The press release says that they are going to rebuild these to running condition, I wonder if they would be in the market to trade a couple to TFC for their Beaufighter (assuming they are the right type) ?

Loved the Commanders last words on exiting the shuttle “Elvis has left the building !”
Not quite “One small step” but appropiate considering the circumstances.

There’s finally been some news of some new Commando collections in their 50th anniversary year.
Unlike the previous Commando reprint books which were true doorstops with 10 or 12 stories each and which retailed around the £15 mark, these new books will have three stories in each and a £4.99 price point. They will also be published the same size as Commando as opposed to the 125% size of the thicker books. Pity that they have dropped the larger size but better that than nothing at all.
Each of the four books has a theme – Action Stations! will be naval warfare, Tally Ho! will be aerial warfare, Achtung! will pit British troops against the Germans
Whilst Banzai! unsurprisingly will set them against the Japanese.
With 208 pages each, Amazon lists their publishing date as 7 July 2011.

Sad news

This was posted today on the Commando web site….

“The Commando office has been deeply saddened by the news from Argentina that we have lost a friend and valued member of the team with the untimely death of Josè Maria Jorge.

Best known for his excellent aircraft work, Josè Maria could turn his hand to any theme and had been working with Commando for 42 years. During that time many authors and editors were delighted as he realised their ideas on paper. Readers too loved his style, remarking on its accuracy and detail.

Josè Maria’s last complete book was No 4329 “Divided Aces” which came out in September to co-incide with the 70th anniversary of the Battle Of Britain. Set around Edinburgh, it attracted plenty of attention in the local press as you can see here.
It is sad indeed that it would turn out to be his swansong.”

This is really sad news as along with Ian Kennedy’s covers he was the last stalwart for accurate & dynamic artwork that Commando had.
Condolences to his family & friends.

[QUOTE=Dr Strangelove;1601403]Looking at that site, they have a few important acquisitions to make-

Look in the background of this image, looks like they have been acquiring !
http://www.scifiairshow.com/guided-tour.html

The Eagle’s my favourite, incidently, I love the look on the cows face in the “Buckinghamshire crash” picture.:D

…….. and if the show is planned better than is usually is, there should always be an aeroplane in front of the crowd displaying.

Over the years I have been to dozens of airshows at lots of different locations and I can honestly say that Legends is probably the best organised show I have seen.
As for aeroplanes being in front of the crowd, with the exception of the mass take off for the finale this is always the case & Steven Gray fills in the gap whilst its forming up so I dont see where this opinion comes from.
Contrast this with a show like the one my home town Southend puts on, the words “gappy” & “disorganised” were made for it which is one of the reasons I dont bother with it anymore.

:DWill we finally see a Blu-Ray release this year, standard def is “so last year”.

I’ve yet to see any of the new compilations in any of my local book stores which is unusual as they have carried them all in the past.
I hope that this dosent mean that sales have been disapointing as I would like to see more produced.
For those of you like myself who are Ian Kennedy fans the only remaining Commando story of his yet to be reprinted called “The Sand Devils” has just started to be serialised on the Commando web site.
Its about an elite british Marauder squadron operating in the desert and contains some stunning artwork, hopefully they will reprint a physical copy soon.
Here’s the link.
http://www.commandomag.com/index.php?id=1261&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CommandoMag+%28Commando+Magazine+%3A+War+Stories+in+Pictures%29