Must admit I was a bit taken aback by the prices at Duxford when we had the Forum get-together. Didn’t help that I forgot my FOD discount.
Derbyshire seems to be one of the cheapest places in the country to eat out so we’re often horrified when out and about. I’m also sure that many places work on the basis of having a captive market so wring as much as they can out of the punters.
The last time I went into the Hendon restaurant was about 15 years ago and I’ve no intention of ever entering again.

Originally posted by mike currill
The other alternative is to let the FAA Museum at Yeovilton have it, it would go nicely alongside their HP 115 and BAC221 (which are the only examples of these types still in existence as far as I know) at least there we know that it would be under cover if not actively restored.

They would be the only ones still in existence as they were the only ones built. I’ve never understood why the FAA museum has a Concorde, but as it has, those two aircraft are relevant. The BP111 isn’t.
I wonder which genius decided to rebuild the one-time world speed record holder FD2 WG774 into the BAC221 and leave the other one for posterity.

Another book worth looking out for is “British Experimental Jet Aircraft” by Barrie Hygate. Argus Books 1990. ISBN 1 85486 010 0

Looks something odd about the nose of that ‘109. Not that I know much about them. Is it the wrong spinner?

Originally posted by atc pal
Although they were all called “Me” ‘s during the war (on the allied side) the correct name is Messerschmitt Bf 108, Bf 109 and Bf 110, the following being Me xxx.

Bf for “Bayerische Flugzeugwerke”

Merry Christmas!

I’m sure at some time during the war the official designation for the Bf109 was changed to Me109.
I don’t know if it was retrospectively applied, or whether it applied to the ‘108 and ‘110 as well.

They cancelled TSR2 to not buy those. Pay towards them yes, receive them, no.

Bl**dy politicians. Mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble…

Apart from the indifferent quality, the last, and I mean last, time I went in there was about 15 or 16 years ago and the prices were astronomical.
We tend to be spoilt living in Derbyshire as prices are noticeably cheaper than further south but at that time I’d only recently moved here from Hertfordshire and couldn’t believe they’d got the nerve to charge so much. I always take sandwiches now.

I seem to recall reading that as Canopus has been modified over the years, the CAA don’t consider her to be a Comet now.

There was a series of articles in Aeroplane recently about the pretenders to the title.
I seem to recall Pearce in particular was pretty thorougly debunked.