While I never purchased Lindsay Peacocks book on the B-52 about 20 odd? years ago

I would say that would take some beating, although we did a reasonable job for the B-52H in World Air Power Journal

Not being biased because I know him or anything….

Tim

The WAPJ is the best B-52 coverage I’ve seen! Expand it to cover all models, a short s/n history listing and I’d be happy!!!

Cold War shootdowns, Bay of Pigs, CIA aviation, combat drones (from WW1 on [sic]), in-depth monographs of most WWI types (but let’s start with the RE.8), Chinese aviation, target-towing. A good book on the B-52 might be nice (that one is an obvious no-brainer for someone).

Or how about defecting aircraft (and not just East to West either…)?

And millions more which others with more imagination can think of, no doubt.

Nose at Manston?

I sent an email to IWM Duxford, asking what the plans are for N3200 now that it’s in their care. Looks like it’s to be kept airworthy and active at airshows, which is good news – nice one IWM!

“Spitfire N3200 is now on display in our Battle of Britain hangar. We think it is quite possible that the plane may have started it’s life in the same hangar in 1940.
I’m sure you will be pleased to hear that the plan is for the Spitfire to fly at Air Shows at Duxford and around the country.
We hope that we will be able to inform the public when it will not be on show here at the museum. “

Bizarre thing to say: sounds like they’re trying to convince everyone that this machine and N3200 are the same thing.

I’m assuming ‘the right crowd and no crowding’ has no meaning these days. See Brooklands and put tongue in cheek.

You’d need to be a bit more specific: Bomber Command, Coastal Command and numerous other RAF formations flew against the enemy during this period.

Understandably they are not included in ‘The Few’.

Been going to Goodwood since the 1990s and I have to say that it improved (less crowding) when they introduced the advanced ticket-only entry.

It may be relatively new for airshows, but it also makes a lot of business sense.

All round (from my experience) it has thus far been an entirely positive move.

The over use of people being labelled as a “hero”, being another of my pet hates.

YES!!! The daft bit on any aircraft crash where they have to state that the pilot steered away from houses/nuns/schools. Because everyone knows how soft and fluffy houses are! Anyone would much prefer to land there than on a nice flat field.