Limey 242 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 ... not to mention wing design and fatigue! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 , The improved Comet 2 and the prototype Comet 3 culminated in the redesigned Comet 4 series which debuted in 1958 and had a productive career of over 30 years. The Comet was adapted for a variety of military roles such as VIP, medical and passenger transport, as well as surveillance. The most extensive modification resulted in a specialised maritime patrol aircraft variant, the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod. Nimrod remained in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) until June 2011, over 60 years after the Comet's first flight. Not bad value for money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 I don't know if it was the knock-on effect of the tramworks that caused it, but last Thursday, I was working in Newark. I had to be there by 10AM and left the house at 9PM. It took me forty minutes to drive the one mile to the ring road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 I remember all the hype about the tram having conductors to collect fares when the tram first came in to service. Sod the one-man buses they were saying, we will have conductors to help little old ladies & young mothers with pushchairs etc. That scheme did'nt last long did it. Buy your ticket before you get on the tram now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 It'll all be worth it, soon you'll be able to get the tram to clifton everyday, assuming you want to? and live near the route? When we get in power we'll stop that as too european 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 ive always paid the dude on the tram Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 It'll all be worth it, soon you'll be able to get the tram to clifton everyday, assuming you want to? and live near the route? When we get in power we'll stop that as too european Or `strian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 , The improved Comet 2 and the prototype Comet 3 culminated in the redesigned Comet 4 series which debuted in 1958 and had a productive career of over 30 years. The Comet was adapted for a variety of military roles such as VIP, medical and passenger transport, as well as surveillance. The most extensive modification resulted in a specialised maritime patrol aircraft variant, the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod. Nimrod remained in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) until June 2011, over 60 years after the Comet's first flight. Not bad value for money. They made the big mistake of squeezing the AEW version into the pint-sized Comet airframe (rather than using a larger more modern aircraft) to save money. The end result was billions down the drain and no AEW Nimrod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 The tram in Phoenix [or light rail as they like to be called] has never had conductors. You buy your ticket on the station and somehow the tram knows you have the ticket on you! I always wonder what would happen if you got on without a ticket. Maybe a big arm comes out with a boxing glove on the end and shoves you back off? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 re Hucknall Stations 4 if you count Butlers Hill and that was the first to close in 1931 Now a tram station Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Concorde even now would be one of the finest aircraft to fly on. Three hours to New York? Technologically that is superb, and has not been equalled to this day. Richard Branson bought some Concordes but they wont let him get them airworthy. Many Brit inventions have not benefitted UK. The secure payment systems behind Amazon and Paypal was developed here in UK. Tim Berners-Lee developed the WWW. I really hope that our present government have the courage to persist with such things as Skylon, which could seriously compete with the Russian, EU and American satellite industry. Graphene and buckminster-fullerine too. Simple principle, but would be as important to the world as the development of plastics was post-war. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Beeston Tram 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 I reckon you're next Fynger when they reinstall the route to Ripley! Then theres the GCR tunnels from weekday cross to gregory blvd and from there they can shut down all the shops in Sherwood maybe even Arnold too in the great quest to restore nottingham city centre, Mind you once the route to Beeston is open it'll be handy for a ambulance tram shuttle running at weekends 10pm-4am direct to QMC with on board blood transfusion, cut stitching and stomach pumping for the walking wounded 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Yeah they're planning on killing all the historical places in Kimberley...just to save the one road that goes through the town. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted June 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Here we go again the tram bridge over the A52 at the Queens Med.is called Ningbo Friendship Bridge, from a Chinese province and where Nottingham university has a campus a country run by people who kill their own people if they get in the way is that friendship. they should call it The Tiananmen Massacre friendship Bridge. the first tram bridge over the train station is called The Karlsruhe friendship bridge ,a German city. you see not English names or Nottingham names. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Tend to agree Braddy,nottm names for Nottm places,but it just goes to show how much business is out there without the EU, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 I agree with Benjamin. But it seems that our honourable leaders have an allergy to British names. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 614 Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Why do these bridges need names anyway? If anyone asks me, I shall say "the tram bridge over the ring road" and "the tram bridge over midland station"; not that anyone is going to pose such a question. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 All the bridges over the Grand Union Canal have names.(& have name plates on them) But I suppose when the canal was built in the late 18th century it helped the bargees to know where they were. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 All the bridges over the Grand Union Canal have names.(& have name plates on them) But I suppose when the canal was built in the late 18th century it helped the bargees to know where they were. Assuming they could read? Nottingham Canal Bridges were numbered, as were Great Central Railway ones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 123 34 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Hurrah for public transport !!!!get the motorists off the road less pollution less congestion.What I saw of Englands road system when I last visited in 2008 its terrible,motorways what a laugh spend more time either at road works or behind a line of trucks clogging the highways and byways.More public transport is what I say power to the force and good luck in Beeston you bloody well need it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I agree bazza' the Tram is great, and promotes people talking to each other,rather than sat in a jam by ya'sen. Our road system is also good but there are just too many cars,or i should say people,.......we are full! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Trams did not work in the 20th century and won't in this, not unless you totally criss cross the city with routes, all "they" (the powers that be) seem intent on is getting people into the city centre? And if you think they know what they are doing no doubt "they" thought that when the collar zone was introduced, Hyson Green, Old Basford and Balloon Woods Flats were built and various other crackpot schemes done in the name of progress 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I CAN ONLY speak as i find, the tram is handy,comfortable,clean and cheap,i no longer have the hassle of driving into town and finding somewhere to park at great expense,and i mostly end up having a chat with someone.i am sure my trips into town would be far less frequent without it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Assuming they could read? Nottingham Canal Bridges were numbered, as were Great Central Railway ones Bridges, both over and under were numbered so that everyone knew they were referring to the same structure. The civil engineers would need to know. Round our way everything is numbered, lamp posts, bollards, road signs. If you don't give it a number it isn't unique and you cannot be sure of which you are referring to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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