Isn’t anyone going to answer the poor guy’s question? I would if I could but I live in the wrong country!

Apart from an expensive way of lighting matches and popping balloons, I fail to see any use for this possibly dangerous “toy”. What happens if it accidentally shines straight into someone’s eyes?

I recently travelled with Ryanair back to Gothenburg from Stansted and was first at the check-in, receiving boarding pass sequence number 1.
There was so much pushing and shoving at the gate I guess I was about number 100 to actually board!
That is one of my pet hates with Ryanair (plus the inflexible baggage allowance as practised at Stansted and yet at none of the other Ryanair terminals that I use). Unfortunately I am forced to use Ryanar to get to and from the UK from where I live.

Poor old Hastings, slowly mouldering away . . . does anyone care?

Scottish Aviation was taken into British Aerospace on 29 April 1977 but continued to trade in its own name until on 1 January 1978. BAe was split into Aircraft and Dynamics Groups, with the former Scottish Aviation becoming the Scottish division of the Aircraft Group. The whole company became British Aerospace plc on 1 January 1981. This was reorganized again in in 1985 and again in 1989. Confused? I am!
Info from Bill Gunston’s “World Encyclopaedia of Aircraft Manufacturers”.

Sorry to jump in here, but I would like to know the construction number and registration of the first production airframe, along with its first flight date – which may or may not be the same as you are asking, Jetstream Man, but it is still more or less relevant to the thread topic!

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a J31 and who made it? With the manufacturer’s name I may be able to find out more about it.