“My undercarriage was straight until I developed this landing technique”

Leon Biancotto, Hucknall c1963.

From the Sun.

“French pilot surrenders while landing”

or

“Man with arm cramp lands plane with willy”

Did the real upkeeps hit the dams with such force or were they timed to have lost most of their energy before they hit?
I would have expected the mine to become damaged or explode with that force.

The program was very interesting and gave an insight in to what it must have looked like on the day, the DC4 being a good approximation.

I did get the feeling though it was more luck, good fortune than judgement that the bomb hit. Far too many random variables (bomb speed, altitude, distance from dam) unlike the real mission.

The Scientist guy getting all emotional in the Lanc. I can understand that. The Lanc is a very imposing and historic aircraft.

What’s the story of the An2.
It’s always parked at Popham but doesn’t carry UK registration?

On the subject of B25’s which one is lying in bits at Booker. Saw it at the weekend as I was exiting the airfield.

Me109G `Black 6` sounded more rough and gruff than the refined sound of a Merlin.

Fictitious but I like “The Slaughtered Lamb” on the moors in the film American Werewolf in London.

My favorite real pubs were the Firkins. Goose and Firkin being my local.

I think the next major conflict is going to come in the middle east when the oil, finally starts to dry up. By then the west will have developed alternatives or found new oil sources. What else does the dessert have to offer? Lots of very rich nations faced with no economy and no source of income.

The wars we are involved in now are just continuation of old problems. People seem to think we are getting involved in new conflicts when in reality we have been at war for several hundred years. Just look at the Afganistan memorial in Reading dated during the 1800’s.

Then of course there is a war from invaders not of this earth. Definitely sci-fi but not impossible that we could face invaders from outer space!

Flamethrower.