Forgive my ignorance, but is there not a danger of corrosion setting in on the cleaned surfaces, even though your meatbox is under cover ?

Quite a good film, if you ignore the continunity errors.

Switching between single and two-seat Vampires during the bad weather sequence.

43 Squadron Hunters initially becoming 1 Squadron ones during taxying and mass take-off sequence.

Belly landed Hunter shown as having both main undercarriage legs down as pilot loadedi nto the ambulance.

Yes it was full of stereotypes, but at least the aircraft were real, not CGI or models.

When was the “Gib Airways” Viscount retired ?

I can remember it trundling in and out of Gibralter, on a regular basis, often putting visiting military jets to shame by landing 1st time every time, regardless of the crosswind conditions. (I’m sure anyone who has flown there will confirm the less than ideal flying conditions due to the wind.)

Interesting that the P-40 taxied in with its engine stopped.
Not normal practice I would have thought.

Re. the Chipmunk, what is the purpose of he two (2) aerials positioned on either side of the fuselage, just infront of the strakes ?

Never seen them on any other Chippy.

Buccaneers had the AN/ALE 40 system fitted late in their service life.
Originally the dispensers were fitted under the rear of the engine nacelles, until it was realised that the IR flares were being fired directly in line with the fuel jettison pipe.

The solution was to fit the Chaff/Window dispensers on the inboard side of the outboard pylons, and the Flare dispensers under the tail area , just in front of the airbrake assembly. I was well aquainted with the system as my task on an O.T.R. servicing was to check and replace the dispensers.

There was also a trial fit of the Phimat pod, on the Buccaneer. I helped manufacture the necessary adapter leads to enable the Buccaneer to operate the pod. I believe the trial was fairly successful, but it never progressed any further.

Cabbage

I have a picture of WF408, taken at RAF Cosford, on January 12th 1991.

It is sitting outside the Museum as it was then.

Slightly off topic, I know, but seeing the “giraffe” type ladder, in the forground, brings back memories of removing bang-seats from a Vulcan, that was on jacks, in a hangar with no available crane (mobile or static) to help.
Carrying the seats down one of these, at full extension, was quite an experience, and would have given the Health and Safety people a heart attack.

Ahhhhh, the good old days.