FighterControl

I stubbled across this forum about a month or so ago and have been on everyday since!. I have not alot more than a "boys own" interst in all Military aircraft and I am certainly no photographer (although I could be soon!), I have followed the relative ups and downs of XH558 over the last few years and am a Cosford flying day regular.

I have registered here mainly so I can say thankyou to all members who post their absolutley brilliant images on here, simply stunning, I've spent hours and hours trawlling back through all the site.

Once again many thanks to you all for sharing and I hope you don't mind me being an onlooker.


Gary.

A warm welcome to FC Gary.

Regards.

Mark.

Welcome aboard Gary,

Glad to have you with us

Regards

Ben

Welcome to the forum!

welcome

hiya welcome to f.c

just to add that not only am I "addicted" to the pics, I'm now totally hung up on "Heads up & OTT" still don't understand what half the call signs etc mean but I'm totally captivated by it all!. Thanks again to all that post.

Welcome aboard, whats the shooter in your avatar pic, looks an interesting gun with the silencer.

Not too sure to be honest Rich, from the film No country for old men, great if you havn't seen it..

Welcome to the forum, now you`ve dipped your toes in.......................dive in, get a camera, build a plane, go barmy

Hi Jem

If I havn't said it before, welcome to the club

I will most probably bore you silly with old XH558 shots

I have just dug a large box out of the lioft, and am going through them now

Will post a few up later on if they are useable, as they are all 1987--1992

Best regards and get posting yourself

Paddyboy

jem60 wrote:Hi. The gun is useed in slaughter houses to kill animals. I believe it fires a captive bolt which retracts back into the barrel. Good film, that was. Welcome.

tbh, I don't think that's the "bolt gun" in my avater, I seem to recall a rifle of some descripion in that scene, could be wrong though!, great film as you say.

Bolt guns used in slaughter houses are pistols fired by a .22 blank, and as said fire a cpative bolt.

Tigerbull wrote:

jem60 wrote:Hi. The gun is useed in slaughter houses to kill animals. I believe it fires a captive bolt which retracts back into the barrel. Good film, that was. Welcome.

tbh, I don't think that's the "bolt gun" in my avater, I seem to recall a rifle of some descripion in that scene, could be wrong though!, great film as you say.

It's from the scene when there is a shootout in the motel - some kind of shotgun with a silencer on it. Jem is right though, he even uses the cattle gun to blow the lock off the door about 10 seconds before using the shotgun.

Welcome to FC by the way!

Sheepy Magna - my old boss used to live in Sheepy Parva - on Mill Lane near the fishpond.

Welcome to FC!

Been here for about four years Steve, I'm just outside Ratcliffe Culey tbh but postal addy is Sheepy (I'm a Great Barr exile!)

deerhunter wrote:Welcome to the forum, now you`ve dipped your toes in.......................dive in, get a camera, build a plane, go barmy

It's your fault, I've bought a darn scanner now!!, its started aint it?

Dont worry mate, it can only get worse, you start hearing jet noises in the sky, you look up and walk into a wall.

You dream of Tiffies doing verticals at Warton, being buzzed by a GR4 in the lakes, then you`ve realised youve been hooked, you crave for the smell of aviation fuel.

Dont worry there`s help out there, you can always visit the WAVE psychiatric assessment centre.

I know MY problem I`m barmy