From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEBF913877A for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:39:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B8F41E0AEF; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:39:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpq2.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq2.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.165]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9766E0914 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:39:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.42.137] (helo=smtp6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq2.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1X11HA-0007gG-64 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:39:16 +0200 Received: from 53579160.cm-6-8c.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([83.87.145.96] helo=data.antarean.org) by smtp6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1X11H9-0005rh-P3 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:39:16 +0200 Received: from andromeda.localnet (unknown [10.20.13.40]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 948EE4C for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:37:58 +0200 (CEST) From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho! Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:37:56 +0200 Message-ID: <1494089.BbcxtNuf9L@andromeda> Organization: Antarean User-Agent: KMail/4.12.5 (Linux/3.12.21-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.12.5; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <53AF3F1E.6060100@gmail.com> References: <2496439.MpaEqoKpQ0@wstn> <1739674.4NJCRTSmSH@andromeda> <53AF3F1E.6060100@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Ziggo-spambar: ---- X-Ziggo-spamscore: -4.9 X-Ziggo-spamreport: ALL_TRUSTED=-1,BAYES_00=-1.9,PROLO_TRUST_RDNS=-3,RDNS_DYNAMIC=0.982 X-Ziggo-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Flag: No X-Archives-Salt: 2b6368a0-9867-4fc4-a20f-6b596e523a97 X-Archives-Hash: e4d6a4ba24e1022bebdc94f3ae884534 On Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:18:06 AM Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 28/06/2014 22:44, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Saturday, June 28, 2014 10:33:05 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 28/06/2014 16:54, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >>> It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurr= icane > >>> from > >>> the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it was = a > >>> Spitfire. > >>=20 > >> You have an actual flying Spitfire nearby? Wow! I thought Evelyn w= as the > >> last airworthy model left anywhere. > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> For those who don't know, Evelyn was a Mk IXe and spent years in a= kid's > >> playground in Pretoria (the city I grew up in) before someone star= ted > >> restoring her in the late 60s. She was rebuilt at Zwartkop Air For= ce > >> Base (where I spent time as an apprentice) and stored at Lanseria > >> Airport (where I've spent many a happy hour drinking fine wares at= the > >> restaurant above the apron). > >>=20 > >> Last I heard, she was sold and ended up in Brazil... > >=20 > > Considering there are companies selling flights in them: > >=20 > > http://flywithaspitfire.com/ > > http://tigerairways.co.uk/spitfire-flights.html > > (from this one: > > To the best of our information there are about 50 Spitfires current= ly > > flying Worldwide. Of these only five are two-seaters (converted Ma= rk > > 9=E2=80=99s), three in the UK and two in the USA) > >=20 > > Never mind that there are quite a few scale models flying around :)= >=20 > I reckon I was told "only airworthy Spitfire in the world" when it wa= s > actually "onl airworthy Spitfire in Africa" Typical :) > I suppose that's what happens when you don't fact-check. That'll teac= h > me :-) Yep, that should teach you :P Btw, I do not have all the info, but it could be that they meant last o= ne of=20 that particular model. -- Joost