Both were at Stansted Saturday & Sunday

If anybody is interested then the South Hampshire Historic Aviation Society is having a lecture by Dick Stratton on Wednesday 6th September. He was the flight engineer on the Princess during its development and having heard him before, it will be a fascinating evening.

Not unusual for the BBC – saw one a few days ago relating to a chemical spill in a local river that described the area as a Sight of Special Scientific Interest.

The patience of a saint is required at any sort of event if you hope to get pictures without people ‘in the way’. Perhaps he did not realise that it was the pilot of said aeroplane rather than just a ‘rivet counter’ and 10mins can be a long time when you know that taking a photo only takes a few seconds.

Rumoured to be in SOU on 13th September for tests etc (making sure it fits) and entering service soon after on Edinburgh / Glasgow routes

A couple of the most ‘iconic’ for me would be the monk who killed him by putting a tyre over his head and setting light to it. Another would be the young girl running towards the photographer – both from Vietnam war era.

Alternatively the image of the student in front of the tank in Tianamen square is very powerful.

As an aside – do black & white pictures have more impact ? when considering an iconic image.

and people called the A380 ugly!

Am assuming the tail opens to allow loading so hope they have a strong lock on that especially if the whole aircraft (rather than just flight deck area) is to be pressurised.