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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    You got it!
     
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    Cheers yorkie.

    The ending of which royal affair saw an increase in air safety regulations?
     
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  3. yorkshirehornet

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    ?? lost here..... clue welcomed..
     
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    It involved an iconic Australian aviator with a hyphenated name.
     
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  5. yorkshirehornet

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    anything to do with:
    Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith,?
     
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  6. Bolton's Boots

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    Yes - but what?
     
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  7. yorkshirehornet

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    Exactly!!!

    Give me some time!
     
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  8. Bolton's Boots

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    The whole country eagerly followed the 'affair' - but try not to fooled by the adjective 'royal'...;)
     
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    Was this the forced landing syney/london 1929 in which other aviators died looking for him?
     
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  10. Bolton's Boots

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    It's certainly to do with that. But what was the 'royal affair'?
     
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    "Some in the media, creating a ‘beat up’ to sell papers, trivialised the dangerous forced landing of the Southern Cross, which they dubbed the "Coffee Royal" incident after coffee the fliers allegedly drank (media hacks were not present) while waiting for rescue; and was fair game to be trivialized as a publicity stunt, and blamed Kingsford Smith for the two deaths. He was traumatised by their loss.[40][41]"

    n ot sure how it shanged regulations though?
     
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  12. Bolton's Boots

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    That's good enough. The coffee was all they had in the way of supplies - that and the fact that both the Southern Cross and the Kookaburra (the search plane which crash landed too, resulting in two deaths) were ill-equipped to undertake such a venture, saw the introduction of regulations about what supplies and equipment had to be carried on board future flights.

    Over to you.
     
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  13. yorkshirehornet

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    Ok...a quick one....
    Which DJ has a birthday coming up in the next few days?
     
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  14. Bolton's Boots

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    That lets me out - the only DJ I know of is Tony Blackburn, and I don't even know if he's still alive...
     
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  15. yorkshirehornet

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    noo....... there is a WFC connection
     
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    You got it Fez... over to you
     
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    Righty ho! Erm.... I'll get one published at lunchtime.
     
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    Who's last stand finally, and not before time, came to an end yesterday?
     
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    The last "ride", the last "dismount"...
     
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