Stunned.

Brother-in-Law's girlfriend's father[1] came round today, to look at
the KH.[2]

"Very nice, but what does it sound like?"

It started second kick!

I bet it wouldn't have done, without an admiring audience.

[1] Complicated, innit. He's a tank mechanic for the Bundeswehr.

[2] A proper triple: not like your Hinkley rubbish.
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..73025../..16437.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR-Visited:83 Pts:1800 Miles:6890

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Salad Dodger

LOL. I used to own an absolutely *evil* Bantam, that would start 47th
kick every time. Not helped by the fact that the kickstart had sheared
off so you had to get your foot on top of the lever just *so*. I found
myself in the midst of a large group of spectators and piss-taking mates
outside the pub one night.

I tickled the carb, muttered imprecations sotto-voce, and prodded the
kick starter. And it fired up first time. Off I rode.

That was the first and last time it ever did it.
--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

<pokes Dodger in eye>
--

Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
FRJACK AT GMAIL DOT COM

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Fr Jack

Is that allowed? He's a National Treasure y'know.
--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Thus spake Nigel Eaton unto the assembled multitudes:

One could claim diplomatic immunity...

 

I've just had a sudden thought.

Timo must have done military service, right? I mean, wasn't it
compulsory unless you lived in West Berlin?

Timo, out of idle curiosity, whch branch of the services took you and
what happened to the equipment around you?

 

Now then, now then, no arse-licking of the SD.

 

I've just had a sudden thought.

Timo must have done military service, right? I mean, wasn't it
compulsory unless you lived in West Berlin?

Timo, out of idle curiosity, whch branch of the services took you and
what happened to the equipment around you?[/QUOTE]

I suspect he was in charge of maintenance on the Berlin Wall.

--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..73025../..16437.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR-Visited:83 Pts:1800 Miles:6890

 

One problem......

I'm not very fucking diplomatic! ;-)
--

Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
FRJACK AT GMAIL DOT COM

 

The Older Gentleman was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

I did, and I didn't...

I was with the Air Farce, securely squirrelled away 30 metres below
ground. As computers tend to still work even when I'm around, it
wasn't too much of a problem...

 

Salad Dodger was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

No, that was "the other side".

 

This wouldn't have been in the era when the Luftwaffe was losing half a
dozen F-104 Starfighters a week, was it?

 

The Older Gentleman was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

No, it was after that - they'd already made the jump to Tornados by
then...

 

IIRC, the loss rate of the F104 in the Luftwaffe was horrendous.

Heh. I've just googled. Now I know that "Witwenmacher" is German for
"Widowmaker".

"A flight of 4 FRG F-104s crashed into the hills on the banks of the
Mosel while I was there.

"The weather was crappy, as usual, and mission was penetration and radar
avoidance. The flight was in the Mosel Valley, down between the river
bank's hills (which usually run about 500 feet above the river). I
don't know if the pilot was turning to conform to the river's course, or
was 'popping up' to start the attack run, but the flight leader was too
low, poked his nosecone into the top of the hill on the river bank, and
the rest of the flight followed him right in.

"It was not considered to be a major event or disaster. it was just
another training accident."

Or:

"If you had an early model 104, you zoom up and roll inverted to eject,
since you had a downward ejecting seat."

Or:

"Only one voice in Germany was raised against this decision: Erich
Hartmann, the Luftwaffe's top ace of the Second World War, said after
flying the F-104 that it was too unforgiving for young German fighter
pilots, and that the Luftwaffe should consider an interim type such as
the F-100 before bringing such an advanced aircraft into the inventory.
His dissent - in the face of support for the airplane from fellow aces
now high in the new Luftwaffe command like Johannes Steinhoff, Gunther
Rall, and Walter Krupinski - eventually cost him his career. In light of
the subsequent operational history of the F-104G in the Luftwaffe,
Hartmann was right."

Ginally:

"West Germany had a total of 916 Starfighters (136 of which were
trainers).  With 269 crashes, that's a loss rate of about 34%....
According to the Royal Canadian Air Force site, approximately 110 CF-104
and CF-104Ds were lost in accidents, out of 239 delivered - a loss rate
of 46 percent."

That was a truly dreadful aeroplane.....

 

I've been at the G&Ts too.

 

The Older Gentleman was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

It was...

AFAIR it wasn't that bad in the clear skies over Arizona, but once it
was fitted with all the weather radar and associated carp, their
handling went rather dubious - something to do with it suddenly
becoming nose-heavy or somesuch. Plus, it was one aeroplane that didn't
allow you to make any mistakes. Nobody made one twice, at least.

 

In message

Now where's my copy of "Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters" by Bob
Calvert ?
--
Tim two#21, YGL#3 & BOTAFOT#84

Due to the limitations of current email, the lip movements may be
out of synchronisation as you move your finger under the text while reading.

tim dot ukrm2 at dsl dot pipex dot com

 

I found that while googling.

 

The Older Gentleman says...

It's hilarious, I listened to it when I stayed with Jas over christmas
last year

 

Timo Geusch <> struggled to ejaculate:

[F-104]

Sounds fishy to me.