It was, and maybe still is, Grauniad, from Private Eye

Did one Canberra variant have that handle on the right hand arm of the yoke? B(I)8 possibly

Might well be but that only means you can’t change them, doesn’t stop you letting them fall down

I have a huge amount of loft trophies that I would display if I had the ability but not being able to drive makes it difficult. That said, they do go out now and again, I’ve loaned a late 30s/early 40s set of flying clothing to a school in Norfolk. I loaned some panels for copying to someone in Germany, the first lot came back but the second lot never did.

However. Imminent old age and health issues have made it clear that I need to start looking at disposal. Some of it can go on evilbay with no worries but some “groupings” were sold to me very cheaply on the basis that I wouldn’t split them up and sell the items separately, these are causing me some pain. What do I do with them to be as sure as I can that they will remain together? Museums won’t pay me the cost of them. To take an extreme example, one group is a pilot’s life story, all his uniforms, his log books, medals, flying suits, trophies, souvenirs, photos, even his school reports. if you have principles this all becomes very difficult. I don’t want to give the stuff away becasue that will deprive my family of money that might otherwise have been spent on them.

I had many happy days at Hanningfields, all the stuff mentioned here plus some wheels allegedly off a Demon but definitely pre war of about that size. Several Victors and Vulcans and the gun pod of the Canberra B(I)8 now preserved in Germany sans gun pod. Lots of AFVs and vehicles too. If I can find some photos I’ll try to scan them in and post them. XH980 mentioned by Tony was typical of what often happened there. That and the Stafford Javelin were scrapped at Hanningfileds but bth were the subjects of requests for them from museums. In botth cases Steve and Graham hung on as long as they could but no one from the museums did anything concrete so both were scrapped. I have some panels from the cockpit of XH980 removed minutes before the hydraulic cutter started work on it, long way from being rotten, they just looked bad having been painted grey while at West Raynham. Steve never mentioned XR219 and I’m sure he would have if he’d had it. He did clear some stuff from Shoeburyness and mentioned seeing a complete TSR2 in one of the sheds while XR219 was outside being shot at.

I need a type 417 chest mounted oxygen regulator, the later Jaguar crew type. Hopefully phtos are attached.

ANyone have one spare or know where I can find one?

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Why Tax related?

Internal investigation, could just be procedural