I thought the Bobsleigh had flown? Seem to recall an open day-type thing. Or has that not occurred yet?

Q.6? Oh yes please.

adrian_gray that is some ability!!! I could have written that a million times and no-one would have got it. You’ve made my day. “part time punks” wasn’t my next bit though 🙂

Some of the people i know in that hobby are far from geeks. A few i know are soldiers and police officers infact. Oh and i have three Sons myself, the first one was born when i was 19 years old.

I know/knew plenty of people in the armed forces who are/were mega-nerds/geeks and had children too. The point is to not take it as a negative term, or pigeon hole people who might fit into the category.

And maintain a good sense of not taking things too seriously. Apart from good grammar. Or at least thats what i should of said (the last bit was irony by the way – no prizes for anyone who spots at least three grammatical errors).

Seen them twice: deeply impressive and aside from the Tupolev Bear, the closest thing you’ll get to the sound of a B-36!

Was that the Bristol Brutal?

The Stanley one my dad gave me: needs sharpening every so often but it’s still a doozy.

They are still available but my WW2-vintage plane has a wooden handle. I think then new ones are plastic.

There’s a lovely book out there by Phil Jarrett: plenty of detail shots. EDIT: I see it’s Fairey IIIF, but I’m sure it contains stuff on the IIID too.