Could be – what’s that custom tag of yours … 😉

Very interesting article, but I’m not sure it is 100% accurate. The two Halifaxes mentioned as surviving in Norway as LN-OAS and OAT never made it here. According to “Norwegian Civil A/C since 1919” they were reserved for Vingtor Luftveier AS of Oslo, but this company ceased operations around July 1948. The planes, still at Hendon became G-AJCG and G-ALEF.

T J

Oh dear – can’t we rely on HP to get their facts straight … :rolleyes:

And thanks for looking Robbo – appreciated.

Huh – what a damn shame it is that the Halifax was overlooked in the post-war scrap scramble. Off on a related tangent – can someone please post a quick precis about Friday the 13th? I’ve seen the photo of it on display in some city centre, but that’s fundamentally all I know about it.

And thank God for those lads in Canada !!!

Very interesting – and can you imagine 850kph (530mph) in a 109! Holy sh!t. As with all warbirds (speaking without any experience whatsoever :rolleyes: i.e. relying on what I’ve learned) it seems the real issue is to become familiar enough with your aircraft that you’re controlling it – then it’s yours. Those in the know care to comment?

And re. the wings (Andy you’ll be up on this), Len Deighton in his book “Fighter” (see thread elsewhere) referring to E models makes the observation that there was a perception that the wings were fragile and this caused (some) pilots to be too cautious in their handling of the aircraft. In point of fact the 109 could turn with the best of ’em if you were prepared to push the limits. Of course in an overspeed dive things would break, but that’s true of any aircraft. And don’t tell me about all those gun camera images of 109’s getting shot up and wings breaking off – first reflect on where the wing cannon magazines were.

How do you pronounce potato? American or English way 😀
Tomato

In English …
Potato = poh-tay-toh (‘po’ and ‘to’ should sound the same, like the 5 things on your foot)
Tomato = tom-ah-toh

In American …
ask SRP, or Rob (CM), or the Bird (CB)

Wow – what a first-class travel guide Ben – you should consider getting a job at Lonely Planet and see the world 😎

And Ben. is write, if we English-speakers get it constantly wrong, what hope have learners got when they read it constantly?

spot the deliberate error eh Dave? :p

True Ben true – let’s get back to religion and politics (I believe sex is out-lawed).