2/5/13 Grey and Red Sea King over Farnborough 5pm ish.

One of the things that has deterred my attending Old Warden over the last few years is having the military display coincide with other shows I may attend.
I know the aim is the sharing of exhibits between displays but if I see the Military display coincides with Duxford or Shoreham I tend to miss it.
How about spacing the displays a little?

Isn’t dogfish similar to Rock or Huss?
You tend to find these lying around after the fishing boats come in.
Either unwanted catch or old bait. Seems there is not much call for them commercially unless a nice size.
Quite common around the UK.

At first I thought, wow, why destroy such a precious artifact.
Then after a while I thought to myself. Another knackered engine turned into ornaments.
I went to Brooklands this weekend and they have a very nice collection of engines but they remind me of the stuffed parrots in the Natural History Museum.
An engine should be making noise in an aircraft.
We have enough smashed ones to remind us of the war. Fair play, make use of the others.

Can anyone identify a painting I remember seeing at an airshow from this description.
Nighttime. Mosquito, possibly pathfinder flying low over French or German train station.
There is a black steam engine with German soldiers all running for cover.

Interesting the story about `the night of the intruders`, With 19 Lancs and 25 Ju88’s lost it would seem to have been the night of the interceptor!
Anyone know what the Ju88’s were shot down by? Presumably mosquito’s.

The Mallard has what is know as a crest or pom pom. It’s a genetic mutation that has been encouraged through breeding in ornamental ducks.