£10.50 for a burger ? – I’d want the whole b****y cow for that money,

It’s the old British Railways trick of raising prices to suppress demand – demand plummets, you can close it down. The Duxford site probably runs at a loss, the IWM would likely love to sell this prime ‘brownfield’ site and pocket the money.
O.K., cynical I know, but I think we’re being manipulated into becoming fixed revenue streams.

Panshanger is going as well-a former RAF training station

Closed September ’14 – they are still debating how many houses to build there – interestingly (or not) the option with the least number of houses incorporates a realigned runway, but I’m not holding my breath. All the remaining wartime (and postwar) buildings were flattened a few months back.

Must confess I mis-read the thread title and clicked, thinking this was about the (Jazz) Crusaders – Joe Sample et al – but it’s some sad mother droning on about Muslims. Disappointing.

Many thanks, guys

Did not the Russian VTOL fighters (Yak 36/38) have automatic ejection seats fitted ? I remember watching a short film sequence of a 38 rolling off the bow of a carrier, the system initiating and depositing the pilot back on deck – and he didn’t even get his shoes wet,

It must have been one hell of a buzz for a young bloke to strap one of those on his back, providing that he didn’t worry about carbon monoxide and the tail falling off.

Brill as usual, Brian- particularly the Trafalgar Square shot which has a great Dickensian feel about it.