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    About this drink the distillers wrote," Whiskey Tango Foxtrot remembers the survivalist spirit of anyone left to endure a Canadian winter in the wilderness. Like our spirit, the DHC-3 Otter is a proud product of Canada, used by the Canadian Air Force in rescue missions all across this great nation. If you ever find yourself lost in the great white north, forget S.O.S. Cry W.T.F. instead."

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    The distillers remarks about this drink are,"Rum Runner pays homage to the prohibitionist spirit that prevailed over a national ban on alcohol in the US in 1920. The Grumman G-44 Widgeon is the exact plane used to return traditional Caribbean rum into US territory by outlaws, scoundrels, and other heroic but unsavoury types. We embrace their love for rum and craft it our own way… in a more legal fashion.We fought the law and the law lost. "

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    Quote Originally Posted by Naharaht View Post
    The distillers remarks about this drink are,"Rum Runner pays homage to the prohibitionist spirit that prevailed over a national ban on alcohol in the US in 1920. The Grumman G-44 Widgeon is the exact plane used to return traditional Caribbean rum into US territory by outlaws, scoundrels, and other heroic but unsavoury types. We embrace their love for rum and craft it our own way… in a more legal fashion.We fought the law and the law lost. "
    Except Prohibition ended in 1933, and the G-44 didn't exist until 1940.

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    I am afraid that company are not too reliable on aircraft knowledge. They did better with this drink.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Naharaht View Post
    I am afraid that company are not too reliable on aircraft knowledge. They did better with this drink.
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    There is that girl in the Red shorts from the Fokker Grog again. She sure is popular with the Alcohol makers.

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    Here is your favourite young lady again, Barry, on another label. Can you spot the mistake?
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    The distillers wrote about this one," The Longest Day is inspired by the sacrifice of the Canadian Forces during the invasion of Normandy in WWII. The legendary Spitfire LF embodies the colonialist spirit of Great Britain. Our gin is a Canadian tailspin on this colonialist spirit, capturing the essence of our own landscape and the historical influence of our friends across the pond. Lest we forget."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Naharaht View Post
    Here is your favourite young lady again, Barry, on another label. Can you spot the mistake?
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    The distillers wrote about this one," The Longest Day is inspired by the sacrifice of the Canadian Forces during the invasion of Normandy in WWII. The legendary Spitfire LF embodies the colonialist spirit of Great Britain. Our gin is a Canadian tailspin on this colonialist spirit, capturing the essence of our own landscape and the historical influence of our friends across the pond. Lest we forget."
    Sure does not look like a Spit to me.
    Perhaps they were trying to depict the Tropical version but they are way off!

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    Right Baz.
    I was thinking Vokes Filter but then thought that the shape is all wrong.


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    That looks like the more early version!

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    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    Right Baz.
    I was thinking Vokes Filter but then thought that the shape is all wrong.


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    That looks like the more early version!

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    You can see the LF here in flight.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSU7rSPu8FQ


    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    The mistake I was referring to was that tropical filters were not used in Normandy.

    This D-Day commemorative ale has a more accurate Spitfire.

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    This beer is one of a series brewed to commemorate aircraft and their crews lost in the line of duty either by accident or in combat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Naharaht View Post
    This beer is one of a series brewed to commemorate aircraft and their crews lost in the line of duty either by accident or in combat.
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    Very appropriate for today.

    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    Here is another from the same series.

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    While deployed to the Horn of Africa, the crew of an AC-130H Spectre Gunship was tasked to perform a routine, 8.5 hour daily patrol mission near Somalia. Approximately 43 minutes into the flight, the crew began conducting a routine “tweak” of the fire control system. While in the process of firing, one of the high explosive rounds detonated prematurely in the bore of the 105mm cannon. The blast and fragments from the munition and exploded gun barrel destroyed one engine on the left side of the aircraft, causing the propeller from that engine to depart the aircraft. Additionally, the blast damaged fuel and hydraulic lines to the second engine on the left side, requiring the crew to shut down that engine. Jockey 14 came down just off the coast of Malindi, Kenya with the impact causing the fuselage to break into two pieces. Of the 10 crew members who remained onboard for the ditching, four initially survived while six were fatally injured. Those four surviving crew members exited through the overhead escape hatch. One of those four, however, was critically injured and succumbed to his injuries before rescue teams could make it to the aircraft. A second of those survivors later succumbed to his injuries many years after the crash. It was assigned to the 16th Special Operations Squadron.

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    Continuing the theme.
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    The crew of Beatle 12 was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, several squadrons working together in an MH-53M helicopter when it fell about seven miles east of Bagram Air Base. Nearby villages reported that the helicopter crashed near a riverbed and caught fire. Officials said mechanical failure might have been to blame. This aircraft was assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron was was most of the crew. One of the fallen was with the 58th Special Operations Wing.

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    David;
    who is the brewery for these beers? My google-fu has failed me today
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jager View Post
    David;
    who is the brewery for these beers? My google-fu has failed me today
    Karl
    Here is some info on their Kickstarter Carl.

    https://www.backerkit.com/projects/1...rewing-company

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Nice one Rob .. Now thats a Kickstart to be part of .


