{"id":1487,"date":"2009-09-28T14:18:52","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T20:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2009-09-28T14:18:52","modified_gmt":"2009-09-28T20:18:52","slug":"i-was-flying-a-tiger-moth-over-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=1487","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I was flying a Tiger Moth over in the UK&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Imperial War Museum in Duxford is a former airfield and Bob was in aviation heaven.\u00a0 We took the tube, then a train to Cambridge, then a 45 minute bus trip to get here. The highlight of the day was Bob&#8217;s ride and piloting of a Tiger Moth.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1488\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2633.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1488\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1488\" title=\"IMG_2633\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2633-625x468.jpg\" alt=\"Tiger Moth\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2633-625x468.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2633-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2633-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiger Moth<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They insisted that Bob wear this jacket &#8211; it&#8217;s cold up there in the open cockpit, they said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1489\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2632.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1489\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1489\" title=\"IMG_2632\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2632-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"Capt'n Pike\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2632-625x833.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2632-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2632-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Capt&#39;n Pike<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The ground crew of one was worth the trip. I think England has an abundance of characters.<\/p>\n<p>Click here for the video of some of the ground instruction.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/ground-crew.wmv\">ground crew<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2640.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1491\" title=\"IMG_2640\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2640-625x468.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2640\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2640-625x468.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2640-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2640-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a>Bob said that the &#8220;G&#8221; means Great Britain. All airplanes have these numbers and the country code. USA is &#8220;N&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2649.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1492\" title=\"IMG_2649\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2649-625x468.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2649\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2649-625x468.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2649-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2649-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2653.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1493\" title=\"IMG_2653\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2653-625x468.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2653\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2653-625x468.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2653-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2653-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You might imagine that an airplane museum needs quite a lot of space. Here are a couple of shots from the American Air Museum building, one of about seven buildings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2656.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1494\" title=\"IMG_2656\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2656-625x468.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2656\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2656-625x468.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2656-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2656-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2656.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2658.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1495\" title=\"IMG_2658\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2658-625x468.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2658\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2658-625x468.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2658-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2658-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Imperial War Museum in Duxford is a former airfield and Bob was in aviation heaven.\u00a0 We took the tube, then a train to Cambridge, then a 45 minute bus trip to get here. The highlight of the day was Bob&#8217;s ride and piloting of a Tiger Moth. They insisted that Bob wear this jacket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1496,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions\/1496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}