Hi All,
Having a mooch around the web as you do and came across this piece of sad/good news about Miss Demeanour. Looks like it’s off to pastures new which
is the sad part but will be flying in Canada which is the good news at least….:eagerness:

Courtesy of the Global Aviation Resources Facebook page:- https://www.facebook.com/globalaviationresource?ref=hl The below text is for those like myself who cannot access Facebook directly.

Miss D is heading for Canada……:(

Probably not the last post I’ll make on Miss Demeanour’s FB, but enough to call this an epilogue.

Miss Demeanour has now been sold and will go to Canada to Lortie Aviation Inc.I’m saddened that no one came forward to continue displaying her and I
know from the people and numbers who frequent her FB, there will be many who will be disappointed she will never display again. Because I had flown
her for 16 years flying over 300 displays, I knew how easy she was to operate and couldn’t fathom why nobody serious came forward, not even to ask
how I managed to operate a Jet warbird at a profit and could they do the same with her. With all the big engine single seat Hunters being snapped up to
return to a working life, the opportunity to fly such a high performance yet benign aircraft for the shear pleasure of it, is vanishing or has vanished, forever.

Those lucky enough to have flown in a two seat Hunter, baby or not, will know what a delight a Hunter is to fly but will not know how much greater the
feeling is when flying a single seat Hunter. Imagine a street legal F1 and no speed limits or traffic. Perhaps one day there will be Hawks available. I’ve never flown a Hawk but the performance differences put them miles apart. So I doubt that there will ever be another high performance single seat jet available that a PPL could aspire to fly in the UK or EU. It’s something to fly an aircraft at sea level + 50′ when the limit becomes a Mach figure, pull the
stick back to vertical and top out at 20,000’+I never had any doubt that Miss Demeanour would succeed on the display circuit but the ultimate level of
success and number of years did surprise me.

A snippet of the journey. The normally way of getting in to a Hunter is to clip a Hunter specific ladder on the side. In the early years when there was no
ladder, I would run at the side of the cockpit, jump and place my left foot in to the spring flap covered recess for the ladder and grasp the cockpit rail so the other leg could reach over in to the cockpit. People were amazed not at my agility but that my left foot always found the roughly 6″ square flap. There
came the days when the jump wasn’t high enough and I did a fair impression of the Road Runner slapping in to the side and sliding to the ground!

I’m proud of what I did to turn Miss Demeanour in to a glass cockpit 21st Century aircraft. This meant I could spend most of the time looking out for other
bits of wood or aluminium sharing the sky with me. The only thing she lacked was an autopilot for the long transits where holding a flight level ± 50′ took
concentration. I’m forever grateful for the London & Scottish Military radar services, who, outside the Radar Corridors, would give me a 1000′ box and
freedom to take in the view of all the UK from 45,000′. At that height, it’s a very small country. Annie, my wife, whilst not exactly jealous of my other
lady, almost broke my heart when, after I had stopped displaying Miss Demeanour, said she played and sang along to Caro Emerald’s song “Stuck”, when
I was away displaying. The line “Why am I sitting in the middle of nowhere, standing here with nothing to do, wondering if I really love you, oh oh, I guess
that I do”.

The world is changing and for me, many of the things I used to do are now forbidden or lack the freedom of expression. I quote from something I wrote for an article Richard Paver put together:- The display world has changed dramatically in my almost 30 years of displaying. As at today’s date, post Shoreham, has safety really improved? For display pilots, yes it has. For them, Rules have made display flying safer, they have not made it safe.
The sad truth is that reading the AAIB’s findings, had all the new rules been in place in August 2015, they would not have prevented the crash, just that the location might have been 220 metres further away. Western society is ever increasingly risk averse but all that seems to have done is breed Risk
Assessments so that should something tragic happen and say the pilot was amongst the fatalities, given a lack flight recording or obvious aircraft
problems, others can be lined up to take the blame. Is displaying the fun it used to be? no it isn’t but I have no doubt that human nature will endure and
what today seems unburdenable, will become routine. Was I lucky enough to have displayed in the best period? No, the ones I used to watch before I
started displaying had the best period and I sure that they said and each further iteration of display pilots will say the same about their period!

