JDK…MIA

Wash your aeroplane, Mister?

As long as he doesn’t expect to claim asylum…
Welcome back JDK.

They let you back in???

They’ll let anyone in nowadays.

You’ve missed Kighters?

That’s quite some admission, Melv. Care to tell us more?

I sneezed as I pulled the trigger.

Melv

Welcome back to the Land of the living James!!!! I thought maybe you had stowed away in FM213!!!

He’s alive – Hurrah !!!!

Dammit, I must have missed.

Evenin’ all.

I’m back.

How sweet. Thank you for your interest / concern / banter. Strike out wun wich do not apli. Chiz.

All remarks have been duly noted, and people added or struck from Chrissie card list as deserving.

Trip report a la Commercial funsters:

“Got on 747 operated by Bloody Awful at Toronto Pearson Airport (Or ‘Victory Aircraft’ as I prefer to think of it) patronised by cabin crew, plus driver, bus, airline, plummy accent, flew for a period over big sea thing, landed at London Heathrow, (Or ‘under construction’ as I’d prefer NOT to think of it, plus bonus ‘historic’ a/c in middle of the muddle – Concorde) found cars to be small and British and on the other side of the road. Left playpen area of arrivals, found cars to be small, German and on the other side of the road outside. Came home. Suggested to 2 billion spiders that party was over, repossesed house. Found doormat, under postal offers of credit cards, hit forum, looked through virus e-mails, went to sleep.”

More soon. Maybe.

Cheers!

He’s alive – Hurrah !!!!

A little birdy told me James was seen at the airport heading for Heathrow…

Weather report from Breckenridge, TX…WAY TOO FRIGGIN HOT…END

OK, I give up. James???? James?????

Come out, come out, wherever you are!!!!!!!

I’m off to Ezell’s for a week. You lot keep the light on, and be on the lookout for our JDK. Sooner or later I hope he’ll get hungry and come home.

JAMES????????

When I first met James I looked around for low flying seagulls.

That’s rather cruel ! Just wait ’til he steps back through the smoke and says, “well Matthew I’ve changed my mind, tonight I’m going to be Freddie Kruger”.

Good grief, I think James has go so thin, he’s actually disappeared.

Well, now he’s gone, we can actually talk about him behind his back. 😀

That white bit in his hair – doesn’t that mean he is a vampire (the bloodsucking variety not the jet)?

Perhaps he’s a distant relation to the Mallens?

I heard James was on the American version of ‘Stars in their eyes’. It seems that he said to the host ‘Tonight I’m going to be Glenn Miller’, walked through the dry ice & disappeared!

Good grief, I think James has go so thin, he’s actually disappeared.

Well, now he’s gone, we can actually talk about him behind his back. 😀

That white bit in his hair – doesn’t that mean he is a vampire (the bloodsucking variety not the jet)?

No, just that he compartmentalises his worrying!

Melv (grey all over)

Good grief, I think James has go so thin, he’s actually disappeared.

Well, now he’s gone, we can actually talk about him behind his back. 😀

That white bit in his hair – doesn’t that mean he is a vampire (the bloodsucking variety not the jet)?

JDK – Top Gun

Methinks this is a case of:-

” I don’t feel the need…the need for speed.”

Mark

Which colour leather did you go for? What are you getting put on the name plaque? Arn’t Sandy and Ivan Cambell unfeasibly lovely. Check out the “Our Clients” page of their website.

Now Acey Deucey has a lot of great memories for me (and the few people who arn’t unconcious before leaving). I think this year was the first that I missed it. Is it still fabulously crowded, noisey and aviation obsessed? Can you imagine that place in January!

First, I got the “old” style helmet, as white just wouldn’t do for my male ego. White does look smashing on you though, Janie. As for Sandy, well having her take my measurements was worth the price of admission. OK, seriously what impressed me the most was the noise reduction in just putting the thing on. As for the name plaque, well I’ve asked them to name my flight helmet to James, in memorium. JDK…RIP

Maybe it was the Acey Deucey that did James in. I mean, we had F-15 and F-16 guys going head to head in a, well, a sort of measurement contest, (Mach 2.15 clean, beat that you Viper wennie!) while the Tweet kids were totally lost (they’ll grow up in a few years or a deployment or two) while the rest of the crowd was lost in Jaeggerbombs and Bombing Runs. The night I made it to bed by 2am was a miracle. Hoot Gibson was there representing the Sea Fury, as well as yours truly.

Poor James, I’m afraid I didn’t really prepare him for the whole experience. Not quite like a twilight show at Old Warden.

I’ll be back in the UK before the end of the year, so hopefully we can get together and share our Oshkosh memories, as well as drink a toast to poor James; I knew him well…

There’s a whiff of sarcasm in the air, methinks.

yes having met james at CWH in Hamilton on july 17th, he is awefully quiet…!

I did get my flight helmet ordered from the folks in New Zealand. Thanks for your help with that!

Which colour leather did you go for? What are you getting put on the name plaque? Arn’t Sandy and Ivan Cambell unfeasibly lovely. Check out the “Our Clients” page of their website.

Now Acey Deucey has a lot of great memories for me (and the few people who arn’t unconcious before leaving). I think this year was the first that I missed it. Is it still fabulously crowded, noisey and aviation obsessed? Can you imagine that place in January!