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Thanks Jim, but that's a different model, mine's a core 2 duo. Check the KE111ET#ABU variant
~S~ Jabo
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PM sent Colin.
I've got a couple of other things to get shot of here if anyone's interested;
A brand new (boxed & unused) HP (Compaq) 6720s Laptop - Drop me a PM for the spec
Normally retails between £500 - £670 but £400ono to you guys
A likewise brand new (factory sealed) copy of MS Office 2007 Professional - we sell this for £470ish (although I've seen it cheaper on the web) - £250ono
All proceeds to Jabo's "I need a better PC with a bigger monitor, TrackIR and an x52" fund
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Ditto, only just spotted this thread ~S~ Quazi - Happy Birthday m8
~S~ Jabo
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Yeah, I've not been able to keep up wiht the mods they made over the yrs, but the one I posted is the late 60s version like my dad's friend owned, and that my old man flew in a few airshows in the 70s. Most of the old ones had open cockpits, like hte one he flew. I gotta find taht shot somewhere.
Hmm, done some additional digging here, early Special's did have rounded wingtips and tail surfaces (along with open cockpits - although most of those still flying have been converted to a 'closed' format) as does the current Eagle which is, essentially, a kit version of the Pitts. Both types are offered with a range of powerplants which accounts for the differences in the cowlings between some aircraft. If the first plane you posted is an early one, then it's been retrofitted with clipped wingtips - I guess this is to increase the roll rate, just like the clipped Spitty. The second one definitely looks like an early variant to me.
And Jabo, that B-25 scheme is pretty accurate. For some reason, many of our AC in the north Africa op had RAF tail flashes, while many of the RAF spits and Hurris had US insignia. Something about IFF problems, as they were afraid of friendly fire I think. I dunno why the tail flashes, but there are period shots of that.
Not disputing the accuracy m8, ISTR reading something about that somewhere, just thought it looked a little different to what is normally seen. Oh, and I'm right with you on the side windows in the A26 - grrr. There was one at Duxford in 2000-2001 with the low-drag turret and the full works - looked the business, and the pilot really blasted it round the circuit - seriously quick for a large® aeroplane. I'll have to see if I've any photos.
~S~ Jabo
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Damn, that's a Pitts? Those things have been considerably modified from the 70s. they had rounded tips and tail and short noses back then, as did the ohter one at the show. Sheesh.
Yep, 'borrowed' from an official publication too. The plane does seem to lend itself to modification though - The Eagle looks very similar but has rounded wingtips, tail and stabilser and is also a kit plane made by a company called Aviat - who also make the Pitts!
~S~ Jabo
P.S. Thanks for more Carla!
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Bill Rodney was the name of the pilot I sat with.
He's from Victoria.
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Thanx guys, pretty nice compliments from a bunch of backshooting, parachute straffers heh heh.
Now, now Enforcer, play nicely
Jabo, If that's a Pitts, It's highly modified. I got some shots of a woman pilot flying her Pitts as well, and my late dad used to fly a friend's in a couple of airshows, so I've seen those alot. I think it may be called an Eagle, but I dunno. Im not good on civie planes anymore. Thing musta had an outrageous engine to stay airborne on thrust alone so long.
Pretty certain it's a Pitts m8, compare yours with this shot
Having said that there are any number of modified versions of the same basic ariframe out there with different engines etc so it could easily be a modded one (but only as long as it's 4.09
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Nice find GK - I like the quote next to it as well
"Someone needs to get this dog a show on The Animal Planet. It would be like Prison Break, only much better."
How true...
~S~ Jabo
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Don't those guys fly a licence-built version of the Hunting Jet Provost? Known to all and sundry as the 'JP'. So it's JP and the 'JP's
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~S~ Enforcer, great pics (again) - it's amazing how you can go off somebody
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~S~ Kelly, good for you. BTW did you get the name of the Lanc Pilot? Just wondering because there was a Canadian chap at Duxford this year signing copies of his book (which I can't find at the moment) and I'm wondering if its the same guy?
