tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post8319821841707995760..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-33470426126720034112018-02-26T21:17:16.877+00:002018-02-26T21:17:16.877+00:00Thank you for the link. The picture of the B-52 wi...Thank you for the link. The picture of the B-52 with all the armament sheltering under its wings is absolutely stunning.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-7864006562843947212018-02-26T01:39:02.389+00:002018-02-26T01:39:02.389+00:00I did choose the only picture of the Wren when it ...I did choose the only picture of the Wren when it was looking in my direction.<br /><br />I have never had the luck to see a B-52. There is an interesting <br /><a href="https://going-postal.com/2017/12/the-one-hundred-year-aircraft/" rel="nofollow">article</a> on the Going Postal blog which suggests that they will still be flying a hundred years after the prototype first took off, beating even the DC-3 for longevity.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-44448082175400095462018-02-25T21:25:54.231+00:002018-02-25T21:25:54.231+00:00Poor girl. She looks as if she is freezing.
The W...Poor girl. She looks as if she is freezing.<br /><br />The Wren looks a bit anxious in that picture, doesn't it? On the other hand, the Little Owl is looking again at you with some curiosity.<br /><br />I always thought swans are a bit like B-52s in almost all regards (let's hope the Russians don't hear me - they wouldn't like to know that I have misappropriated the name of their Tu-160s). We once had the immense luck to see one of them in an airshow (the aircraft was scheduled to be en route to another airbase and as luck would have it its transit fell in with the last part of the airshow, so the organizing committee of the fair jumped at the chance to have it appear in the programme, even if at a distance). The space the B-52 needed to execute a turning circle was absolutely jaw-dropping; the diameter of the circle must have been the whole length of the city we were in.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com