Please send Link to Messrs Blair and Brown, who are currently looking for a pair of second hand biz jets. And they’re British!

Bruce

Great idea – but not nearly grandeoise enough for President Blair.
Supprised they’re not talking about resurrecting a Concorde…….

As it stands – they’re bound to be Boeings as Blair’s in Bush’s pocket.

Are the Shacks parked at the east or west end of the current apron ?
When I visited in the mid 90’s they were at the western end – photographable through a car park fence.

Yes – the French twin looks like a Flamant

I think you have to look at the period. My father had just left 42 Sqn when the accident happened and the attitude as I recall was very much one of acceptance……..

Yeah – fair point.

This issue with the engine that was discovered – presumably the trawler recovered the engine so that it could be identified as the starboard outer of one of the Shacks by it’s serial no. ? Those trawler nets must be strong – a Griffin weighs in at about a ton for the basic engine.

Intriguing story 🙂

So – no second search was made after the engine was found by the trawler?

At twenty times magnification the alterations are everywhere, just take a look at the top edge of the spine and the hood, the angle of the spine is too straight and flat , the outside edge has a tell tail halo of pixels all the way round, The nose section also has digital touch marks all around it, and the tell tale halo of lighter pixels all around it.

I’m no expert, but aren’t those features just standard jpeg ‘artifacts’ due to the compression that jpeg use? You see them around sharp edges in jpegs when magnified.

Sure it’s a plane ?…… not a submarine (half in jest – the camel & desert settingmake a sub unlikely :-))

Know what his 1st name is?

The electoral register for the UK in 2003 gives one E P Smooker, living in county Durham. This of course assumes a) he’s still alive, and b) he’s living in the UK – hence my question about his 1st name.

…..groan 😉