I wish my Brother-in-Law would post on here.
He worked on so many of the aircraft mentioned here, and has some fascinating stories to tell.
With fond memories of Jackie Moggridge flying the Rapide and Dove.
On Sunday the 19th there is another Vulcan open day at Southend.
Featuring three lovely cockpits from Doncaster, and I believe the Lancaster
is due to do a flypast, as well as a Typhoon flying out to Eastbourne.
There are some good programmes on Radio 4 extra.
In One, Michael Bentine recounted he experiences in the RAF, and talked about his father who was an early aeronautical engineer for the Sopwith Aviation Company,
during and after World War I, and invented a device for setting the tension on aircraft rigging wires.
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