Heres my attempts. Some may have been posted before.
One from Breighton of thier Hurricane and of an Islander (Historic aircraft in its own right) on the island of Papa Stour, Shetland

Such threads as these, written with perfect hindsight are a insult to the vets, usually written by people who weren’t there and are academic.

Dresden was a tragedy, for both the Royal Air Force and the civillians on the ground but Britain ,after many years at war, could not risk any sort of regrouping of German forces (no matter how unlikely) and most certainly did not want to prolong the war any further. Canada TD, threads such as these are by NO means an insult to veterans. Everyone who has commented on this thread has shown the utmost respect for the aircrew involved. What would be insulting to veterans would be to forget and not learn a thing.

Lemon Kid said earlier on the thread, ‘Forgive and Forget’. I respectfully disagree, Forgive, Remember and Learn

best regards to everyone,

Steve Hatton

The Hendon vulcan was installed after transport by road in several pieces, so it is possible to dismantle a Vulcan and put it back together. I would just imagine it is very hard, time consukming, expensive and complex.

I sent the ebay seller a question about the aircraft, out of morbid curiosity really, i ask

“”what condition is the aircraft in, is she suitable for static/flying condition restoration? Is she in sound condition. Many Thanks.”

the reply was a beautiful understatement

“Static Only”

My personal view is that as long as something is still with us it’s still creating history, to suggest that once an aircraft leaves the military it can not be painted in any scheme other than one it’s been painted in before is in my opinon very narrow minded.

Exactly, do we here cries of unauthenticity when an ex RAF Chipmunk appears in a civil livery or when the Belfasts were painted in Heavylift colours. No, no we didnt.

Id like to second the comments of support for Mr Izzard. Great comedian, seemingly nice guy and obvoisuly a man of good taste 🙂

Snaps, i see what you mean about the moderators but Im sure it takes them a while to sift through all these posts. Im sure they are doing there best. I would like to see Corsair166b’s post stay where it is, always good to have a reminder of who the narrow minded morons are.

Perhaps Eddie could be persuade to take a part in ‘the few’ with Tom Cruise? 🙂

best regards, steve

It may be funny for a short while but its pretty sad that any sensible comment is lost in a sea of terrible puns and python quotes. Seems to happen to a lot of threads recently.

So does anyone know what is coming to Breighton, if not, im happen to wait patiently.