Lovely new tail pipe! - Fiat Coupe Club UK

Posted By: AnnieMac

Lovely new tail pipe! - 11/04/2017 20:03

The amazing Rick at Solo Italia made a tail pipe today for my VIS, and welded it on. Thus saving me hundreds of pounds another garage would have charged for a new back box etc. What a dude! It's a fantastic run out to his new place, through lovely countryside on the edge of the Cotswolds, AND I saw an amazing sight - a Galaxy aircraft flying out of Brize Norton! So I have had a great day, and The Coup is ready for Brooklands, just need to give her a good clean and polish.

Posted By: Ballypete

Re: Lovely new tail pipe! - 12/04/2017 15:50

Originally Posted By AnnieMac

The amazing Rick at Solo Italia made a tail pipe today for my VIS, and welded it on. Thus saving me hundreds of pounds another garage would have charged for a new back box etc. What a dude! It's a fantastic run out to his new place, through lovely countryside on the edge of the Cotswolds, AND I saw an amazing sight - a Galaxy aircraft flying out of Brize Norton! So I have had a great day, and The Coup is ready for Brooklands, just need to give her a good clean and polish.

Sounds like great service from the specialist! In another life I used to work at Brize on major serving of VC10 and Tristars, used to do turn around servicing on the big US Starlifters on a regular basis- sometimes they would drop of tanks, helicopters and even other planes out of the cargo body

Posted By: Jimbo

Re: Lovely new tail pipe! - 13/04/2017 12:56

It may have been a C17 Globemaster Annie, Brize is the home of the UKs C17 fleet, I spent many happy years flying on those.

I do miss Oxfordshire in the summer.

Posted By: Johnno

Re: Lovely new tail pipe! - 13/04/2017 17:00

Can't sing Ricks praises enough, I work at Brize, so am very fortunate to have him and the solo italia guys on my doorstep.

Posted By: AnnieMac

Re: Lovely new tail pipe! - 16/04/2017 18:31

Originally Posted By Jimbo

It may have been a C17 Globemaster Annie, Brize is the home of the UKs C17 fleet, I spent many happy years flying on those.

Whatever it was, it was huge, like the Deathstar!

Posted By: AnnieMac

Re: Lovely new tail pipe! - 16/04/2017 18:33

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Sounds like great service from the specialist! In another life I used to work at Brize on major serving of VC10 and Tristars, used to do turn around servicing on the big US Starlifters on a regular basis- sometimes they would drop of tanks, helicopters and even other planes out of the cargo body [/quote]

My Dad was an RAF technician during WW2. He worked on Lancaster bombers mostly.

Posted By: AnnieMac

Re: Lovely new tail pipe! - 16/04/2017 18:35

Originally Posted By AnnieMac

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In another life I used to work at Brize on major serving of VC10 and Tristars, used to do turn around servicing on the big US Starlifters on a regular basis- sometimes they would drop of tanks, helicopters and even other planes out of the cargo body

My cousin was a PT instructor in the RAF and based at Brize Norton. His name is Percy Duncan. Perhaps you knew him?

Posted By: AnnieMac

Re: Lovely new tail pipe! - 16/04/2017 19:03

(or is that a bit of a long shot? Ha ha ha)

Posted By: Ballypete

Re: Lovely new tail pipe! - 16/04/2017 20:05

Originally Posted By AnnieMac

In another life I used to work at Brize on major serving of VC10 and Tristars, used to do turn around servicing on the big US Starlifters on a regular basis- sometimes they would drop of tanks, helicopters and even other planes out of the cargo body

My cousin was a PT instructor in the RAF and based at Brize Norton. His name is Percy Duncan. Perhaps you knew him? [/quote]

Can't say I do am afraid- but I did get to do some work on the City of Lincoln Lancaster when it came in for a major in the early 1990's

Posted By: AnnieMac

Re: Lovely new tail pipe! - 20/04/2017 20:45

Wow that's so cool, I am about to read a book about the Lancaster, a beautiful old bird. My Dad said that if a pilot had a bad feeling about the mission, he would lick the end of the headphones plug and plug it in, rendering the radio useless and grounding the plane.