What are your preferred topics?

I like good pics and sometimes I see some realy nice pics here. I can also enjoy treads where I can learn about rare aircraft type or type modifications. Also treads about aircraft restorations are good for me.

So plenty to choose from, as long as I can discover something new.

Stieglitz

Unfortunately I spend less time in here now than I used to, so I find myself being slightly more selective in what I read.

I avoid topics such as “What’s your favourite…?” or “Here’s a photo I’ve had off the web”, because quite frankly, I’m not learning anything from it.

Conversely, I find threads such as the current ‘scrapping’ topic and the Mosquito KA114 restoration utterly fascinating – because I’m learning something.

Threads which highlight the work which forum members do, also get my full attention and support – and I’m thinking of Snapper’s memorials, Kev35’s book launch, JonathanF and Ashley’s input from Duxford, von Perthes and the folks at Shoreham aircraft museum, and a myriad others who I shall not name but who are no less worthy.

Anything posted by the operators / owners / restorers / techies also always gets read.

And of course the aviation archaeology guys who work so hard to locate, recover, preserve and remember.

The bottom line is, I find this forum is, most of the time, a place where I can learn a great deal from people who are here. Over the past few years, I’ve learned to recognise whose threads to read, and whose to ignore. I’ll always ask myself “What am I learning by reading this?”

You know whose threads I miss the most? KeithMac. He taught me a lot about radial engines, just by posting a tiny part of his knowledge on here…

There you go, just my 2p’s worth. 🙂

Steve,

I fully agree about the What’s the best/worst/alsoran aircraft…. type of threads. A waste of time and potential snake pits.

What’s the use of discussing why a certain aircraft is the best or worst even more than sixty years they last flew, it doesn’t change things. Just admire the technical and operational achievements. Even the most slagged off aircraft type has its admirers. It’s all a matter of tast (or a lack of it).
My intention with this post is to find out if a more diverse range of topics can be established which would see us out until the year 2… They are filling the pages of magazine in a similar fashion for decades. 😀

Cheers

Cees

Not interested in a Walrus thread Mark V? I think you hide a secret love, old bean…

After recent news concerning W2718, no, sadly.

Like Steve Young said. As ever our man from the surf sa it rite.

Not interested in a Walrus thread Mark V? I think you hide a secret love, old bean…

Personally the more off beat the better. However I don’t mind Spitfire threads when they are little known corners of the story; the wing structure saga was a good example.

It’s a big enough game for people to get out of it what they want. Being horrible about other’s passions (scale replicas, helicopters and jets) is fine in jest, but as it often causes upset, best left alone. You don’t have to make someone else unhappy to have a good time yourself. (Unless you are Melv. 😛 )

Andy in Beds lamented (and I agree) that it would be nice if more people put more in. His volte face on the Deighton book was a brave and honest contribution, all the better for the detailled discussion, from AiB and Gnome among others. Why not post something you are passionate about? (Easy Tiger; aviation please. 😀 )

Personally I’m not normally the slightest interested in muddy bits of metal but the fact those who are interested in these areas are doing it in part for the poor *******s who didn’t come back and the archaeologists have a lot to teach us and share is brilliant – I’ve got a lot from Cees’ input.

X was better than Y threads are usually pointless, though not always, and sometimes naive questions often garner interesting discussion.

Cheers!

I enjoy most topics though I tend to be less interested in jet stuff. My main interest is WWII aviation.

Favourite threads are those that involve new discoveries, recoveries or first take-offs after restorations. I also love the threads on the most recent airshows, like Legends or OW shots from Robbo, Damien B, etc, or even the Wanaka and Omaka threads are great.

Seeing reports from round the world where the average person never gets too, they’re great. Insider knowledge or simply enthusiastic travelers like Setter – these sorts of reports on museusm and restorations are great.

I love the mystery threads too, like the haunted airfields thread, and threads on buried aircraft – and the theories attached.

Mark 12’s posts are always worth a look. I also agree that input from the professionals who are striving to preserve and maintain the historic aircraft and equipment or memorabilia are exteremely welcome and valuable, and the museum insiders posts are excellent. I also like hearing all the news of the warbirds scene here first, usually as it happens, rather than months later when the magazines arrive here in NZ. Good to have input from the magazine professionals like Dave M2 too, and authors like Melvyn, Kev, JDK, etc., too. Input from those who own and fly the planes too is great, like Oscar, Glen and the much lamented Steve Paterson – come back Steve.

I also like reading reports of the veterans being remembered like signings at Geoff’s museum and Snappers great efforts, etc.

I love Lancasters, Spitfires and Mustangs, but I also like learning of other aircraft and I think this forum has just the right mix of the popular and the lesser known. Keep up the great work chaps and ladies.

recoveries in the netherlands and surrounding areas

Positive stuff – “new-build Whirlwind and 110 to dogfight at Legends”, “Stirling found in Russian barn”, that sort of thing.

Unusual takes on aviation photography – rare planes, colour schemes, sites.

Scrapyard stuff is incredible but ultimately rather depressing.

Anything related to RAF in India and SEAC. But i NEVER see any of those here…

(the sole exceptions being the recent ‘Indian..’ and ‘Defiant..’ threads) 🙂

Old Historic airfields before they have been ruined with modern architecture…

My favourite thread for ages has been the scrapyard photos. Fascinating stuff – never seen anything like that on other historic aviation forums.

There’s nothing I tend to avoid deliberately – there’s usually something to interest or raise a smile in most threads.

Unfortunately I spend less time in here now than I used to, so I find myself being slightly more selective in what I read.

I avoid topics such as “What’s your favourite…?” or “Here’s a photo I’ve had off the web”, because quite frankly, I’m not learning anything from it.

Conversely, I find threads such as the current ‘scrapping’ topic and the Mosquito KA114 restoration utterly fascinating – because I’m learning something.

Threads which highlight the work which forum members do, also get my full attention and support – and I’m thinking of Snapper’s memorials, Kev35’s book launch, JonathanF and Ashley’s input from Duxford, von Perthes and the folks at Shoreham aircraft museum, and a myriad others who I shall not name but who are no less worthy.

Anything posted by the operators / owners / restorers / techies also always gets read.

And of course the aviation archaeology guys who work so hard to locate, recover, preserve and remember.

The bottom line is, I find this forum is, most of the time, a place where I can learn a great deal from people who are here. Over the past few years, I’ve learned to recognise whose threads to read, and whose to ignore. I’ll always ask myself “What am I learning by reading this?”

You know whose threads I miss the most? KeithMac. He taught me a lot about radial engines, just by posting a tiny part of his knowledge on here…

There you go, just my 2p’s worth. 🙂

Trying very hard here but just cannot move on from Spitfires and Mustangs.

I know….Hurricanes, they would make a good topic!

I wonder if we have enough Yanks in here to start an American thread on Ghosts of American airfields, since we pretty much covered all the others in the UK, NZ and Australia (or did we? Hmmmm….) Tragedies that happened during the war in the UK that brought about ghosts later on HAD to have happened under similar circumstances (with the exception of combat, of course) in the US on training flights….I bet there’s some stories out there…

Mark