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WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

335. The Mosquito

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

For many people it was the greatest aircraft of the Second World War. Built out of wood and capable of flying fast and over huge distances, the Germans hated the ‘Mossie’. Al Murray and James Holland visit the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre to enjoy the Mosquito up close. Al even got to have a go.  We Have Ways supports the charity DKMS which aims to delete blood cancer. Register to be a blood stem cell donor here: https://www.dkms.org.uk/register-now We Have Ways is running a weekend festival from September 17th to 19th. There will be fifty military vehicles and a host of top speakers. Plus lashings of ale. Tickets can be booked here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/153466810361 A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Harry Lineker Exec Producer Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod Website: www.wehavewayspod.com Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

MUSIC

0:11.0

Tally Ho, Tally Ho, welcome to We Have Ways and making you talk from a secret location in Lincolnshire,

0:16.0

which you're obviously going to reveal because otherwise they're not going to get the plug they so

0:20.0

originally deserve for hosting us today. Welcome to We Have Ways, James Hondon I,

0:25.0

what's over there Jim? Well there is not gritty like it because...

0:29.0

Yeah, it's salivating. We are next to a very sexy airplane. Extremely sexy.

0:33.0

We're next to it to Havel and Mosquito, how cool is that? I mean this is this is absolutely one of my favourites.

0:39.0

I mean Spitfire Mittfire, I mean... Oh absolutely, but you know what I'm really loving about being here right this minute is

0:45.0

I've only ever seen these in museums. Yes. I've not seen one on basically on a grass strip as nature intended.

0:51.0

Yeah. Or Mr. Tohaveland. Yeah. It's very odd seeing it out in the world. You know,

0:57.0

hasn't got a Lizander crammed in next week. No, so how do you feel it? I feel it's different to what you were thinking.

1:03.0

In the flesh. Well you know what weirdly it doesn't look old.

1:09.0

The lines on it feel...

1:13.0

Where did we talk to about smooth lines in aerodynamics and moving your hands on a line?

1:18.0

Oh Joe Coles, wasn't it? That's Joe Coles, wasn't it? Yeah. The linecaster,

1:21.0

which is behind us, looks old and old fashioned and... It looks like wartime planes.

1:26.0

And this does not... If you were to build a twin engine plane that had to go quickly now,

1:30.0

it might not look unlike this, I think. Do you know what I mean? Yeah I do. I do.

1:36.0

I just think it doesn't look old. It looks right and I'm still sticking to that kind of, you know, if it looks right,

1:40.0

it probably will be right and if it doesn't, it's a dog. Anyway, but the most important thing is we are joined by Andrew Panton here is the

1:46.0

Maestro, the master behind... There's an aeroplane taking off because this is a strip there.

1:52.0

So shall we do the big reveal where we are? We are at former RF East Kirby.

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