He was in the Red Lion on the Friday before Legends. He was on his own, so I went over and chatted with him for a while. Nice bloke.
~S~ Jabo
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Here's a couple more, Oasis' "Don't Look Back In Anger", and Paul Young's "Wherever I Lay My Hat"
(There is a tiny bit of bad language at the start of this clip - Just a word to the wise)
I'm not a huge fan of mime in general, but this guy's good. I particularly like the "there's just so many things' line from "Torn". LOL
~S~ Jabo
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Don't those guys fly a licence-built version of the Hunting Jet Provost? Known to all and sundry as the 'JP'. So it's JP and the 'JP's
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Hello,
I have just been given a PC which I intend to let my daughet use for her homework in the bedroom (no internet connection though, I'm not silly)
The monitor it came with is an 15/17" CRT which is huge.
Does anyone have an old 15 / 17" flat screen kicking around that they want to sell?
I would rather go here first and buy from someone I can trust, rather than try e-bay, which will probably be my next move.
Cheers
Friar
I have a 17" HP TFT which I've been considering upgrading for some time - are you still looking for a monitor Colin?
It's an f1723, a bit old, but works well and has given me no trouble (I bought it new)
~S~ Jabo
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Thanks DT, just downloading them now.
~S~ Jabo
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Coolio, nice one GK, never even heard of social bookmarking before - looks pretty good to me.
~S~ Jabo
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Nobody? OK, Fleabay it is...
~S~ Jabo
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Are your graphics card drivers up to date? I suspect a software conflict may be causing a glitch which the machine interprets as a hardware fault and gives you the dreaded Blue Screen Of Death.
~S~ Jabo
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Fellas, I have a printer I wish to offload and it's going on eBay if no-one here wants it - It's a brand new HP Colour LaserJet 2600N - completely unused, complete and boxed - £100 to you guys, normal retail price £150-£160. It IS completely legit thank you...
Anybody interested?
~S~ Jabo
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i don't think that stripped raid is repairable. i know mirrored is (that's the point of mirroring) stripping makes drives working theoretically two times faster but if u change the raid chip set or one disk dies u r in trouble.
gec
Yep, would appear to be the case - Partition table on both disks is screwed, probably due to the heads writing when the power went off (Oops, forgot to mention that this problem surfaced after a power cut and the PC was in use when the lights went out). Can 'see' the data on both disks, but no way to get at it. If I ever get my hands on the idiot that thought this was a good way to build a home PC...I'll slap his wrists.
Now trying to do a bitwise copy and then attempt to interleave the data - could b a long haul.
~S~ Jabo
P.S. Thanks GK, but after the 109 and pitch incident, I don't bugger about with anything I don't understand - I've got a pal working on this for me and he knows what he's doing.
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Thanks Shayd, you're basically confirming my worry in as much as this machine is now 3 years old, and I think I'm going to have problems finding a working mobo with the right kind of RAID chip. I really fail to see the point of RAID in a standard desktop home PC apart from to make things more difficult
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I've just got in from a not entirely satisfactory night trying to assist Hamilhoff with his PC. Here's the prob...The machine will not load windows, in fact I don't think it's completing the POST. I want to back up his data before doing a little surgery, but his PC is configured with two SATA HDDs in RAID 0 (Striping) and I can't view the data on either disk (when plugged into a spare SATA header on my PC). I know a bit about RAID, but how the dickens do I get his data off these drives?
Any assistance will be gratefully received.
~S~ Jabo
The upgrade junkyard/flea-market
in Hardware Hell
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Not at all Jim, I'd much rather be proved wrong than believe I'm right and be 'off the beam' as it were. In any case it proves the point that I should have posted the spec rather then be mysterious about it. I'll do that tomorrow - too late now
~S~ Jabo