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Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Thumper » Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:07 am

I'll be at Cranfield from mid-day I suppose to stand there for 4 hours and see nothing happen ;)
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Xplumberlives » Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:23 am

Thumper wrote:I'll be at Cranfield from mid-day I suppose to stand there for 4 hours and see nothing happen ;)



BUT at least you wont be PAYING for the NON EVENT! ;)
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Cluny » Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:45 am

I shall be there from 14:00 onwards , working again ;)
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Xplumberlives » Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:46 am

Rain by 14:10 then!
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Thumper » Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:37 pm

Cluny is a SUN god now though, it was really sunny at Cranfield last time!!

But yes I won't be paying for a non-event coz I iz evilz :ymdevil:
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Sun Jun 20, 2010 7:13 pm

Thumper wrote:Cluny is a SUN god now though, it was really sunny at Cranfield last time!!



I can vouch for that, I'm blaming him for my sun burn today :ymdevil: =)) =))
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Mayfly » Sun Jun 20, 2010 7:28 pm

Hmmmm wonder what he's been doing to redeem himself!! :p
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Thumper » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:53 am

From UKAR wrote:XS458 delveloped a technical problem in April, resulting in the May event having to be cancelled while maintenance was carried out. Russell Carpenter and his team have rectified the problem, and hopefully the aircraft will run as normal on 26 June.


We (Cluny & myself) both knew it broke last time and never ran in May but oh no, someone wished to state otherwise, now I believe that has been busted :ymdevil:
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Xplumberlives » Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:29 am

Might just nip down and join the FREELOADERS!
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Cluny » Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:17 pm

Thumper wrote:
From UKAR wrote:XS458 delveloped a technical problem in April, resulting in the May event having to be cancelled while maintenance was carried out. Russell Carpenter and his team have rectified the problem, and hopefully the aircraft will run as normal on 26 June.


We (Cluny & myself) both knew it broke last time and never ran in May but oh no, someone wished to state otherwise, now I believe that has been busted :ymdevil:

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I take it we'll be at the usual spot so we can flick the v's and generaly glote :ymdevil:
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Thumper » Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:11 am

Errrrrrrrr I won't coz I is stoop3d :o)

Despite me posting this thread I thought it was tomorrow and I have my food shopping arriving between 12-2 today 8-|
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Cluny » Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:28 pm

Me and Xpl was wondered why you didn't turn up :))
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"He" came looking for us =))

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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Stigish » Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:41 pm

Hihonyr8811 wrote:
Thumper wrote:Cluny is a SUN god now though, it was really sunny at Cranfield last time!!



I can vouch for that, I'm blaming him for my sun burn today :ymdevil: =)) =))

Me too, I got BADLY sun burned at brize at the families day.

I bet the weather was perfect today? Nice vid as always :ymapplause:
Thumper wrote:Errrrrrrrr I won't coz I is stoop3d :o)

Despite me posting this thread I thought it was tomorrow and I have my food shopping arriving between 12-2 today 8-|

:)) :)) [-x [-x Poor excuse...........
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Mayfly » Sat Jun 26, 2010 6:01 pm

Good video Cluny - was the pilot Denis Brookes do you know?
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Cluny » Sat Jun 26, 2010 6:03 pm

I would of thought so , he is the usual pilot ;)
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Thumper » Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:28 pm

Pilot is always Dennis Brooks, got his name on the plane now too :)

Sorry I didn't make it Cluny and XPL but I spent £120 on food shopping and if I am not here that would have been an expensive waste! Typically the %*£"^$(^("$^"( didn't turn up till 3:30 at which point I thought everything would have finished X(

I guess I'll be seeing you in a few weeks at RIAT though Cluny as I am there for Friday arrivals and practise, I'll buy you an Ice Cream/Hot Chocolate (weather dependant, delete as applicable) to make up for missing today.

Great video, I notice there was NO-ONE in the usual photography spot near the runway /:)

So go on then, did Russell come after you with his big MOUTH and demand money from you tight opportunists? :ymdevil:
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Cluny » Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:01 pm

You need to ask Xpl , i wasn't there at the time :))
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Xplumberlives » Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:59 pm

Here is my take on the day!

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And finally - Blizzard the Watcher taking more of his FREELOADING video!
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Re: Sat 26th June - Tight Opportunists Club

Postby Thumper » Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:10 pm

I see it's not firing on both again! /:)

Great photo's XPL, some very crisp shots indeed :D
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