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  • in reply to: General Discussion #389308
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    Boris, sadly no longer with us.
    No pictures to hand of the 3 we’ve got now, but Boris is my wallpaper.

    in reply to: Darn pesky cats ! #1971027
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    Boris, sadly no longer with us.
    No pictures to hand of the 3 we’ve got now, but Boris is my wallpaper.

    in reply to: General Discussion #389310
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    Surviving does help.
    I think it’s suggested that Geoffrey de Havilland Jnr exceeded the speed of sound on the flight that killed him when the DH108 broke up in mid-air over the Thames estuary.

    in reply to: Who was the first person through the speed of sound #1971031
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    Surviving does help.
    I think it’s suggested that Geoffrey de Havilland Jnr exceeded the speed of sound on the flight that killed him when the DH108 broke up in mid-air over the Thames estuary.

    in reply to: General Discussion #389311
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    Domin, don’t start THAT again!

    in reply to: This is such a cool forum. #1971035
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    Domin, don’t start THAT again!

    in reply to: General Discussion #389313
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    Dudley Moore is extremely dead, as of March last year.

    Thought the TV show was awful. Don’t tell my other half, she bought me the video.

    Finally bought a boxed set of the books, at last confident there aren’t going to be any more.

    I would love to see a film done well, or not at all.

    in reply to: Hitch Hikers – the Film? #1971039
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    Dudley Moore is extremely dead, as of March last year.

    Thought the TV show was awful. Don’t tell my other half, she bought me the video.

    Finally bought a boxed set of the books, at last confident there aren’t going to be any more.

    I would love to see a film done well, or not at all.

    in reply to: Warbirds Had Their Best Days??? #2115789
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    I suspect the heyday has passed, unfortunately. With spiralling costs it does make you wonder how long the owners can keep going.
    I’ve seen enough F-15/16s to last me a lifetime. Bringing them in would help drive me away.
    I’ve only been to 2 airshows this year, Coventry and Legends. It was great to be interested in everything that was flying, rather than ignoring half the display.
    For the last 15 years its been mainly Finningley/Waddington for me. I’m not sure yet whether I’m going to bother again.
    I enjoyed the Bruntingthorpe Big Thunder a few years back but they lost money on it so didn’t do it again. My previous Duxford show was probably 84/85, Old Warden 86 and at North Weald I saw the Kingcobra which crashed a few days later. Don’t know what year that was but late 80s again I suspect.
    I’m going to be more selective in future and go to see more old and less modern displays while I can.

    in reply to: Airspace #2115791
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    Most things have already been said but…

    There are already too many aeroplanes in Hangar 1. I know they have to come inside to last as long as possible or even indefinitely, but, if the display area is staying about the same but with more aircraft, they’re not on display, they’re stored.
    I tried the other week to look at TSR2 and you can’t see it properly from any angle. (Not one that I could find anyway).

    No real views on dioramas, some work, some don’t, but they take up extra space that Duxford hasn’t got.

    I rarely look at cases of medals and uniforms, although as Damien said, if there’s some connection to the adjacent exhibit I would be more interested.

    Engines I like, but there again I like wielding spanners so I would. Fairly sure I’m in a minority here.

    Teddys or not, I still don’t like aeroplanes hung up.

    in reply to: Time Flyers – BBC2 tonight #2115795
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    “Fields of Deception… remaindered”

    Typical, I had it bought for me as a present when it first came out.

    The presenter was extremely irritating. There’s a lot of that about these days.

    On the other hand, according to BBC2 on Friday, I’m in the age band to be a grumpy old man so that’s my excuse.

    in reply to: Bombing Nuremberg book #2116407
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    Whimper

    in reply to: 1980s Southend #2116963
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    Tiger Moth G-ANDE is registered to an owner near Bedford and has a current CofA.

    in reply to: Anyone read the new Derel Robinson yet? #2117622
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    Just stuck a hand into a box at random and come out with the January 1989 Aeroplane Monthly.
    It would seem that Piece of Cake had recently been shown on TV.
    There were two letters published referring to it, by an A.J.E. Maynard and a certain Roland Beamont.

    They were NOT impressed. Scathing doesn’t come close.

    in reply to: "Tin hats on everybody !" #2117626
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    Originally posted by RobAnt
    He’s fallen in the water!

    See page 3
    Go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect £200.

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