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[Closed] This morning I achieved a thirty year ambition...

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...no, not seeing Debbie Harry without any clothes on.

This morning I sat in a fully airworthy Mk IX Spitfire. I even got to waggle the controls and press the trigger. For those who are interested, a Spitfire's cockpit is surprisingly comfortable despite being a little on the cosy side. The part of me that is still an eight year old boy is absolutely stoked as the saying goes.

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Posted : 31/03/2012 2:20 pm
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3 weeks ago i sat in the james bond DB5, bit underwhelmed tbh.

(sat in 2, the 'road' model without effects and the gun/revolving number plate effects car)

wouldn't mind having a gander at a spitfire cockpit though.


 
Posted : 31/03/2012 2:39 pm
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Debbie Harry without any clothes on

bit wrinkly now I'd imagine ๐Ÿ™


 
Posted : 31/03/2012 2:55 pm
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Did you press the gun button and make "dugga dugga dugga" noises?


 
Posted : 31/03/2012 3:36 pm
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You jammy sod! How'd you manage that?


 
Posted : 31/03/2012 3:39 pm
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Tally ho .lucky bast


 
Posted : 31/03/2012 3:54 pm
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Yes, I did do the "Dakka-dakka-dakka" noises. My missus arranged it as an early birthday present and it's not as expensive as you think.

I got to sit in the "Borough of Bromley" Which resides in an innocuous hanger at Biggin Hill. Also in the hanger was another Mk IX, a Mk XVI and an airworthy Mk1 which first flew in early 1940. Incredible stuff for a total Spitfire nerd like me really.


 
Posted : 31/03/2012 7:19 pm
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Well the best I can do is this...

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F3 Tornado at Leeming, quite a while ago.


 
Posted : 31/03/2012 7:25 pm
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I sat in the second seat of a Typhoon taxiing out at Cameri. My missus talks to me about it when she wants 'some' and I'm not really in the mood.


 
Posted : 31/03/2012 7:33 pm
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Sat in the business end of an English Electric Lightening .
Lots and lots of dials and not alot of space.
Bruntingthorpe , next door to the hanger which housed the Vulcan , whilst it was being rebuilt


 
Posted : 31/03/2012 8:03 pm
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Just bought my dad a taxi ride for his 60th....

... Should note, it's not just a ride home from the pub in a mini cab. It's up and down a runway. In a Lancaster bomber.

Wish I'd bought me the same thing! 'jerry! 9 o'clock high! He's coming from the sun! Dakka dakka dakka!'


 
Posted : 31/03/2012 10:34 pm
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would LOVE to sit in a Lightning! That's second only to sitting in a Spit!


 
Posted : 31/03/2012 11:46 pm
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I've sat in the captains seat on one of the new T45 Destroyers, and been inside the big gun on the front.. pretty cool.


 
Posted : 01/04/2012 9:04 am