I wrote the following,let me explain more fully.

“Exactly that. Why do we want this thing anyway? It and its chums were responsible for countless thousands of civilian deaths,lets restore or renovate something that put the Luftwaffe where it belonged like the Goodwins or 30feet underground preferably with their crews.”

Why do we want this thing anyway.

As pointed out the war ended 68 years ago which is exactly my age. I was born while my mother was being cleaned up as a result of a near miss by a V2. My whole family who were not away fighting had to endure years of terror from nightly bombing on London. Two died in air raids and my aunt ended up losing a leg and then her mind as a result. My Grandfather was in a Heavy Rescue Squad which left him more affected than his 4 years of fighting in WW1. This was mainly due to pulling the bodies of 2 little girls out a bombed house bit by bit. Londoners did not crack but they came close. Growing up and listening to the stories gave me an insight into the hatred that we had for the Nazi regime and those who bombed us. There was an extreme pride in those who defended us at great cost to themselves. When I left school and went to work I joined the Civil Service and worked in Whitehall. It was policy to employ a certain percentage of wounded ex servicemen. I struck up a friendship with a Jewish Sgt Pilot who was shot down by a Dornier he was attacking. He lost an ear a hand and one side of his face was melted despite the best attempts at plastic surgery then available.As you can imagine with his injury and the fact that 6 million jews died he was hardly sympathetic to Germany.

“lets restore or renovate something that put the Luftwaffe where it belonged”

Why not, something like a Wellington(their are enough bits about if we can get our act together) I would have a great interest in that as it is the first aircraft my father flew on ops. Also make a display of some of the countless exhibits in the reserve store.

It was asked why am I on this forum at all. The answer is simple I have a passion for allied aircraft and their history. My father finished ops on B24’s(178 squadron) before moving on to testing Halifax’s.

I hate and detest everything from the 3rd reich and those that supported it and have little sympathy for those that died. That is not to say that I hate todays Germans, I don’t they like most of us did not live through those times and most I am sure that some of the deeds are forgotten with lessons learned.

So the protests start.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22739189

BTW why have the police taken to wearing sky blue baseball caps?

Yes it is good news everyone is safe and I hope the old saying “lessons have been learned” is taken onboard. I would not have been suprised if it had been a third world operator but I would have expected better from BA.,especially from reading the interim report.
I know cars are rather different from aircraft but my father who was a test pilot for Handley Page always told me to do a walk round my car every day before driving it. I have done this religiously evey time for 50 years now. I have found potential dangerous things such as leaking brake fluid,bulging tyres and insecure bonnets. So it is something that has stayed with me. Iwould have expected a closer look from aircrew with the life of many souls in their hands.

I have an idea it is when it has a motor to power said machine.

TA out

Extremly helpful. So by you rules every object that is a museum without an engine is not an aircraft?

31st May at 15.00approx,Bradley Stoke, two silver motorised gliders wingtip to wingtip about 500 feet had red identification on port wingtip.
They looked very nice and tranquil with hardly any noise from the motor/engines. What were they? and another question when does a glider cease to be termed a glider and called a powered aircraft?

Cheap hookers in East Kent?:D

Immigrants. This week I have had two instances of this.
1 The guy next door from Nigeria although asked nicely to move his car up a couple of feet so that I could get my car out of the drive got ****ty with me about it when I said perhaps you could park in your drive. The responce was the fence I put up between our houses might fall on his poxy mazda 6. This fence was errected 2 years ago by a builder to a high standard and is as solid as a rock. All his fences have fallen down(apart from the ones I am responsible for.(which have been immediately replaced if a panell goes) So as far as it goes now he can pi55 up a rope and stay the hell away from me!

2 The guy accross the road is a Pakistani and is forever on the cadge. Today he wanted to borrow a 18mil socket. I told him I did not have one. He then asked for a lift to the motor factors to get one despite seeing that I was in great pain from my legs and was having to hold onto my car for support. I told him sorry no. The reply was “F” you then!

So that is why we are down the pan letting people of a different culture into this country who seem to think we are at their beck and call and if we don’t like it we are the racists. This does not apply to them all by any means but we have our own subculture who are just as bad but being British we have to put up with them!

Notice despite extreme provercation I did not shortern Pakistani to what I wanted or call the Nigerian by Guy Gibsons dogs name!

I have told it as it is delete me if you must but you are just turning your back on the reality of life ife you do

£1,986 a couple of years ago with a lucky dip. Nearly did not do it but we had a couple of quid winnings on a scratch card and my wife put it on the weekday draw.