I look back on the past almost 20 years of owning Miss Demeanour as a tremendous privilege more than an achievement. All the people I’ve met that I would never have met. The obvious pleasure Miss Demeanour has given to many hundred of thousands. Finally, all the Display Organisers that made it possible and understood that not everyone wanted to see yet another drab military aircraft flying. In particular, thanks to the late Jock Maitland who gave
us our first big break at Biggin Hill, TSA Consulting’s Ray Thilthorpe, Ian Sheeley and latterly Dave Walton who with their whole team, recognised Miss Demeanour was designed for air shows as did Brian Lewis with his shows. Thanks also to the engineers throughout the years, from Jet Heritage, the short
period at Delta Jets and finally with John Sparks and his engineers at Exeter and then St Athan. In the 16 years of flying her, I can only recall two displays I was unable to attend or complete due to serviceability.

So, thank you all again for being on the journey with me and your love and enthusiasm for Miss Demeanour. For 2018, I’m planning on producing a “coffee table” book compiled of the photos I’ve had taken or sent to me. Primarily of Miss Demeanour, but also other photos that are just too good to remain on my hard drive or hanging on my wall. Where I can, I will credit the photographer but some I simply don’t know who took them. To those, I thank you.

I think the above post was a very emotionally charged effort.
Geoff.

Hi All,
Meddle – Those photos are just typical examples used to bump up the non believers proof that all the non terrestrial UFO’s are a fake story, I would
say the Adamski one has a question mark over it, it is one of many he is have alleged to have taken. I have read his book that the photo is part of and will
admit though there are certain times while reading it that his statements don’t match up. So the jury is open on him as far as I am concerned but I lean
towards the edge of falsifying evidence to build on something he genuinely thought happened to him sadly.

The second two are clearly fakes, the top alleged photo must be very small just look at the foliage around the background!!!!! The second is even more
ridiculous the alleged ship hovering over whatever on the ground (Itself casting its own shadow), so if this enormous craft was real it would clearly block
out any light and that would prevent a shadow of whatever is on the ground casting one. It looks like what it is a model in very close range with
everything else set in the background in an attempt to increase the models size….:stupid:

Sadly it’s people who report these type of fake evidence that get everybody (the sceptic’s) else who believes in extra-terrestrial life visiting this planet and just dumps everyone in the same category never mind who you are or how professional you are we are all deemed the same idiots etc.etc.etc…..:rolleyes:

Geoff.

Hi All,
Tin Triangle – Many thanks for posting matey….:eagerness:
I agree looks beautiful…..:love-struck: Well done all….:eagerness:

Geoff.

Hi All,
Newforest – Thanks for that quite a lot to look at I have two recommendations on the same subject.

The Truth About The Wunderwaffe by Igor Witkowski

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WUNDERWAFFE is about the Third Reich’s weapons of last resort, but it is a book unlike any other on the subject. The author,
a former military journalist, has done extensive research on three continents, in the archives of many countries, and he has uncovered a wealth of facts
about weapons and weapons systems unknown to the general public. This book is very well documented, and most of the sources have never before been
presented in any publication. The main section is an analysis of a research project pertaining to a weapon that officially was and still stands beyond any
normal classification-the Wunderwaffe, or, according to German documents, “a weapon decisive for the war.” After its first release,
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WUNDERWAFFE became an instant classic. This fully updated and extended edition bears the same unique tone of voice and style
that defined the original. This book available from these sources:- https://www.google.co.uk/search?source=hp&ei=0lL_WYK8IoidgAaiuqLoAg&q=the+truth+about++the+wunderwaffe&oq=the+truth+about++the+wunderwaffe&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l3.58899.68716.0.70988.32.32.0.0.0.0.170.3497.9j23.32.0….0…1.1.64.psy-ab..0.32.3490…0i131k1j0i22i10i30k1j0i22i30k1.0.bNRUV7Jf7Yc

Courtesy our very own Ronnie Olsthoorn Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AviationArt.Aero) of a new publication featuring his artwork….:applause:

This image below features on the title page of Dan Sharp’s excellent new bookazine, published by Mortons Media Group: “Secret Wings of the Third Reich”, available through the link below :https://www.classicmagazines.co.uk/…/bookazine-luftwaffe-se…

In the years that followed Germany’s crushing defeat in the First World War, German aviators took to flying gliders – a sport which led to rapid advances in the study of aerodynamics.

