Path: news.nzbot.com!not-for-mail
NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:13:14 -0600
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 20:13:17 +0000
From: =?windows-1252?Q?Ri=A9ardo?= <here@glorious-somerset.uk>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Subject: Re: UK2 WK935 Gloster MeteorProneMeteor2.jpg
References: <rjs7aado1h72b4q8sdri1iqatdal7ak5mm@4ax.com> <XnsA414688E3E043HortenzyFortensnort@216.166.97.131> <s4ydnS6jVJn1vTnJnZ2dnUU7-UWdnZ2d@giganews.com> <XnsA41589FFC247AHortenzyFortensnort@216.166.97.131>
In-Reply-To: <XnsA41589FFC247AHortenzyFortensnort@216.166.97.131>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Message-ID: <waKdnfSZE8LHNzjJnZ2dnUU7-TudnZ2d@giganews.com>
Lines: 45
X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com
X-Trace: sv3-ft5XqtR954stsYK7vTUbabdSZ9YT+DgmZgDPKG/zH6FmQIPtn0Wz8qnMkzb7mdiEGGVEyKFlaVfKpvC!OT+iyrhvuTZRyHI7gHonZdQ3jJtgVLa15Ff259XYgxbDh1AtQNB39i7nljQ7dW2nJbJd+br2Hw==
X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com
X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html
X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers
X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly
X-Postfilter: 1.3.40
X-Original-Bytes: 2726
X-Received-Body-CRC: 1914717179
X-Received-Bytes: 3010
Xref: news.nzbot.com alt.binaries.pictures.aviation:695
On 01/01/2015 18:25, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
> news:s4ydnS6jVJn1vTnJnZ2dnUU7-UWdnZ2d@giganews.com:
>
>> On 31/12/2014 15:13, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
>>> Joseph Testagrose <Joet5@optonline.net> wrote in
>>> news:rjs7aado1h72b4q8sdri1iqatdal7ak5mm@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> begin 644 UK2 WK935 Gloster MeteorProneMeteor2.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Attachment decoded: UK2 WK935 Gloster MeteorProneMeteor2.jpg
>>>> `
>>>> end
>>>
>>> I get a crick in my neck just looking at this set-up.
>>
>> Here's the theory behind it:
>>
>> http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/collections/gloster-meteor-f8-prone
>> -position/
>>
>> http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/gloster_meteorprone.php
>
> "Tests showed the prone pilot could indeed endure slightly more g, but
> and became tired quickly."
>
> I wa aware of the rationale, but, even before reading those two pages, I
> could see that a check of one's six was going to be a pain in the neck,
> "As any fule kno." Another challenge would have been adapting safety
> systems for bailing out.
>
Agreed.
I like the "As any fule kno" as it indicates your broad horizons when it
comes your literary tastes.
;-)
--
Moving Things In Stiil Pictures
|
|
){kind=link}