2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 7, 2010 2. Administrators Posted July 7, 2010 Ever organised (lol), here's the Debrief Thread for the various DDz expeditions to London, Flying Legends and Normandy. Eight hours to go before I'm due to head off to London, so time for some shut-eye - Have a great one guys! ~S~ Jabo Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted July 15, 2010 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 15, 2010 Mission complete! I got home at about 20:00 local time. My debrief In short: Fabulous! Amazing! Brilliant! It all was! Have started working on gathering video and images, to try and make something out of it ... Quote
gec Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Mission complete! I got home at about 20:00 local time. My debrief In short: Fabulous! Amazing! Brilliant! It all was! Have started working on gathering video and images, to try and make something out of it ... glad u came home in one peace m8 Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted July 16, 2010 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 16, 2010 Here's my first contribution: Three Kestrels at Duxford, a 2'20 Video of what was a highlight of the show to me! @gec: Thanks m8, it was a bit of a trip, but driving a French car (Citroen Xantia) over the 'Peage' motorways in France @130km/hr, on the Cruise Control is much like flying, the miles and miles kinda fly past... but getting into Belgium (had a big dip just before Antwerp, a cup of black coffee fixed that) at rush hour is no good, and in Holland trying to avoid a traffic jam, taking a bypass route that many others took does not help in making good progress at all! In the end, the rule of '2 hours drive, 15 minutes break' is a very good one! Quote
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted July 16, 2010 2. Administrators Posted July 16, 2010 hmm, i don't appear to have a codec to watch it, any suggestions? Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted July 16, 2010 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 16, 2010 hmm, i don't appear to have a codec to watch it, any suggestions? Sure, me editing the video and redo it with a different codec? (I used the Intel Indeo 4.5 Codec.) Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted July 16, 2010 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 16, 2010 Changed the upload, (link is still the same, see above) now the 'Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V1' was used. Please try to download it again ... Quote
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted July 16, 2010 2. Administrators Posted July 16, 2010 that works for me. I think i should of paid more attention to how i worded my last post though, to 'where can i download the codec needed' rather than getting you to redo the vid, but thanks for that, and the vids real nice Just watched your spitfire vid :bow: nice skills Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted July 16, 2010 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 16, 2010 As Fruitbat already mentioned: Second video: Spitfires at Duxford Quote
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted July 17, 2010 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 17, 2010 Well what a fantasticulatious 10 days that was !! Started on Wednesday at my M8 Pete's house near Windsor where I got drunk and laughed alot. Stayed overnight then off to Heathrow to pick up JP on Thursday. Pete drove us both to "Shepherds Bush" (got to love the name LOL ) tube station. Short trip to Days hotel then to the IWM to meet up with BG, Pook,(+ wives) Jabo, Jedi and Colin. Got drunk and laughed alot in the evening at the pub. Off to Duxford on Friday meet up with more most excellent DDz go for a tour of "Romania" (restoration hangers) at Duxford thanks to JP and his incredible schmooze machine. Did I mention that I sat in a Spitfire LMAO. It was a RCAF(Kelly) Mk IX with the cerial number "PL344" Pain Less 3 44(Klingers number) Spooky ! Registration number "TL-B" which FT said stood for Tender Lovi'n Brainless LOL THANK YOU JP !!! Friday night got drunk and laughed alot at the Red Lion. Saturday was the airshow itself and yet more excellent DDz showed up. What a show and what great company. I only wish we had had more time so that I could have had a decent chat with each and every DDD (Duxford Danger Dog) Saturday night Rog visits again, this time with his lovely family. Only one thing to do....Get drunk and laugh alot ! Sid, Fruitbat and myself managed to "moon" JP from the flat roof outside our window at about 1am Sunday morning say good-bye to BG, Helen, Pooka, Joanne, Crash, Fruitbat, Jabo, Jedi, Friar (To be honest I was a little sad to to leave such a great bunch of people). Drive back to Portsmouth (via Windsor to collect my car) in convoy with FT and Sid's cars. Stayed at my place got drunk and laughed alot. Monday Jabo