Interesting. But how many aircraft would be fitted with some kind of defensive system? If you’re talking of the whole fleet the cost would be astronomical. You can guarantee that the British Airways board wouldn’t take a pay cut to implement such measures so the cost would be met by the passenger.

“But she added: “Where there is a terrorist risk, we believe the most effective preventative is for the relevant authority to identify any likely launch site near airports.” “

For me that is the most worrying statement. How could you protect Heathrow from such an attack? A terrorist would ensure they have escape and evasion routes in place. Residential areas under Heathrow’s flightpath are like rabbit warrens and would be easy to ‘disappear’ into. A fanatical terrorist would have no regard for their own safety and would probably take greater risks to achieve their aim.

“……..any likely launch site near airports.”

Yet another opportunity to marginalise the spotter or the photographer. Myrtle Avenue is an excellent case in point. How long for that area is closed to spotters?

Regards,

kev35

The question is does it really matter what happened now? The important thing is that Janie is fine as are those who are nearest and dearest to her, and that she continues to pay tribute to the pilots of the 8th Air Force who flew P51’s in combat.

Surely, anything else is irrelevant.

Regards,

kev35