They could ask my Mum what it was like, but they would have to speak up, as her hearing has never been the same….or the fact that she can’t stand the smell of BBQ food……

Don’t forget the leg straps, to prevent flailing injury……

And the pillion passenger?

I particularily enjoyed his interview on “disc 2″ of the BoB DVD ” I’ll tell you what gets you killed, flying with a stiff neck gets you killed” RIP another brave soul.

I thinks its Glenn Millers aircraft you are all wrong !:)

Glenn Miller was a Nazi ? serious allegations…..

They do not foul, obviously, the protruding magazine.

Fair enough?

Mark

Yes, seems fair (obviously)

That’s why it’s called “camouflage”!:D

Ray Hanna… the closest we got to an old bold pilot? The worrying thing is that he was higher going under the bridge than he was above Alain de Cadenet!

Imagine, though, a squadron of Lancasters going under the Menai bridges… That must have been a sight for sore eyes.

Adrian

That’s because he had respect for the water, whereas………

We could indeed do that – but part of the problem is it gives you two numbers – and how many years do you make the cut-off point?

I understand its to do with the (fuel tank) D-box construction.

And of course the original question was only concerned with airworthy A/C, a fact that seems to have eluded me, when I wrote the post………..