Coffee?? Tea surely?

Getting back to the original post:

the ship full of P-51s all prepared for an Atlantic sea journey sunk by storm in the Canadian great lakes,

At least 2 ships with P51’s on board went down in the Atlantic…. These were early models destined for the RAF & are listed in Mustang Designer, the autobiography of Ed Schmude (sp?).

There was a story that a Grand Slam, and a Tallboy, were set on their noses either side of the entrance to the Weybridge offices. One day a member of staff’s car was reversed into the Tallboy, knocking it askew. During the “realignment,” it was felt that it seemed rather heavy, for an empty shell, and it was discovered that it was still full of explosive;

In the 80’s it was discovered the 6in naval shell the Tesco by the RN dockyard in Pompey used as a doorstop… was live…

I’ve known him for years, sold him some magnetos for that car & it was another friend of mine who rebodied the rear half of the Merlin car. While he doesn’t have any Ferraris, he does have 4 Lambos.
He actually has 2 cars with aero engines, the other is a Hispano with a V8 from a Spad.
There’s also a tank Meteor engine sat in his shop.

Mustang Designer

Congratulations “Fluffy” er, sorry – C.T. Paul Blackah, RAF, MBE.

MBE: Mends Broken Engines 😀

Look across the Atlantic to see how public libraries/collections should treat their material– public access and public domain.

That’s because it is owned by the tax payers, which is also why airshows at USAF & USN bases are also free. “We” own the aircraft & therefore can’t be charged to go look at our own property 😉