A very interesting thread,thank you. One small correction – on the trip to the Isle of Wight presumably you meant to say Portsmouth rather than Plymouth ( the Spinnaker Tower gives that away…… ).

I bet he’ll feel deflated when he’s finished it.

Regards,

kev35

Classic – thanks Kev.:D

At the moment I’m reading ‘The Spies of Warsaw’ by Alan Furst, whose novels are centred around clandestine goings-on in the pre-and-early war period.

It became only the 3rd substance I’ve spat out of my mouth.

I not quite sure what Spitfireman and Rocketeer are getting at – I’m probably too innocent – but I reckon the first two were (a) Marmite (b) Boddingtons.
Anywhere close ?

Well remember the Greenham Common display.It’s where i saw my first Mustang the beautifull I-BILL, sadly lost soon after.
The show itself was awsome to an Air obsessed 15 year old.
Happy times.

And here is OHB’s P-51 at Greenham during that very display.

get laid :diablo:

ive been with my girl for 15 months, i think i deserve some damn love!

…er, she may not be too pleased with that going worldwide, Nashio old chap…
Anyway my resolutions are to keep breathing, ride my bike more, take the dog for longer walks, lose weight. But as I’m a bloke I will probably only be able to do one of those at a time.

I don’t often agree with newspaper headlines but I’m inclined to agree with one I saw this morning, which was to the effect of ‘how can Britain moralise with China over its drug policy when the British people idolise a well known drug taker like **** **** (insert name of well known ‘supermodel’). The newspaper was not one of the populist redtops, either.

Does anyone know what the technical reason for that serial breakdown was?

Run out of WD40 ?….

Some B & W shots from Duxford 1979, probably taken with my battered old Zenith with an El Cheapo brand of telephoto lens. Yes, they have had some big aircraft displaying there at times….