One critisism was the truth about the US Airborne crossing the river at Nijmuiden, well my old man directed the artillery support for the crossing, he said it was one of the bravest things he ever saw, went across the bridge under fire and witnessed the stand off with the Airborne and the Tank Regiments reluctance to advance further.

I read somewhere that the river crossing sequence in the canvas boats, led by Robert Redford, was actually done by the Poles.

What no Battle of Britain? As far as I can see, if you don’t count the aircraft and markings not being 100% accurate, the storyline is pretty much spot on.

Good to see good relations between the US and China,considering 10 years after those Americans helped China, Americans and Chinese were killing each other in Korea.
Didn’t General MacArthur want to use the Atom bomb on the Chinese?

[QUOTE=Seafuryfan]Chinese labour is cheap and there is plenty of it. But eventually their living standard will rise and so will their wages. So their products will become more expensive.

By then our manufacturing industry will be just about finished, killed of in part by the Chinese. Then the prices of the Chinese products will soar, as we wont have much choice where to buy from. Now that the Chinese can produce quality as well as quantity, we are in big trouble. A country of 60 million people can’t survive on service industries alone. In the meanwhile our Universities are taking in tens of thousands of Chinese students, many of whom will go back to China to contribute to our downfall.Whats the answer?
I wish I knew, all I know is that I’m afraid for our kids future as the gap between the poor and well off will surely widen.

Okee doke, now what was the movie I saw a few years back that had loads of P51’s painted in Luftwaffe colours? (one of the advantages of having AMC on cable)

That could be ‘Fighter Squadron’ made I think in the late 1940s, about the 8th Air Force fighter escort missions.All the U.S fighters were P-47s and the film made good use of genuine colour gun camera footage that was shot in the Pacific.

Coventry airshow I think it was 1988 over 2 days, anyway the Spits were still painted up for filming ‘A Piece Of Cake’. We stood on a high bank next to the Rugby club on the opposite side of the crowd line so everything flew directly over our heads.

For the wrong reasons, I’ll never forget the P-38 going in at Duxford, and having to scrap my car after West Malling and come home by coach the next day.

Took a gamble on the weather and lost, only 2nd time in 25 years for me to.
Went to Vector’s tent to get some veterans signatures but they went at lunchtime and didn’t come back like they usually do.Went to Aces High as George ‘Grumpy’ Unwin was scheduled to be there but he had to cancel. Then off to CCB where 6 Battle of Britain pilots were signing.Paul Farnes (501 Sqn. and very rare at signings) had turned up unannounced and joined in with the signings.Just before my turn he got up and left.Wandered back to Vector and there was John Freeborn (74 Sqn. reputedly flew more hours in the Battle than anyone else). Shook his hand and made my day. Back to the car just after 6pm to find I’d left the lights on (it was so dull driving to the show), then realised I’d left my mobile at home. By the time the AA turned up
only a few traders were left still packing up.Got home for a good telling off by Mrs.Prune for getting the kids back late with school tomorrow. Just got back in time to catch the last part of Battle of Britain on the History Channel at 10pm.Superb,that made my problems fade away double quick.At least it wasn’t as bad as West Malling 20 years ago, that time I came back the next day minus the car!

Don’t forget this is rip off Britain folks, and they will charge as much as they can get away with. The question is how long can they keep on getting away with it.The real enthusiasts will keep on going,but when the public who make up most of the numbers start to drop off perhaps we will see a price review.Then again perhaps regulars take Duxford for granted a little sometimes, people who don’t live close enough would probably pay half as much again to go.