Other Bond memorabilia up for auction Wednesday included a helicopter piloted by Bond girl Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger”

Which one is that?

When the TV series was first shown the Imperial War Museum Lambeth had a `Colditz` display.
Dummies were created for some of the actors namely David McCallum.
When the display was over they kept the McCallum dummy and used it around the museum.
I can remember as a kid hunting the `McCallum` dummy. McCallum as the Naval Officer, McCallum as the Nazi General.
When the museum was renovated the dummy dissapeared. I wonder if they still have him in the basement somewhere?

We have a cultural problem with killing, or possibly the visibility of killing that people find distasteful. Take a rifle into the forest and kill a Deer and everyone brands that person inhuman. Yet the majority of us eat meat, wear meat products or are responsible indirectly for the deaths of 10’s of thousands of animals each year (milk and eggs for example). The difference is that a ham sandwich is so far removed from the act of killing that we find it acceptable.

What annoys me are people who state they are vegetarian and eat fish. Or complain about fox hunting and wear leather.

I’ve been reading about 800 NAS Harrier operations in Afganistan.
The primary mission of which is responding to a TIC (troops in contact) where speed on target is paramount.
The Harrier can halve the time taken by the A10 from scramble to Target.
While the A10 may be more capable once on target it is just too slow.

The remake of House of Wax is pretty good if only to see Paris Hilton get a scaffold pole through the bonce.

Although not a classic `Horror` Dead Snow does features Nazi Zombies and an MG42 on a Skidoo.

The Ring and Ring II, some would say Marmite Horror movies, are pretty good and often scary / disturbing.

My favourite for a long while is a Japanese film called `The Eye` about a group of soldiers in Vietnam. If you can put up with the subtitles it’s an interesting and skilful film.

Then there is `Outpost` featuring yet more SS Zombies.

Botched is strange and funny for all the wrong reasons while Cottage is a good old British comedy with everyone getting hacked to pieces but in humorous ways.

However if you want an excellent movie with shades of the old horror movie with modern overtones that flits between 1930’s and the present then `Ghost Ship` is a good choice.

Now, if you want a British horror featuring Squaddies and the SAS doing battle with Ware Wolves how about `Dog Soldiers`.

Nearly forgot the Tooth Fairy, very scary that one.

I could go on…. 🙂

Why an AT6 though why not a Cessna or Beech Baron?

Looks like the airshow is changing from a family day out to a more corporate show I would guess like Farnborough.

I wonder if this will have a positive effect on other airshows?
I certainly would consider replacing Biggin (in my personal airshow calendar) with another venue if the new display is not of interest.