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On This Day 1903 test pilot Flt Lt John "Johnny" Rambo became the first man to perform a rocket assisted take off in his Spitfire from runway boat HMS Flattop on the #RAFLuton lake #AvGeekpic.twitter.com/RyChWVJoCd
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Certainly not a Spitfire. Hurricane?
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Good lookin runway boat.
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Looks a little bit like a Ford Corsair from that angle. I think they shared the same wheels.
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I think you find its a Ford Zephyr Mark IV.
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Inspiration for Elton Johns Rocket Man
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If you look closely you can just about make out Bedford on the horizon. or Dunstable.
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Yes, that's Dunstable Downs. Don't tell anyone though - the location of the lake is top secret hush hush secret squirrel.
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Did the rocket method ever take off?
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