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Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« on: October 11, 2012, 04:46:12 PM »
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2012, 05:20:10 PM »
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2012, 05:25:45 PM »
WOWBLOODYEEEE!!!  eeek:  :thumbsup:

Tell you summat too. I don't think that's an unreasonable price either tbqh.

Might do the lottery this weekend now. rubschin:

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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2012, 05:31:46 PM »
Quote from: GROWLER on October 11, 2012, 05:25:45 PM
WOWBLOODYEEEE!!!  eeek:  :thumbsup:

Tell you summat too. I don't think that's an unreasonable price either tbqh.

Might do the lottery this weekend now. rubschin:

Me too!  Thumbs:

You'd need to win a lot tho - I think the running costs of a Spitfire (and I'd imagine this is the same) are in the order of £100,000 per hour!  Shocked:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2012, 05:38:57 PM »
Quote from: Barman on October 11, 2012, 05:31:46 PM
Quote from: GROWLER on October 11, 2012, 05:25:45 PM
WOWBLOODYEEEE!!!  eeek:  :thumbsup:

Tell you summat too. I don't think that's an unreasonable price either tbqh.

Might do the lottery this weekend now. rubschin:

Me too!  Thumbs:

You'd need to win a lot tho - I think the running costs of a Spitfire (and I'd imagine this is the same) are in the order of £100,000 per hour!   [/i]Shocked:

Where's that figure come from then? eeek:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2012, 06:36:29 PM »
Quote from: GROWLER on October 11, 2012, 05:38:57 PM
Quote from: Barman on October 11, 2012, 05:31:46 PM
Quote from: GROWLER on October 11, 2012, 05:25:45 PM
WOWBLOODYEEEE!!!  eeek:  :thumbsup:

Tell you summat too. I don't think that's an unreasonable price either tbqh.

Might do the lottery this weekend now. rubschin:

Me too!  Thumbs:

You'd need to win a lot tho - I think the running costs of a Spitfire (and I'd imagine this is the same) are in the order of £100,000 per hour!   [/i]Shocked:

Where's that figure come from then? eeek:

Well, you don't really have any owld aeroplanes like you do owld cars...

In order to obtain a A Certificate of Airworthiness the aeroplane needs to be taken apart and rebuilt every (three I think) years...

The costs involved with an aeroplane which is seventy years old are colossal....

Plus, you can imagine what the insurance premium is like on an irreplaceable 70 year old aeroplane....  noooo:

And of course it will burn vast amounts of high octane fuel... I used to fly a Piper Arrow which cruised at 8 gallons per hour... I can't imagine how much fuel a 1,000 horse power Merlin uses!  lol:

Just found the answer - between 39 and 88 gallons per hour!  Shocked:

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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2012, 06:38:30 PM »
....and how much a litre is that then these days? rubschin:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2012, 06:40:19 PM »
Is the 88 if Mrs Growler is driving it?  rubschin:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2012, 06:44:02 PM »
My Dad used to fly those in WW2...and Spitty's. cloud9:

I could try and squeeze it into me Festa's nest to keep them both company like, and I could read it episodes from me Biggles Annual. cloud9:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2012, 06:45:53 PM »
Quote from: Nick (GC First Class) on October 11, 2012, 06:40:19 PM
Is the 88 if Mrs Growler is driving it?  rubschin:

You DON'T actually DRIVE aeroplanes, gonk's 'ed. noooo:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2012, 06:51:17 PM »
Quote from: GROWLER on October 11, 2012, 06:38:30 PM
....and how much a litre is that then these days? rubschin:

Assuming you can get the thing to run on Avgas (100LL) it is about £2 per litre....
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2012, 06:59:42 PM »
Quote from: Barman on October 11, 2012, 06:51:17 PM
Quote from: GROWLER on October 11, 2012, 06:38:30 PM
....and how much a litre is that then these days? rubschin:

Assuming you can get the thing to run on Avgas (100LL) it is about £2 per litre....

WHAT?!! shocked003

May have to stick to mowters I think.

Lottery win....Veyron it is then. whistle:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2020, 07:05:04 AM »
Can I be in charge of bombs?  angel1
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