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Dying... Spitfire engineer, 95, gets last wish granted to be reunited with iconic plane....
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| 15th July 2016
| Nick Enoch
Posted on 07/14/2016 1:49:40 PM PDT by naturalman1975
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Full headline Dying World War Two Spitfire engineer, 95, gets last wish granted to be reunited with iconic plane after bosses see him staring forlornly through fence from his wheelchair
To: naturalman1975
Pretty cool story. The airmen who gave hours of their time to give this man a few rare smiles in his hours of need are good people.
To: naturalman1975
Reminds me of the story about Jack Nothrop when he was brought to the company in a wheelchair during his last days, to be told about the still secret B-2 bomber. With a small model of the plane shaking in his trembling hands, he expressed his joy that his life-long dream of an operational flying wing design had been realized. He said something like “Now I know why God has let me live this long.”
To: naturalman1975
Nice things do happen once in a great while.
To: naturalman1975
An airplane mechanic is not an engineer.
He did become an engineer the war. But why exaggerate?
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posted on
07/14/2016 1:57:32 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: 2banana
He did become an engineer the war. I don't understand this sentence, can you explain?
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
07/14/2016 1:58:48 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:00:00 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: nascarnation
Sorry.
He did become an engineer AFTER the war in a non related business.
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:00:28 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: 2banana
In Britain an aircraft mechanic is called an “engineer”. In the US the term is “mechanic, or A&P mechanic. Other parts of the world call them “technicians” .
Same job, different countries.
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:03:41 PM PDT
by
wrench
To: 2banana
It might be a British-ism
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:04:22 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:05:34 PM PDT
by
Thud
To: wrench
Ok. So what do the British call an degreed engineer designing things?
And don’t say unemployed.
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:06:38 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: naturalman1975
Lovely article and I got to hear one of my favorite sounds in the whole world, a supercharged Merlin Rolls Royce V-12 engine spooling up.
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:08:39 PM PDT
by
Candor7
( Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: 2banana
Ok. So what do the British call an degreed engineer designing things? In WW2 a lot of them were called "Boffins", on't know about now.
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07/14/2016 2:09:47 PM PDT
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SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: nascarnation
He did become an engineer the war.>>>>>>>>>>>>
Its a British manner of speech.
eg. She did become a Saint the cross.
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:10:06 PM PDT
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Candor7
( Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: naturalman1975
THE GREATEST GENERATION
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:10:30 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(What Did Loretta and BillyBob Discuss For 30 Minutes In Phoenix? Grandchildren?)
To: 2banana
Not sure, as I never worked with British designers/developers/engineers, but have run into wrench turners and rivet drivers from across the pond.
As they say, we are 2 countries separated by a common language.
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07/14/2016 2:11:21 PM PDT
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wrench
To: naturalman1975
Note to naturalman:”The Greatest Generation” is a term/phrase/label made famous by one of our well known news anchors,Tom Browkaw, (”news readers” in other parts of the world) when referring to the WWII Generation.Most Freepers will appreciate just what it means.
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:11:42 PM PDT
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Gay State Conservative
(What Did Loretta and BillyBob Discuss For 30 Minutes In Phoenix? Grandchildren?)
To: naturalman1975
Maybe the most beautiful airplane ever crafted.
Of course there were lots of WWII planes which were almost as nice.
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07/14/2016 2:12:30 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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