I see elsewhere on this form people are be-moaning the fact that Battle of Britain day isn’t celebrated anymore; well it was at Hendon, and has been for the last 10 years, so, with free entry, and free model kit making sessions for the kids, why didn’t you go there?

You know what they say, “use it or loose it”, well the word is, there might not be one next year, so then you can be-moan the loss of another event,

I’ll be there on Sunday; hope the weather holds…..

Why take the chance? (in my opinion)

Quite so; I believe in recent times the museum has evolved a bit, bit certainly at the time of the theft, it was private property stolen; can you really blame them?

The documentary mentioned the extra funding needed, and who was primarily responsible for donating the money; no mention of Wargaming, not even at the end in the credits, makes you wonder what all the fuss was about removing photos of the recovery, supposidly at their behest when the recovery was achieved without significant input from them.

I seem to recall in one of the Merlin manuals, a chapter dedicated to the “cocooning” of engines involving quite a lot of hemp. or hessian, and the application of a greasy substance by spray gun; not specifically for the purpose of burying though……

When I was at the museum (now ten years ago) the Chipmunk had just been finished, and the Vampire not long before, both were inside and pristine, not sure whether they are outside permanently but if so the Vampire will only have another ten years left, it did look remarkably cluttered out in the yard, perhaps our forum expert knows what’s going on?

Overall I thought it was a good program, I must admit I didn’t enjoy watching the final moments of rr299, and couldn’t quite see the point of saying carburettor equiped Merlins splutter when bunted or inverted, as most people know that, and most A/C are fine once returned to a zero G position, the whole program extolled the virtues of the Mossie, and a few throw away comments suggested it was a death trap unless flown straight and level……but well done anyway on a pretty good program.

As suggested above, Barbarossa would have almost certainly moved forward without distractions; obviously Germany and Russia had signed a non aggression pact, and that clearly would have been broken, so the question is, would Britain have believed that an armistice with Germany would last? most of europe would be under Nazi control, what implications would that have for the trade goods that existed prior to the outbreak of hostilities? also, France may well have been saved from outright surrender, but they were occupied, and that is something that Britain would not tolerate.