Hi All,
Matt,
Many thanks for sharing your tour photos and that amazing Spit list 😮 If you want I will pass you the Baseball Mit and Ball on my way out….:D

Geoff.

Hi All,
TonYT
Thanks for the recommendation will give that a viewing soon…..:eagerness:

Last Saturday evening I watched the original 1971 Dads Army I watched the original Dads Army movie (Via Christmas Gold) a better film than the modern remake despite the changes imposed by Columbia pictures (See -en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dad’s_Army_(1971_film)). I will be honest the comedy doesn’t quite transfer to film from the series, I suspect this simply to be because the film had to stretch the comedy over the length of the film rather than the quick fire jokes of the series, on the whole though a good nostalgic comedy with the majority of favourites from the series…:D

Starring:-Arthur Lowe,John Le Mesurier,Clive Dunn,John Laurie,James Beck,Arnold Ridley,Ian Lavender,Liz Fraser,Bernard Archard Derek Newark,Bill Pertwee,
Frank Williams,Edward Sinclair,Anthony Sagar,Pat Coombs,Roger Maxwell,Paul Dawkins,Sam Kydd,Michael Knowles and Fred Griffiths.

British villagers (Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn) rally in their own confusion, ready to repel a World War II invasion.

Last night I watched (Via Sky Cinema) the excellent Sci-Fi/Drama-Midnight Special, just a well acted and thought out film that has CGI where appropriate but not to much tending to rely on the acting and storyline I enjoyed it and if your into that genre you should also….:cool:

Starring;- Michael Shannon,Joel Edgerton,Kirsten Dunst,Adam Driver,Jaeden Lieberher,Sam Shepard,Paul Sparks,Nathan Brimmer,Bill Camp,Scott Haze,
James DuMont,Billy Slaughter and Sean Bridgers.

The story revolves around Roy Tomlin and his biological son, Alton Meyer, escaping from both the government and a cult, after discovering that Alton has special powers.

Geoff.

Hi All,
FBW & Sintra,
While I know next to nothing about how far the programme has advanced in the as you say 16 years since the competition was won all I can se and comment on was the documentary and if I am not mistaken the F-35 has suffered just as the Harriers have with in-gestation of hot gas. I am certain had the Boeing team been given adequate time they would have solved the problem.

Am wrong saying that the F-35 has been proven an easy target to other apposing aircraft ? Has it not already been out manoeuvred by current
generation fighter on exercise ? As far as I am aware the Delta wing shape means it can manoeuvre better than other wing layouts
(Please correct if wrong) so it would have been able to in my eyes been in abetter position to defend itself.

While the looks are reminiscent of Jimmy Hills chin did that not help with wing being thick for a better fuel capacity as well as weapons storage ? I appreciate that while I have nowhere near the knowledge of many on here concerning the F-35 project such as both yourself it appears to me that if you design an aircraft on a set budget and do not meet that budget then you incur he penalties or get turfed off the project which has not been done.

The project in my and many others is simply too costly and still the aircraft is plagued by problems, the one I mentioned above being able to defend itself I would have thought a must if it is a multirole and one of those roles is as a fighter then it has failed hasn’t it ? I understand that development costs can make aircraft lag behind projected figures across the board but to me it feels like your trying to fill a bucket with water when the bucket has no bottom.

I agree that the single piece wing for the Delta version was a pain and by the end of the documentary they had revised the design to include horizontal stabilisers I suppose at the end of the day both teams running before they could walk but like I said I am sure these flaws would have been solved but I don’t agree they would have cost as much that has been pumped into the F-35 programme.

While you say that there are 200 aircraft already completed how many of them will be recalled for faults ? add to that that some are now cancelling or downgrading their requirement because the increase in cost of each unit. Just look at the state the RN is in now concerning the programme not getting as many as they wanted on top of that having US aircraft and personnel on board what a complete shambles and I fear rather than getting better it will only get worse.

I would like nothing more than the programme to be a complete success but in all honesty it is the opposite again it all comes down to the money IMHO.

Geoff.

Hi All,
Speaking as just an enthusiast I enjoy both FP and Aeroplane, the only niggle with me has been the survivors list at the end of whatever aircraft they are featuring as a special for whatever reason Flypast stopped doing that my favourite special are the From The Workshop.

As far as to many spitfires in Flypast could be the following 1. Spitfires are easier and cheaper to restore. 2.There just are not that many people having or wanting to spend x-amount of millions on other aircraft particularly warbirds as an example the Beaufighter at Duxford ?

Geoff.

Hi All,
DazDaMan,
Did you see the documentary Titanic New Evidence finally reveals the truth behind the sinking absolute disgrace what happened…:apologetic:

Last Friday ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull watchable but not quite as good as the previous films, still I did enjoy it….:D

New years eve I watched the excellent drama biopic The Danish Girl definitely not to everyone’s taste because of the subject matter, none the less a well acted and thought out film based on the life of transgender pioneer Lilly Elbe….. 😎

Starring:-Eddie Redmayne,Alicia Vikander,Matthias Schoenaerts,Ben Whishaw,Amber Heard,Sebastian Koch,Pip Torrens,Nicholas Woodeson,Emerald Fennell,
Adrian Schiller and Henry Pettigrew.

The story of real-life Danish painter Einar Wegener who, in 1931, became the first man to undergo a sex-change operation. His wife Greta, also a painter, first discovers her husband’s affinity for feminine attire when he sits in for one of her models. Ultimately, she encourages him on his transsexual journey.

Geoff.

on the Saturday watched the exc

Hi All,

In view of the rhythm masters demise RIP Rick.

Geoff.

Hi All,
I watched (Via Sky Cinema) quite decent film ‘Heart Of The Sea’, the film is based on the true story that inspired the book ‘Moby Dick’. I will say that you have to get past the whaling side of things in the first third the rest of the film is then a quite enjoyable with a mainly British cast and a couple of peaky blinders are involved 😀 on the whole though I enjoyed it…..:cool:

Starring:-Chris Hemsworth,Benjamin Walker,Cillian Murphy,Tom Holland,Brendan Gleeson,Ben Whishaw,Michelle Fairley,Gary Beadle,Frank Dillane
Edward Ashley,Charlotte Riley,Donald Sumpter,Brooke Dimmock,Jamie Sives,Joseph Mawle and Paul Anderson.

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. This film reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.

Geoff.