Spiders

..there are spiders in the sea…

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3017078.stm

I really did NOT want to know this.:eek:

Madrid’s

…not far enough. Pluto would be good. 😎

They must have already lost their ability to think rationally before they even got in :p

Rest in Peace..

I love “Twelve O’Clock High”, especially the opening scene with the disused airfield coming back to life..been fascinated by disused fields ever since.

Scanners

Not an expert on photography, but I’ve got an Epson 1250 which gives excellent results, and comes with a couple of plastic gizmos to hold slides and negatives, and an auxiliary light source. The software can scan all of these no problem. All for around £100, probably less now.

Wasn’t it Tim Woodward in the lead role? I remember an episode where he goes down behind the lines, pinches an Eindecker and flys back to base, nearly getting shot down by his own CO in the process.

http://www.strangebirds.com/SB-WU-Aerocar.html

Seems like there’s one still going.

My house backs on to some open farmland, near the disused airfield at Ford, but there are no active military airfields nearby.
Just happened to look out the back window from the top floor one day and saw a Hercules at low level (500′?) banking left towards me, then right to show me it’s belly. No idea what it was doing or where it was going, Hercs aren’t seen much around here.

Also saw the Grace Spitfire a few times while on Wittering beach, when it was based at Goodwood.

Another event I remember was while playing rugby at the school’s fields at Edgware, an aircraft came over and did a few mild aeros over our heads, and flew away. A friend who was also into aircraft came over and we were both convinced it was a Hurricane. First time I ever saw one airborne, and this was sometime between 1967 and 1970, so warbirds weren’t a common sight then.