pod! In the 70s or maybe 80s I’m sure I remember a BBC play about RAF Bomber crews suffering from “LMF” in a military hospital, who at night, got out of their beds & re-enacted a raid. It was utterly brutal & pitiful. Did I dream that or is that something you know about?