    I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
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    i don't know that much about beer, but here is some pop:
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    As you know from Rob, the brewery is called Callsign Brewing. Their website is at http://callsignbrewing.com

    Today's drink is
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    A US Air Force report concluded that strong winds out of a thunderstorm caused the crash of a military C-130 air tanker July 1 2013. The accident occurred on the White Draw Fire near Edgemont, South Dakota and resulted in four fatalities. Two crewmen in the rear of the aircraft were injured but survived. A micro-burst of turbulent air out of a thunderstorm caused the crash. During a previous retardant drop on the fire the aircraft experienced a drop in airspeed despite operating under full power. The plane crashed on the second drop about five minutes after the first one.

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    Mrs K. found this one for me in our local Brewery.


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    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Another sad story today.
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    On 21 July 2008, a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress crashed into the Pacific Ocean approximately 30 nautical miles (56 km) northwest of Apra Harbor, Guam, after taking off from Andersen Air Force Base. The aircraft, named “Louisiana Fire” and with the mission call sign of “RAIDR 21”, was about to participate in a flyover for the Liberation Day parade in Hagåtńa. It crashed at 9:55 am (local time), 21 July, five minutes before they were scheduled to fly over the parade. Air traffic control radar images indicated that the aircraft appeared to be descending rapidly before disappearing from radar scopes at about 2,000 feet (610 m) of altitude.

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    Three USAF personnel died when the KC-135R, call sign “Shell 77,” crashed just 11 min. after takeoff from Manas International Airport, on May 3, 2013. The aircraft was one of several KC-135s forward-based in the former Soviet republic flying aerial refueling operations for combat aircraft supporting ground troops in Afghanistan.

    Accident investigators concluded in their March 6 report that while the primary causal factors were a factor, those problems had been exacerbated by crew inexperience and by subpar organizational training programs, crew composition, and cumbersome procedural guidance.

    The problems began shortly after the afternoon takeoff from Manas. As the aircraft got airborne the crew immediately began to experience a flight condition known as rudder hunting, which prompted the aircraft's nose to yaw left and right by 1 deg., an issue caused by a malfunction with the aircraft's series yaw damper (SYD)—part of the KC-135R's flight-control augmentation system (FCAS). The crew identified the SYD as a potential source of the issue but instead of turning the system off, they attempted to correct the yawing motion by using rudder and aileron inputs as well as turning on the autopilot, causing the oscillations to worsen. Some yawing issues had been reported during the aircraft's transit flight to Manas from RAF Mildenhall, U.K.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Naharaht View Post
    Three USAF personnel died when the KC-135R, call sign “Shell 77,” crashed just 11 min. after takeoff from Manas International Airport, on May 3, 2013. The aircraft was one of several KC-135s forward-based in the former Soviet republic flying aerial refueling operations for combat aircraft supporting ground troops in Afghanistan.

    Accident investigators concluded in their March 6 report that while the primary causal factors were a factor, those problems had been exacerbated by crew inexperience and by subpar organizational training programs, crew composition, and cumbersome procedural guidance.

    The problems began shortly after the afternoon takeoff from Manas. As the aircraft got airborne the crew immediately began to experience a flight condition known as rudder hunting, which prompted the aircraft's nose to yaw left and right by 1 deg., an issue caused by a malfunction with the aircraft's series yaw damper (SYD)—part of the KC-135R's flight-control augmentation system (FCAS). The crew identified the SYD as a potential source of the issue but instead of turning the system off, they attempted to correct the yawing motion by using rudder and aileron inputs as well as turning on the autopilot, causing the oscillations to worsen. Some yawing issues had been reported during the aircraft's transit flight to Manas from RAF Mildenhall, U.K.
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    i'll have to read up about that incident. it sad.

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    Am I the only who's noticed that all of these are either Accidents, or "own goals"?

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    Today we commemorate an aircraft lost in action.

    0635 hrs 31st January 2017. marked the 26th anniversary of the shooting-down of a 16th Special Operations Squadron AC-130H Spectre gunship, with the call-sign “Spirit 03.” It happened twelve days into Operation Desert Storm during the Battle of Khafji, a battle to stop Iraqi mechanized and armored divisions from moving south from Kuwait to cross the border into Saudi Arabia near a Saudi town named Khafji.

    As part of a decisive demonstration of air power over ground forces, three AC-130 Spectre gunships joined the battle to provide air-to-ground fire and close air support. As the last of the three AC-130s still on station early on the morning of January 31, and about to end its mission, Spirit 03 “received a call from the Marines – they needed an enemy missile battery destroyed.

    Despite the risk of anti-aircraft artillery fire, and the greater danger of the morning sun casting light on the circling gunship, the crew of ‘Spirit 03’ chose to remain and destroy the position requested.” “Spirit 03” did what it had been asked to do, it destroyed the target designated by the Marines who were under fire, but that action came at a heavy cost. An SA-7 “Grail” man-portable surface-to-air missile was fired by the Iraqis at the now in-the-early-morning-light-visible AC-130 in the sky over Khafji.

