Dom
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Not only does he get to drive some of the best cars in the world, he gets a ride in a U-2 spy plane! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PmYItnlY5M (>Last 20 Secs<)
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CORSA NUT
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WOW 
Thanks for that mate was awesome 
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Daveskater
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Saw that program that was on after Top Gear, proper good stuff Looks so amazing up there.
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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oceansoul
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saw this on sunday. t'maizing
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Ian
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What is the program called?
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Dom
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quote:
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What is the program called?
'James May On The Moon' was the programme on sunday, can catch it on iPlayer.
Seems pretty breath taking though, would love to grab a flight in a Mig-25 or Mig-31 Foxhound, just a shame it's about £15,000 
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Aaron
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This was great viewing straight after TopGear i though Well done to the BBC for a change 
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TheCam
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I seen this on tv a few nights ago, the u2 plane was awesome, had to be guided in to land by a car haha
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jame may at the edge of space i believe there are two episodes iirc
great programme, think James May is an excellent presenter
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Tom G
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I was saying that the other day, like all the stuff they get to do just because they're tv presenters + then when jeremy clarkson got a flight in a f16 ages ago....
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jr
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may allways comes across with a geniune intrest and a love for the subject though, and even though he is a tv present it seems to be about more than that
and of only it was a sr-71
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Dom
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do they still fly the SR71?
Btw, one of his space programmes is on BBC2 now for anyone interested 
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ed
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There was an extension on this program on BBC Four after too, it was James May at the Edge of Space; or something along those lines...
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andy1868
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i watched it the other day, an awesome programme. james may is everywhere these days but i don't care because hes a likeable guy.
i would love to go into space, when he was talking to the astronauts on that programme i just found myself getting really jealous, sad really that i'll never go
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Ste
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They don't fly the sr-71 anymore.
I remember when I was in the Gulf and we were sharing a dispersal with a U-2 squadron. They had an Impreza chase car that sped down the runway after it to put the stabilisers on it while 2 bloke sat in the boot.
I also remember a story, how true it is i don't know, of a picture from a U-2 looking down on one of our Canberras and the yanks were gloating, till we shown them a picture from another Canberra looking down at the U-2 that was taking pictures of our Canberra. Aparantly, they go just as high, but the pilot doesn't wear the space suit.
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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jr
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They don't fly the sr-71 anymore.
I remember when I was in the Gulf and we were sharing a dispersal with a U-2 squadron. They had an Impreza chase car that sped down the runway after it to put the stabilisers on it while 2 bloke sat in the boot.
I also remember a story, how true it is i don't know, of a picture from a U-2 looking down on one of our Canberras and the yanks were gloating, till we shown them a picture from another Canberra looking down at the U-2 that was taking pictures of our Canberra. Aparantly, they go just as high, but the pilot doesn't wear the space suit.
what do u2's fly at, canberras operation celing is about 70000ft
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Ojc
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Fuck the Yanks.
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John
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quote:
Wikipedia
The Canberra can fly at a higher altitude than any other bomber right through the 1950s and set a world altitude record of 70,310ft (21,430m) in 1957.
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Ojc
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But unlike the Yanks we would rather ground all our aircraft of that era and mothball them and sell them for scrap.
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andy1868
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i'll buy at scrap value, how much do they weigh? 
that would be mint though, i wish i was rich
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Robbo
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the bbc2 show was absolutely fantastic, as said he really shows a genuine interest in anyhting hes involved with.
The bit showing space above them was just increeible, such a lucky guy!
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ed
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His 20th Century program was great too. As already said, he's a really good presenter for this sort of thing
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mite be slightly off topic, watched the programme, thought it was good, went to florida last year and visited kennedy space centre, really good, especially watching the space shuttle getting towed back into the hangar, and who else believes that the stig is schumacher??
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Matt L
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that must of bin amazing, i would give pretty much anything to be able to see that in person.
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Fonz
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quote:
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But unlike the Yanks we would rather ground all our aircraft of that era and mothball them and sell them for scrap.
the Canberra was still flying right up to 2007 the longest serving RAF aircraft.
if the aircraft of the same era were still flying we would have the Lightening as the UKs first line of defence and Hunters as our bombers!
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