Steve W 62

I’ve sent you a PM, I hope.

Seems to me that there’s a lot of apocryphal stuff on this thread but little hard fact.

Has anyone seen the stats on accidents? I haven’t but if they show that any category of driver costs insurance companies less then the premiums should be lower. It’s no more discriminatory than giving first past the post the first prize.

Yes there will be exceptions but if the insurance companies had to bear the cost of individual assessments and maintaining those assessments the premiums would be far higher.

The comment re young drivers beggars belief, just go to casualty on a Friday or Saturday night and see the age of the traffic accident casualties.

Should add that I’m not employed by an insurance company, nor do I drive, but I do have a sense of logic and some common sense.

‘Nuther offer from Kiwiland. Don’t you Poms have any of this stuff left? I have a 5C/485 Stickyup one . Any use?

No, because it all went to the antipodes.

That and the fact that a couple of well known UK collectors are millionaires. Doing my bit but it aint easy on a pension.

Sorry, I lied. In “Captain Scarlet & the Mysterons 01×30 Attack on Cloudbase ” Captain Scarlet flies an Angel Intereceptor.

Just browsing through You Tube, was it definitely RAF? Captain Scarlet has a red helmet

Eightieth anniversary of the Indian Air Force, on Wapitis

At the risk of a smart answer, I have a red helmet with tape letter “C”s, one on each side. The helmet is a MK1A and came with a green G type inner and a lateish H type mask. Red is sprayed and it’s not a bodge job. It’s definitely never been near large quantities of water and I believe the set was straight from MoD disposals.

Any ideas what this was used for? I did wonder if it was for some sort of competition or team building type event but it’s in too good a condition for that

Given the number of accidents and incidents that have destroyed or seriously damaged aircraft in museums, isn’t duplication a sensible thing to have provided the exhibits are dispersed?

This also allows more people to see them and so increases awareness of aviation and aviation history. It might even bring more young people into the movement but that’s climbing on another hobby horse of mine.