Jim
I’ve had both eyes done ( and I”m a bit younger than you ) the actual procedure takes about 15_20 minutes, you don’t feel a thing because they deaden the eye with a swab. You have to spend a month putting drops in your eye afterwards but it’ll be worth because your distance vision will be brilliant . You will need specs for reading but it’s a small price to pay. The worst bit is hanging around waiting.

Also does it really matter if the three previous books are different events involving the same characters ? Your thought please gentlemen.Geoff.

Geoff
The previous books are the same characters finding themselves in the same situations but in different parts of the world, so don’t worry – you haven’t missed much. Those Andy Mc Dermott books are a good holiday read, but that’s about it.
I’ve just finished reading my first Hemingway novel – A Farewell to Arms – seems to me to be an exercise in writing style, story didn’t go anywhere much.
Currently reading ‘Forgotten Voices of the Second World War’ by Max Arthur, part of an excellent series of Forgotten Voices books based on the oral history tapes collected by the IWM back in the seventies and eighties.

Is it from the Moonshine XB Special ?

Some had been static for a fair while, I would think that they were roaded out or reduced to spares, but most were flown. The’temporary’ hangers were disassembled and taken away- all this by the end of September.

Around 12.30ish a familiar red Pitts Special performed a few aeros over the now-defunct Panshanger airfield before continuing on it’s way, heading West. Reckon I know who that was.

Jim
all best wishes for the turning-year and mid-winter festivities (how politically correct of me ! ).
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91Regal (aka Dennis)

I am intrigued by the fact that he was not mutilated in any way. Why would the croc simply have dragged him into the lake and left him?

Perhaps the croc was feeling a bit below par?

I think they did that at Biggin in ”89, with the Fortress also. All my photos are in deep storage I am afraid..

Rang a bell, found this pic that I scanned earlier this year. Can’t oblige with a Lanc in shot (thinks; did that ever happen ?). You’ll have to make do with a B17. Biggin, I think. Apologies for the poor quality.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/125232773@N07/15238879803/