    “The missile found its target and at 0635 hours the aircraft sent out a “mayday” distress call and then crashed into the waters of the Persian Gulf,” according to SpecialOperations.com. All 14 crewmembers were killed. The loss of the crew of “Spirit 03” was the largest single loss by any Air Force unit during Operation Desert Storm.

    The bravery and dedication of Spectre resulted in the destruction of 21 enemy fuel trucks, 10 armored personnel carriers, and 2 antiaircraft artillery sites during the Battle of Khafji. The crew of Spirit 03 was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart medals. The actions of the aircrews played a decisive role in the retaking of Khafji and its subsequent control for the duration of hostilities.

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    Another sad accident.
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    On take off, the aircraft increased in an excessive upward pitch during the takeoff climb. The rapid increase in pitch angle resulted in a stall from which the pilots were unable to recover. The aircraft impacted approximately 28 seconds after liftoff, right of the runway, within the confines of Jalalabad Airfield. The aircraft struck the ground, a perimeter wall, and a guard tower, which resulted in the loss of all personnel on board the aircraft along with three ASRF members assigned to the tower.

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    I think drinking these Beers could lead to Depression!

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    I can see how reading about crashes is depressing, Barry, but alcohol is a depressant anyway.

    Today's drink commemorates another training accident.

    On March 31, 2005, two MC-130Hs and one MC-130P Shadow were participating in a night training mission. At about 11:05 a.m., a 7th Special Operations Squadron MC-130H (Tail No. 87-0127), call sign WRATH-11, crashed into a mountain, resulting in the loss of all nine aircrew aboard.

    The crew had been conducting NVG low-level flying operations at roughly 300 feet above ground level before the mishap occurred.
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    Another sad accident.
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    The Sentry was being operated by the 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron and was preparing to go on a training sortie with the callsign Yukla 27. The aircraft was to depart from runway 06 and was waiting while a Hercules transport aircraft took off. With its crew unaware that the Hercules had disturbed a flock of Canada geese, the Sentry lined up and started its departure roll, as it rotated No. 1 and No. 2 engine ingested the birds. The crew started to turn to the left to dump fuel and return to the runway, after the aircraft reached 250 feet it descended and crashed into a hilly, wooded area. All 24 crew members were killed.

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    The 'Beer of the Month' from the Tring Brewery features the Gazelle helicopter.
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    This ale depicts an early idea for a flying machine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Naharaht View Post
    This ale depicts an early idea for a flying machine.
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    I think a similar drawing was used for _Space:1889_'s "Throckmorton Aerial Conveyor".

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    This ale bears the name of a famous airfield.
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    From the same brewery based at the Dambusters' Inn at Scampton in Lincolnshire U.K. we have, of course:
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    From the same brewery there is
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    I have not been able to find out much about this airman. William Thew Mayson was in the R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve. He started the war as an N.C.O. and flew with 7 Squadron and then 128 Squadron. He was awarded the D.F.C. (possibly twice) and finished the war as a Flight Lieutenant. I do not know what his link is with the brewery.

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    A local drink commemorating a piece of local history.

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    Who would ever associate a Mig with Margarita? - these brewers.
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    Canned margaritas?? There's a spit-take for you
    The artwork's nice, though.
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    From the same brewery a drink whose name is inspired by two characters from the movie Top Gun.

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    'Goose' spelt wrong..............

    Simon won't be impressed!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

  41. #591

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    Stay away from "Dead Meat IPA".... >;)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Helmut View Post
    'Goose' spelt wrong..............

    Simon won't be impressed!
    They misspelt it deliberately because of the type of beer. According to Wikipedia," Gose is a top-fermented beer that originated in Goslar, Germany. It is brewed with at least 50% of the grain bill being malted wheat.

    Dominant flavours in gose include a lemon sourness, an herbal characteristic, and a strong saltiness (the result of either local water sources or added salt). Gose beers typically do not have prominent hop bitterness, flavours, or aroma. The beers typically have a moderate alcohol content of 4 to 5% ABV.

    Because of the use of coriander and salt, gose does not comply with the Reinheitsgebot - it is allowed an exemption on the grounds of being a regional specialty. It acquires its characteristic sourness through inoculation with lactobacillus bacteria after the boil.

    Gose belongs to the same family of sour wheat beers which were once brewed across Northern Germany and the Low Countries. Other beers of this family are Belgian Witbier, Berliner Weisse, Broyhan, and Polish Grodziskie."

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    The brewery is called Flying Tiger, the drink 'Man at Arms'.
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    Still have to say that the one you are drinking is perfect at that time.

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    American fliers liked their 'nose art'.
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    YVR is the code for Vancouver Airport.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Naharaht View Post
    From the same brewery a drink whose name is inspired by two characters from the movie Top Gun.

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    That could be an interesting one.
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jager View Post
    That could be an interesting one.
    Karl
    I will pass this one on to Simon (Maverick) of the UK wing.


    I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
    Coming down is the hardest thing

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    This drink remembers an aircraft, which despite showing promise did not make it into service.
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    This brewery and drink remembers an early attempt at man powered flight, with tragic consequences.
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