All this PC bilge seems to come from one area, Babel, otherwise known as the EEC. A recent ‘potted history of the member states histories forgot to mention that Britain took part in WW2. It managed to mention Hitler but forgot the Nazis. The other name for Political Correctness is Selective Memory.
mmitch.

A few years ago the RAF Museum had an exhibition of his drawings in their gallery. Four spellbinding walls and I was walking round on my own.
mmitch.

Peter, no videos but have you found this site at :- http://www.coldwarjets.co.uk/
There are forums etc where you may find out if any are available.
May be Buccsociety might be along in a minute. 🙂
mmitch.

Further to Dave Homewoods remark about ‘at least BA found homes for their aircraft.’ One of the French ones was scrapped around 1995. 🙁
See:- http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=697308
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=697309
mmitch.

On the Concorde SST website they are marking the anniversary of the end of commercial flights. There is a smashing thread containing memories, mostly of engineers. One of the test flights they were weightless twice! See:- http://p077.ezboard.com/fconcordesstfrm2.showMessage?topicID=4635.topic
mmitch.

Apparently BA required the hydraulics to be drained so that for instance the droop nose system couldn’t be operated. There was concern that a failure could cause an accident. There is a possibility that the nose system could be operated mechanically in the future.
mmitch.

I know this is the Flypast forum but there’s a good article in a recent A**** M***** which explains the precarious situation that exists in the warbird arena. The Sea Vixen was sponsored to the tune of £130K for about 20 shows and still lost money. How many forumites would front up with that sort of money for no return. That’s right …none. If Red Bull buy the Jaguar F1 team then perhaps they’ll pull the plug on aviation and then goodbye B-25. Sea Vixen, DC-6 etc.etc.

And perhaps if we loose the British F1 GP, some of the sponsors will move over to airshows which are the 2nd most popular spectator attraction after league football. 🙂
mmitch.

it was on discovery channel about a week ago Chris Barries big engines program, a car that was built just after the war for a go at the land speed record powerd by a napier sabre. Apparently it holds the recorg for doing the fastest lap round Brooklands which still stands.

According to the programme their is only two people in the world who can be insured to drive it. It has two seats, very long and silver hence my thinking that it could have been the one seen at Brooklands.

Ok must be having a major brain problem

http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/motoring_exhibits.cfm then click on NAPIER COMPETITION CAR

This car is the Napier Railton. normally on display in the club house at Brooklands Museum. It holds the outer circuit record (for ever now)
It was built there by Reid Railton and uses a Napier Lion engine. It did a run down Farnborough’s runway at this years show as part of the Motor Sport display.
mmitch.