I think the ‘high octane fuel’ is mentioned just to keep away undesireables

It’ll probably been syphoned off by now & some boy racer is burining it off as we speak.:D 😀

IMHO we should pull out of the Eu and tell them where to stick all of their useless rules. Worst thing that ever happened to this country joining that bloody organisation!!

What bloody organisation-they don’t know what the word means.:diablo:I couldn’ agree more

If I were pink ladies operators I’d take her to a country where her flying would be welcome & fly her as low as possible over the EU HQ just to give em the Agincort salute as they flew below the top floor windows as a parting gesture.:diablo: :diablo: 😀

Sorry Radpoe Meteor, but my 13 year old son says “would that be 17Pholmes?” :p

probably down to my “typing finger” hitting the wrong keys.:o

when i last visited cosford, i noticed this

on the side of the SB5, its an interesting aircraft, but out of all the other extraordinary machines at cosford, that is the only one with this particular message on it. surely there are many others deserving of this??? why were they not “deemed to be historically significant”

Just a pity that had been written on a considerable number of now extinct types.

The best add-on in my opinion was the turbo-jet installation added to the Shackletons. You could hardly see they were there.

By the way did they power these with petrol, or fit different tanks etc?

Bri 🙂

Having read the He111 Zwilling thread,I believe the additional engine,fuselage & wing make a very good contender.:D

Just received an e-mail telling me that the Science Museum “Inspired” bid to upgrade Wroughton has been dumped from the list of finalists by The Big Lottery and ITV, even before we are allowed to vote on it! 😡

So what are the four finalists that are instead going to be offered to the great ITV voting public?

1. A scheme to beautify the The Black Country. Can’t argue with the concept I guess, but you can hardly call planting trees on former factory sites exactly innovative!

2. “Sustrans” cycleways. Do we reall need more bijou bridges and painted pavements to appease a lycra-clad vocal minority?

3. A scheme to plant more trees in Sherwood Forest. Err, isn’t that the point of a forest??

4. And a new attraction at the Eden Project. So we can all burn a hole in the ozone layer driving to an obscure corner of Britain to visit it.

What a waste! 🙁

If saw what they had planned for the Sherwood project you would echo
“what a waste” for time immemorial-I know this may not be the place to discuss the project, but when you realise it involves a stainless steel “”tree”” & probable closure of a road which meant the locals would have a 3 mile detour to get to the nearest town,going via one of the most congested roundabouts in the area, you’d understand it is hated by everyone except those pushing for it.:(

It seems to me the lottery may be in league with the campaign against aviation:diablo: :diablo: 😀

What is the point of this petition? What exactly are you asking for?

Just how do you “re-recognise” something?

When was Battle of Britain day somehow “de-recognised”?

Battle of Britain Day still exists, it was 67 years ago, what more do you want?

Ok the date still exists,but ask 100 people on the streets of Britain why is 15 Sept significent & it is likely only a very small % will say its Battle Of Britain day-you would be extremely lucky to find anyone under the age of 35 who does.

What is wanted is a day where we can all, not only just remember the “Few”, but we as a nation know what it is all about.

Internationally the 11th November is recognised,so why shouldn’t 15th Sept-it is the recognised date where the tide was turned against a dictator who sought world domination & was held back by a group of pilots from many different nations-some of whom were from neutral countries,others who had escaped from invaded countries,fighting from the shores of a nation who stood alone,was outnumbered aircraft wise & was expected to capitulate to his terms.