The Vernon in post #19 is a Mk I model, J6867. These aircraft cost GBP 6000 each!

Here in Gothenburg I am virtually forced to use Ryanair for my fairly frequent trips to the UK and never manage to get a flight for less than 100 pounds. “Low cost” doesn’t exist over here. The “service” is virtually non-existent and I would gladly use any other airline if I could, except that BA and SAS prices are daylight robbery – due I suppose to the Scandinavian monopoly/cartel!
One thing I particularly hate is the excruciating wait for baggage to be offloaded and delivered at Säve “airport” as the aircraft turns straight round – it has to be loaded and depart before the handler(s) (perhaps there is only one) deal with incoming luggage – never less than a 45 minute wait for your bags – it would be better for them to leave the trolleys on the tarmac and let us get our own bags!
Incidentally on my most recent flight a week ago the guy in front of me reclined his seat fully as soon as he sat down (before takeoff) and only raised it when told by the cabin crew, then reclined it again as soon as possible – for a 1h 40 min flight he was thus sitting in my lap – horrible, and unnecessary in my opinion for such a short flight!

True enough, italian harvard, surely the Typhoon at RIAT is about as modern a military aircraft as it could be, i.e. there’s another Forum tailor-made for it.

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I saw at least one of those lenses at Legends, but it was supported by a monopod – surely a professional wouldn’t hand-hold such a monster?

1. To me it looks as if you are scanning from a photo album and that you are not closing the scanner lid – if you can take the photos out of the book and place them directly on the scanner glass you will avoid the bright splashes!
If you cannot either take them out of the book or at least take the pages out temporarily, try covering the rest of the glass with a thick black cloth.
2. Once the pictures are scanned in (I suggest at 200 or even 300 dpi), use Photoshop or a similar program to reduce the pixel size, as described many times already on this Forum (use Search and try “pixel” to find those threads).
3. I have given up asking for a photo advice sub-forum!!! The requests by myself and others are consistently refused, and you are the latest of many to ask the same old questions – no offence, but at least it would be a more useful addition to the Forum than much of the other stuff that appears.

De Havilland Don

I say, chaps, that’s a bit mean, I can think of at least a hundred other aircraft that are uglier than the Don (mostly French and American, by the way).