arrives and we collect my M8 Tim. Drive to the continental ferry port via the isle of wight ferry port OOOPS ! (because my brain is old and tired ) Had a fantastic time for four days doing the DDz Normandy tour, got drunk and laughed alot ! So many funny things happened I cannot list them so I will let JP/Sid/FT/Jabo do that. Thursday FT drives to Holland and we come back to Blighty in the evening. Nick drives home late that night , Tim goes home and now there are only 3. Friday morning Tim comes round to my house to give Sid a send off by playing his violin on the driveway ! LOL Now there are only 2. I drive JP to the airport and say a fond farewell...now there is only 1. I reflect on the drive home to portsmouth.........I wish we all lived alot nearer to each other ........~S~ Good friends !!! Mick. Pics..... Quote
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted July 17, 2010 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 17, 2010 More pics...... It was hard work trying to push JP between the rudder pedals ! LOL "Painless lucky boy right...over" "Keep still JP ! One is trying to have one's picture taken" I really love this plane xxxxx This man is one of my heroes because he does alot more than perhaps he gets credit for : ) This man is officially under the wing ,so to speak, of Mr Jason Perk. Sexier than Colins hat ! Boooooo ! Hurray !! Hurray !! Hurray !! Hurray !! "Did I tell you about when I used to work as a 1970s porn star ? " "There was this one time when I was behind this babe with a perfect bum ......" www. (wicked wing jig) look at the rivets on that ! This aircraft seems to have something stuck to the starboard wing !! LOL Mr Eric "winkle" Brown no less !! Due to government cuts to help pay for the Olympics this will be the BoBMF from 2012 DDz war faces ? LOL JP to Colin........ "Have you pissed in my pint !?" Hellauxxxxx JP...... "where is my friggin KY !? Jabo.....is this it ? A Jabo serious moment. Sid and Tim holding their own ! LOL Point du Hock...Note that the flag in the background is mainly white : ) "Tim" honourary NDD (Normandy Danger Dog) and squad musician. It was completely black in here without the flash Achtung I am Austrian not Cherman !! More bunker. JP got quite sentimental at times !! LOL Don't get captured if you crew one of these ! The famous Pegasus Bridge cafe Phew ! Hope you enjoy. ~S~ Painless Quote
JensenPark Posted July 17, 2010 Posted July 17, 2010 very nice Mick. I'm just uploading my 300 pics to photoshop...will post them soon. Quote
Bucky Posted July 17, 2010 Posted July 17, 2010 Great pics Painless.The group shot with the guys standing by the spit is my new desktop. It's great to see all the pics and read all the posts from you guys....it kinda makes me feel like I was there. btw,the DDz shirts look great. B. Quote
BadAim Posted July 18, 2010 Posted July 18, 2010 Excellent pics mate. I do wish I was there. Good thing I can live the event vicariously through the photos. I like to watch. Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted July 18, 2010 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 18, 2010 Here's another 3 minute video: Walking the Flight Line Quote
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted July 18, 2010 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 18, 2010 Here's another 3 minute video: Walking the Flight Line ~S~ FT M8, That was a cracking good vid clip, shame about the sex pest harrassing that poor girl !!! LOL ~S~ Brainless Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted July 18, 2010 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 18, 2010 Latest video, too big to go in the Vault, so direct link to YouTube: Quote
Sweper Posted July 19, 2010 Posted July 19, 2010 ~S~ Painlees for sharing excellent pic´s mate. ~S~ FT for your vid´s mate. Awesome footage. Liked the little I16 IRL. Swep Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted July 19, 2010 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 19, 2010 And another one: The BBMF at Duxford 2010. Quote
2. Administrators Jabo Posted July 19, 2010 Author 2. Administrators Posted July 19, 2010 Well, finally I have internet back at home - it's been off since Friday! A big ~s~ to all the DDz who made this year's Duxford jolly such a fantastic event (and London and Normandy!!!) A special thanks to Jim for lending me his monster camera lens, and I apologise in advance for the 600 pics I have to upload lol. Fab pics and videos uploaded already - brings it all back!!! ~S~ chaps Jabo Quote
Blairgowrie Posted July 19, 2010 Posted July 19, 2010 Glad to see you posting again Jabo. I was starting to worry that you might be buried at work or something. Look forward to seeing some of your close up shots. Quote
JensenPark Posted July 19, 2010 Posted July 19, 2010 I thought he was still busy driving people to train stations, airports, etc Quote
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