My source, the Guinness Book of Records 1985 edition, says the Linke-Hoffman R II flew in 1919 at Wroclaw, Poland as an airliner, with 4 x 260 hp Mercedes piston engines driving 22 ft 7.5 in. dia. propellers at 545 rpm.

OK, Mike, it’s just that this thread began with the 350D and I assumed (wrongly) that eveything in it referred to that camera!
Incidentally, should I wait until I get to the USA before stocking up on memory (1 Gb cards)? I again assume that they are more expensive in Sweden (or the UK) but may be wrong – can you tell us all what a 1 Gb card costs over there where you are please?

My new EOS 350D has Version 1.0.3 firmware (I just checked) and it’s straight out of the box! Perhaps it’s been sitting on a shelf for 3 years or more!
Off to the Canon website now to see if I can upgrade the firmware!!!

Thanks, Andy, for putting things into perspective.
This I think ties in with my question earlier about Felicity Irwin (who is the organisation’s chief PR person) being on holiday instead of chasing major sponsors at this very critical time, i.e. she should be trying to find those who could put a big dent in the £1,000,000.00.

I seem to remember the tail fell off . . . I believe it was an Airbus . . .

38 years ago in Bahrain – BOAC livery, but still a VC10!
(Come to think of it, it was probably Gulf Air)