Enough time for me to pitch my patented "Aero-Twangerama" to the Admiralty!
Off to the shed we go....
Off to the shed we go....
Queensferry Crossing, HMS Queen Elizabeth and all things Royal Navy
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Ceri's Linier Intuitive Take Off Repercussive Inertia System, or CLITORIS for short...
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Mephistopheles you joke, back in the day we had a system called the Ship Launched Underwater Target Transponder.
Being asked to "launch the S.L.U.T.T" or to "throw the S.L.U.T.T off the back end" always caused a chuckle.
It wasn't until several years after women began serving at sea that the name was changed to something boring but more suitable.
Being asked to "launch the S.L.U.T.T" or to "throw the S.L.U.T.T off the back end" always caused a chuckle.
It wasn't until several years after women began serving at sea that the name was changed to something boring but more suitable.
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I can see the accident waiting to happen here.
Tower: OK Flight two zero niner, ready to launch please move towards the ramp
Pilot: Sorry I am unable to find the CLITORIS
Splash
Just back from the 50th anniversary fireworks for the Forth Road Bridge. Uber Mega.
A small selection.
A small selection.
That's gonna need a lick of paint now....
Thanks for spending my taxes on that Scotland.
Hey gethinceri do remember the celebrations when the Severn bridge had a birthday? That was a great crack wasn't it? My head was aching for a fortnight....
Yeah, that was the night we all went down to Severn Beach with a couple of cans of Natch and a pasty.
Fab walk over the Forth Bridge this morning. Got some good photos.
Knowing what the finest British engineers are like, they'll finish the bridge then not be able to get the bloody Carrier out. 
Anyone got any ideas what the blue things are for on top of the road deck on the bridge towers. I am guessing its some thing to do with fitting the cables, but really I have no idea. I just know they are not part of the final design.
The blue things are for lifting the remaining road sections. Mystery solved.
Nice vid.
Nice vid.
Popped down and took some photos from the bridge on Saturday. The towers are getting tall aren't they. Notice the holes for the cables on the pillars. Also the bridge for the aircraft carrier no.2 is now visible.
As much as the engineering is stunning you have to wonder what war the British Government is preparing for with those aircraft carriers. I suspect some bloke on a beach with an automatic rifle isn't going to be too worried about HMS Queen Elizabeth steaming through the straits of Gibraltar.
