South Cheshire Militaire;Sunday 26th Feb 2012

[Bungle]

Slightly off topic here but I get nose bleeds as soon as I hit the M25 going either East or West to go 'upNorff'.

Are there any shows of a similar ilk that you reprobates gentlemen may attend in the south (and by south I mean north across the stream from France) ?

I'd like to join the party and see some of my rough attempts on a table somewhere.

Bungle (gets car sick after 5 miles so much that Zippy won't allow me to sit up front)

[Martin H]

Was that the bloke that was going on about burst tyres n fuel consumption.....??

Doubt it, I was there for that one LOL

So what was the story with that one then???

That one was quite harmless. He was trying to explain what he thought the idea behind the naval lightning was to his kid........Ie trying to explain what a what if is.

He was quite surprised to find it was a real project. But quite friendly.

[NARSES2]

Slightly off topic here but I get nose bleeds as soon as I hit the M25 going either East or West to go 'upNorff'.

Are there any shows of a similar ilk that you reprobates gentlemen may attend in the south (and by south I mean north across the stream from France) ?
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I suppose the most southerly is MK which has just been on. A few of us go to Southern Expo as punters and then we make the trip to Yate in the summer, out near Bristol. There arn't that many shows in the South, big shame 

[PR19_Kit]

Has the SIG ever done the Yeovilton Show?

It's pretty good, very Cosford like in feel as you're exhibiting amongst some very rare aeroplanes. While chatting to a stand viewer once I realised I was leaning against the leading edge of the ONLY Fairy Albacore left in the entire world and moved sharply away!

[Weaver]

Has the SIG ever done the Yeovilton Show?

It's pretty good, very Cosford like in feel as you're exhibiting amongst some very rare aeroplanes. While chatting to a stand viewer once I realised I was leaning against the leading edge of the ONLY Fairy Albacore left in the entire world and moved sharply away!

Why? How heavy are you? 

[Thorvic]

Has the SIG ever done the Yeovilton Show?

It's pretty good, very Cosford like in feel as you're exhibiting amongst some very rare aeroplanes. While chatting to a stand viewer once I realised I was leaning against the leading edge of the ONLY Fairy Albacore left in the entire world and moved sharply away!

Basically its a scheduling issue, previously the the show has clashed with Huddersfield, being on the Saturday whilst Huddersfield was on the Sunday, although this year they finally appeared to get it a weekend earlier. You also need to consider that martin does the Bolton show in mid Jan, Milton keynes, Huddersfield, Crewe and then Peterborough between Jan and the start of March. Thats alot of travel and adding in Yeovilton would fill that weekend between MK & Hudds would in effect book up every weekend in the Feb-Mar period.

Add to that the cost and distance of Yeovilton as the other shows are bascially in easy reach via the road network from his Northamptonshire location, where as Somerset is a cross country slog along a variety of A-roads. Doing that on top of all the others can make it an expensive month without counting the stash increaases that tend to happen at such events.

[Thorvic]

As for Southern Shows, it was local members that got the SIG involved in the Northern shows, i was a member of Bolton, Wooksta was Newcastle, Falcon was Huddersfield, Martin is Coventry, TsrJoe was the Scottish Nationals and Glasgow. Thats how we got involved in those shows and then as we become more known we would get invites to new shows or be accepted when trying to get a stand at Yate or Peterborough.

[The Wooksta!]

The SIG has *always* done Tyneside as I remember talking to Ian Hartup (who started the SIG) about some Luftwaffe fighter at the Guildhall in Newcastle in 1993.  It's been a firm fixture at Tyneside ever since it began.

[PR19_Kit]

Why? How heavy are you? 

About 13.5 stone at the moment, but working on it.......

It didn't seem to be right using such a rare device as something to lean on, so I stopped.

[Weaver]

Why? How heavy are you? 

About 13.5 stone at the moment, but working on it.......

It didn't seem to be right using such a rare device as something to lean on, so I stopped.

There are those who would hold that a leaning post was probably the best use for an Albacore.....

Anyway, Hitler didn't manage to break it, so what chance have you got?

[NARSES2]

There are those who would hold that a leaning post was probably the best use for an Albacore.....

Anyway, Hitler didn't manage to break it, so what chance have you got?

Young Nick on the other hand 

[Martin H]

Slightly off topic here but I get nose bleeds as soon as I hit the M25 going either East or West to go 'upNorff'.

Are there any shows of a similar ilk that you reprobates gentlemen may attend in the south (and by south I mean north across the stream from France) ?

I'd like to join the party and see some of my rough attempts on a table somewhere.

Bungle (gets car sick after 5 miles so much that Zippy won't allow me to sit up front)

Theres always the Hendon show on may 20th

[PR19_Kit]

Anyway, Hitler didn't manage to break it, so what chance have you got?

As I've spent the greater portion of my like working on machines that were designed to do exactly that, ie breaking things, I should think I've a pretty good chance actually........ 

[Aircav]

Slightly off topic here but I get nose bleeds as soon as I hit the M25 going either East or West to go 'upNorff'.

Are there any shows of a similar ilk that you reprobates gentlemen may attend in the south (and by south I mean north across the stream from France) ?

I'd like to join the party and see some of my rough attempts on a table somewhere.

All I can think of is "oh the irony".....

[NARSES2]

Theres always the Hendon show on may 20th

How could I forget that one - but it's still north of the river