That’s an awful lot of tissues……..

……you haven’t had any teenagers flying in the back have you??? :p

(Ian – Tamils flying the odd suicide mission around Colombo the night before last. They tried to take out the Air Force HQ flying Czech built Zlin Trainers packed with explosives…without success…they hit the tax office!)

Now I would pay £575 per share in a Zlin to take out my tax office!!

You could always ask RAF Mildenhall if it’s one of theirs……:diablo:

I was told by someone who has flown a Turbulent in the winter that you can hold your hand in the exhaust stream to warm it up!

Top shots, really brightens a cold day 😎

No problems for me either last year- I was there on business (Staggerwing C of A renewal) and very helpful security staff.

I would recommend anyone thinking of visiting to get advance permission from whoever you are going to see, and always keep a good lookout when driving on the taxiways. Also stop and look up and around at the runway threshold, even if you don’t see anything…just good practice really.

It doesn’t matter whether there was

a) A requirement for the aircraft, or

b) that they had already been subsidised

You can’t actually see that – what you can see is no orders from the Government of the country of origin – perceived as no confidence.

If the aircraft had already been paid for by way of subsidies, then a couple of examples should have been handed over and operated by HMG to show off our pride in the product.

As regards the VC10 in BOAC service, BA had a study done in later years that proved the VC10 to have been cheaper to operate in the long run due to having fewer corrosion issues than the Boeing 707.

(I thought all dogs were sniffers?…mine is 😀 ) Regards, Brian S.

They need training in what to sniff…..crotches and other dog’s bums don’t count 😀

Venom: de Havilland Venom & Sea Venom
by Professor David Watkins

The natural companion to his earlier book on the Vampire. Picked it up for a tenner at the DX October show -bargain!!