RTTL in Ramsgate harbour in the 50s.
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Topic: RTTL in Ramsgate harbour in the 50s.
Posted By: India Four Two
Subject: RTTL in Ramsgate harbour in the 50s.
Date Posted: 19 July 2016 at 11:45am
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I'm new here. I'm a pilot and I normally hang out at PPRuNe. Last weekend, my sister sent me a link to a nostalgic film, promoting Ramsgate as a holiday destination, which had a sequence about joy rides from Ramsgate Airport, which is where I had my first flight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgGofmmTe4M" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgGofmmTe4M However, what caught my eye was a vessel in the inner harbour that I had been on, when I was nine, during a sea trial. I've tried to load a screen grab but could not, so please have a look at the grey vessel at 1:58 in the video. I remember being told at the time that she was an MTB, but I see now, after some research, that she was an RTTL. My father, although an accountant by profession, was also a woodworker and he had some working connection with a boat building firm that were working on this vessel. I think she was called Penguin - quite appropriate for an RAF craft!. Does anyone know anything about her and her subsequent history? |
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Posted By: India Four Two
Date Posted: 19 July 2016 at 1:02pm
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OK. I've figured it out. |
Posted By: India Four Two
Date Posted: 19 July 2016 at 1:13pm
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Apparently not! And I can't see how to edit or delete a post. |
Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 20 July 2016 at 7:08pm
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Hi there, Many thanks for this post, seems to play the link, have no sound here where I am, but looks fascinating...., all the best. Johnk |