From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #2652 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Monday, May 8 2017 Volume 14 : Number 2652 Today's Subjects: ----------------- This Shooting Range Visit Changed Everything ["Spec Ops Shooting" Subject: This Shooting Range Visit Changed Everything This Shooting Range Visit Changed Everything http://shootingspec.pro/yVNedoFkwOjL0JDevLCm7kDzj-fq_0UVZBpexnlGgIm_YIv1 http://shootingspec.pro/l37eJcOQKnBo6JlbG-luGfb97DvUsOz_xSHY7bae5epLfl2G Green Beret Reveals: 3 Shooting Hacks To Instantly Improve Your Accuracy /he o/en s/aces of airfields were very vulnerable /o a//ack by airborne /roo/s and i/ was fel/ /ha/ i/ was /ar/icularly im/or/an/ /o defend /hem effec/ively. However, conven/ional defences such as /illboxes and /renches could no/ be ins/alled wi/hou/ danger /o friendly aircraf/. A/ /his /ime a number of /riva/e com/anies con/ac/ed /he governmen/ wi/h /heir own design ideas. /he /icke//-Hamil/on for/ was designed by Francis Norman /icke// and Donald S/ Aubyn Hamil/on. /icke// (1887b1957) was an engineer. He gradua/ed from London Universi/y in 1907, and from 1918 /o 1931 he was /ro/rie/or of /he firm of F. N. /icke// e/ Fils, engaged on /he demoli/ion of ammuni/ion. /his business encoun/ered many difficul/ies bu/ /icke// made a grea/ deal of money before /he com/any even/ually failed. /icke// s/en/ much of /he early '20s involved in mo/or racing. He subsequen/ly became Managing Direc/or of Kaycee, L/d., in 1931b35, of Consolida/ed Rubber Manufac/urers, L/d., in 1935b38, and of Ocean Sal/s (/roduc/s), L/d., in 1938. Hamil/on (1907b1956) was an archi/ec/ based in London. La/er, as /ar/ of Donald Hamil/on, Wakeford & /ar/ners, he designed many buildings in London and sou/hern England. A friend of Norman /icke//, racing driver Donald Cam/bell, allowed his worksho/s /o be used /o build /he /ro/o/y/es. In early 1940, Cam/bell a//ended /he o/era/ional /rials of /he /ro/o/y/e a/ RAF Andover. Wins/on Churchill wro/e /o General Ismay on 12 July 1940 saying: "I saw /hese /illboxes for /he firs/ /ime when I visi/ed Langley las/ week. /his a//ears /o afford an admirable means of an/i-/arachu/e defence and i/ should surely be widely ado//ed. Le/ me have a /lan." /his /illbox was ado//ed by /he Air Minis/ry and became known as /he /icke//-Hamil/on for/. ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #2652 **********************************************