choffer Posted January 16, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 hour ago, sidcow said: My Dad repeatedly said he would get me and my brothers onto Tiswas but he never did I was on it when I was about six. Kid in school was invited and he took me along. Single most terrifying experience of my childhood. A large room full of grown ups shouting at you, telling you what to do. I’d never seen the show so had no idea what was going on. I remember doing the dying fly next to Tarrant and my mum gave me pelters when I got home for getting custard pie foam all over my Sunday best. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: The first time I flew in a plane the captain let me sit in his chair and hold the controls. I don't remember it as i was about 4, but a flight from South Africa, we got upgraded to an empty first class and I got to go in the cockpit and hold the controls. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted January 16, 2022 Author VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) My first ever flight was in one of these. DH89 Dragon Rapide. Edited January 16, 2022 by mjmooney 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted January 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 hour ago, AlwaysAVFC said: I don't remember it as i was about 4, but a flight from South Africa, we got upgraded to an empty first class and I got to go in the cockpit and hold the controls. 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) I've been in the cockpit of plenty of planes mid air, as a kid. It was pretty much the done thing - the kids got invited up. Fascinating. I think this was pre-digital gauges, so you had the flight engineer in there as well. Edited January 16, 2022 by Xela 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 16, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Xela said: Oh my dear lord. I shit you not I just read this post as the opening scene of Airplane is on the telly! Edited January 17, 2022 by sidcow 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted January 16, 2022 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: The first time I flew in a plane the captain let me sit in his chair and hold the controls. As a kid when I was at our house in Wales I used to play on the Beeching axed station that was opposite the house and I was befriended by the men who used to work on the railway which still ran up to the colliery. There was also a private rail line that went up the valley to a quarry, the man that drove that train day in day out lived at the back of our house and was a family friend. I used to know all the train drivers as a consequence I'd end up in the cab of the class 37 locos that went up to the pit washery to collect the coal, four times or more a day. I'd be allowed to drive both the 37s and the Sentinel up to the quarry, only for short straight bits and totally supervised. Sometimes, I'd ride in the cab all the way down to Radyr Marshalling Yard and back up to our village again (over 20 miles each way) I still love the noise a Class 37 makes, its up there with the noise of a Rolls Royce Merlin engine The Sentinel was even madder, here's photo of one You can see front and back it has outside bits you can stand on, yep, I'd ride the train on those up this single track and jump off just before the quarry and in about an hour I'd jump back on and ride back down to the house To me this was normal, if my parents asked where I'd been, i'd tell them, not an eyelid was batted, they trusted the people I was with but can you imagine the absolute hell that would be unleashed today if an 8 year old kid was doing that? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 When I was a kid the Dock Police used to chase us off the docks in their police van. When I got work experience at a timber yard on the dock, part of the job was to go to the bank every Friday in the back of the police van to pick up the factory wages. I told them that I was one of the kids they used to chase off the docks, and they let me have a go at driving the police van. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheAuthority Posted January 17, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 4 hours ago, bickster said: As a kid ...................I was befriended by the men who used to work on the railway 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 11 hours ago, Xela said: I've been in the cockpit of plenty of planes mid air, as a kid. It was pretty much the done thing - the kids got invited up. Fascinating. I think this was pre-digital gauges, so you had the flight engineer in there as well. I’ve been in the cockpit during take off for a transatlantic flight. Can’t remeber if it was a 747 or an A350-900. It was spectacular. I was 25 at the time and felt like the biggest kid in the world. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 On 17/01/2022 at 09:20, El Zen said: I’ve been in the cockpit during take off for a transatlantic flight. Can’t remeber if it was a 747 or an A350-900. It was spectacular. I was 25 at the time and felt like the biggest kid in the world. Did they have to use those extendable seat belts on you? Or did you just not fit into a normal seat? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, lapal_fan said: Did they have to use those extendable seat belts on you? Or did you just not fit into a normal seat? You jest, but at 6ft4 and with the revenue maximalising leg space available on modern aircraft, that question brings out more traumatic memories than you realise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Why did English motocycles go from the top of the heap to virtually non existant ? I remember,when I was a teenager ( about 100 years ago ) all you saw was English bikes.Triumph,Norton,BSA,Matchless,AJS etc.I myself had an Aerial 600 Huntmaster and after that 5 ( one after the other ) Triumph Tiger T110s.I dont know for sure,but I would not be surprised if a Triumph Trident of BSA Road Rocket or Norton Dominator would leave a Harley for dead,yet British bikes are all but extinct ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: Why did English motocycles go from the top of the heap to virtually non existant ? I remember,when I was a teenager ( about 100 years ago ) all you saw was English bikes.Triumph,Norton,BSA,Matchless,AJS etc.I myself had an Aerial 600 Huntmaster and after that 5 ( one after the other ) Triumph Tiger T110s.I dont know for sure,but I would not be surprised if a Triumph Trident of BSA Road Rocket or Norton Dominator would leave a Harley for dead,yet British bikes are all but extinct ?! They weren’t in competition with Harley. They were in competition with Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Yamaha. I don’t know from first hand experience, but I know one by one all my dad’s mates came around to accepting that the imports were a lethal combination of cheaper and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Yes,your probably right.I remember when the first Honda came out ( the Honda Dream ) It was heaps slower than any British bike but it had key ignition ( You started it like a car ) which made it unusual at the time but for me personally I would have a Triumph anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 21, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2022 Bob knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 12 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Bob knew. Be careful Bob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 I’d have thought Bob would prefer a drone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 21, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, PussEKatt said: Why did English motocycles go from the top of the heap to virtually non existant ? I remember,when I was a teenager ( about 100 years ago ) all you saw was English bikes.Triumph,Norton,BSA,Matchless,AJS etc.I myself had an Aerial 600 Huntmaster and after that 5 ( one after the other ) Triumph Tiger T110s.I dont know for sure,but I would not be surprised if a Triumph Trident of BSA Road Rocket or Norton Dominator would leave a Harley for dead,yet British bikes are all but extinct ?! On a related-ish note, it's not until quite recently (about 3 or 4 years ago) I found out Triumph cars and Triumph bikes were 2 completely separate companies. I just assumed they were 2 divisions of the same company, as with the likes of other companies who make both cars & bikes like Suzuki and Honda etc. But nope, they rather weirdly operated with the same name as each other and no links whatsoever. Mad that they were even allowed to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, PussEKatt said: Yes,your probably right.I remember when the first Honda came out ( the Honda Dream ) It was heaps slower than any British bike but it had key ignition ( You started it like a car ) which made it unusual at the time but for me personally I would have a Triumph anytime. I had a Honda SS 50 as a starter bike, it was slow as ****. All my mates had 50cc bikes too and mine was the **** slowest. So when I could get a 250 I got a Suzuki X7, now that could shift. Even back in the early 80's only older bikers were riding British. All the kids wanted the speed and reliability of Japanese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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