Harsh
Other than that, they’ve done a very nice job though.
It should be green, it is black.
Very nice! I hope they fix the black anti-glare panel soon though, it will be a ****** to do once they’ve hung it up.
Just to maker it clear, it is not ‘JDK’s definition’, but comes from the International Council Of Museums (ICOM):
At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, somewhere in the general area of Howland Island
I was there the Friday before last. Are you sure they were second-hand books, or perhaps they were just selling off the stock of specialist aviation books before filling the space with paperbacks?
It’s the same everywhere now. On one of my now-infrequent visits a couple of weeks ago to Duxford, I noticed that all the specialist aviation books have now gone from the shop there, to be replaced with trade paperbacks and a section for Haynes manuals.
Not closed, but moved elsewhere, off-site.
It is basically a tat shop now Bruce, with a few dog-eared books up one corner almost as an afterthought. A far cry from the old Stuart Howe days.
They did, the WoGB one three times.
Indeed. I remember when the team looking after it used to power up the systems, and move the control surfaces, flaps, bomb doors, extend the hoses, etc. At least it is one step behind the even more poor and even more old Shackleton though. 🙁
Considering that the first one was only delivered to the RAF this week, I’d say not.
There is no connection. It is blindingly obvious, even from their own photos, that the rivet lines do not match the structure they claim to have matched it to. A scam, pure and simple.
No
Another TIGHAR invention to keep the story in the news, and the $$$ rolling in to fund the continuation of their extremely lucrative boondoggle.
Turtle bones, freckle cream jars, bits of old shoe, they come up with something every couple of years, as regular as clockwork, to keep the money-generating machine rolling along.