Love that Tornado shot! Full of speed!

I distinctly remember a road in a local village in Gloucestershire being named after the resident doctor who was retiring, about 20 years ago now. He was very much still alive at the time.

Well, as a contributor to TP I’m always going to be accused of being biased. However as a non-pilot, I find TP far more accessible as a general read than the other magazines. I find the others either very dry or as previously said, a bit ‘closed door’ for the non-flyer. If GA wants to encourage people to take up flying, it’s not going to happen if people can’t understand a single article! TP addresses this well IMHO by having some articles geared towards those who fly and know what’s going on (eg Density Altitude in this month’s edition) and more general interest articles about real people who fly.

Pitts owners have fluffy dice too, only these wave about in the breeze 🙂

Just back from North Weald. Lots of gaps where things had obviously left, but some interesting stuff remaining too. Gawd it’s HOT!!! Hello to Melvyn Hiscock who decided to taxi out just when I was inside the Squadron to grab a drink, about 0.005s after I arrived! :rolleyes: Got a tiny pic of you taking off. There was a nice Gnat – resident I guess – that came out later on; hadn’t seen it before. The jet blast as it taxied was, amazingly, even hotter than the ambient air. As I type, the Aerostars are probably displaying, but I confess the thought of a cold beer enticed us away long before… Did I mention it’s hot? 😮

Very sad news. I hope he enjoyed his creation’s 60th anniversary as much as we all did – he sure deserved to!

I had two poppadums, does that count? 😉