Radical ideas for new aircraft flourished alongside more conventional designs and soon developed into a struggle between proponents of ‘tailless’ and ‘flying wing’ types and those who saw traditional layouts with tail fins and tail planes as the way forward. It was a research odyssey that would continue throughout the war and produce some of the most incredible, unusual and downright bizarre aircraft designs ever seen.

Luftwaffe: Secret Wings of the Third Reich examines types such as the Messerschmitt P 01, P 04 and P 08, Alexander Lippisch’s tailless Delta wing destroyers and the little known Messerschmitt Super 163, the Horten brothers’ 8-229, the Gotha P-60, Arado’s nine twin-jet night fighter designs, Blohm & Voss’s line of batwing fighters, the mighty Harbich Arctur and many more.

Hundreds of original and previously unseen documents have been used to compile this unrivalled history of Germany’s secret Second World War tailless and flying wing designs, illustrated with a host of new and period drawings, illustrations and photographs.

Geoff.

Hi All,
The main trouble with the serious UFO/Alien craft sightings are the fakers, all they do is detract from the genuine side of the subject. People who think
UFO’s do not exist are just kidding themselves. Many think UFO is the same as Alien spacecraft which is often where a l lot of allegations of Nutters/Oddballs/Idiots/Mad people and anything else you can term as people just not with it accusing of whatever instead of trying to understand.

There is a serious side to all the sightings of UFO’s apart from Military/Civil Experimental aircraft never mind Drones/Gliders/Odd shaped Hot air
balloons etc.etc.etc. If people do not recognise something flying then it’s simple! it’s UFO It doesn’t mean it’s not of this world it’s
just a generic term used by those who either hate those who believe in extra-terrestrial craft, will not accept other possibilities, Closed minds open mouths
seems to be the normal reaction instead of accepting a different point of view questioning what we are told sadly because it upsets their perfectly balanced world.

After all some of the most intelligent people on earth have had encounters or saw them and reported to their own credibility being belittled by those who don not want to believe These all cannot be wrong over the years unless they are all suffering from a collective mental breakdown by mass sightings Here are just a few of credibles :- Civilian Pilots/Air force Pilots/Army and Navy personnel,other public service branches Police/Firemen/Ambulance men/Doctors etc.etc.etc.

The list goes on and on for those who have experienced this most of all perplexing of experiences, not just something they have witnessed flying and are unable to explain logically, but other associated phenomenon that accompanies many Alien craft and UFO encounters.

Geoff.

Hi All,
TangoIII– Many thanks for the article :eagerness: Here is a question if there is any truth in the matter by me more than likely wrong but hey you
never know ?

With the F-35 having attracted so much negativity it is conceivable that the US supplied Israel with the F-35’s knowing they would be actively combat
tested to iron out whatever possible illuminated problems while being tested in the US that we the public are not privy to ?

Geoff.

Hi All,
Fear And Desire Stanley Kubrik’s first feature film from 1953 made on a tight budget with borrowed money from a few sources featuring very small
cast it’s down to the viewer what to make of it considering it was his first main stream feature after a load of shorts….;)

Starring:-David Allen,Frank Silvera,Kenneth Harp,Paul Mazursky,Steve Coit and Virginia Leith.

A fictitious war in an unidentified country provides the setting for this drama. Four soldiers survive the crash-landing of their plane to find themselves in a forest six miles behind enemy lines. The group, led by Lt. Corby, has a plan: They’ll make their way to a nearby river, build a raft, and then, under cover of night, float back to friendly territory. Their plans for getting back safely are side-tracked by a young woman who stumbles across them as they hide in the woods, and by the nearby presence of an enemy general who one member of the group is determined to kill.

Geoff.