Fire breathing.....

Tom Everitt AFG · Post by **Tom Everitt AFG** » 02 Feb 2007, 21:17

....de Havilland style :shock:

Tom

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 02 Feb 2007, 23:04

Wet Start? or do Goblins ALWAYS do that?

Leif

delticbob · Post by **delticbob** » 03 Feb 2007, 11:33

Should never have had that curry :redface:

Bob

AllanL · Post by **AllanL** » 03 Feb 2007, 13:57

Something of a DH habit?

Apparently a not-uncommon problem after an engine backfire on start-up.

I was taking long-range shots at the end of the day when my son asked,"Are they supposed to do that?", as flame shot out of the exhaust on start-up. I don't normally take pictures if I think they are going to end up badly, but my fingure was already on the shutter button. So I fired off three more shots, ending in the first one above. Apart from a toasted wing it ended with no more damage, or more importantly injury to anyone on board.

I believe it is back flying again - in a different scheme?

Post by **DaveG** » 03 Feb 2007, 15:35

"As real as it gets"

jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 03 Feb 2007, 16:44

Jetset · Post by **Jetset** » 04 Feb 2007, 01:12

For God Sake don't show the first picture to the Government. Carbon foortprint and all that.

Post by **DaveB** » 04 Feb 2007, 01:52

Allan..

She was flying again not too long after that incident.. and in the same livery

I'd been up in her the same day with my dad :shock:

ATB

DaveB :tab:

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 04 Feb 2007, 12:53

DispatchDragon wrote:Wet Start? or do Goblins ALWAYS do that?

That Venom has a Ghost engine and it has a cartridge starter (the smoke) and yes it often had a "torch start" and an astbestos blanket was draped over the tail for every startup.

The WR470 is a fake as the real one I flew a lot on 208 Squadron, was a Venom FB4. I think we discussed it before and I think this one is not what it seems

Post by **Garry Russell** » 04 Feb 2007, 13:28

Hi Peter

You're right it's a fake :shock:

That is an ex Swiss Air Force machine painted up as WR470

Garry