Sally B just passed over old Hatfield airfield heading West(ish).

Looks really nice. Nice to have another airborne. You can’t have too many.

Love that Fury! Now where can we get another two to tie together for the display?

My father was in the Army, posted to the Paras, but refused to jump through the hole in the floor of the Whitley, said it was too dangerous. So they transferred him to a nice safe job with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, where he ended up going through France & Germany in 44/45 as part of an Enemy Ordnance Disposal Unit. Much safer.

My Grandfather was an airframe fitter (fabric) in WW1, based at No.1 AD, St Omer. He was called up again in 1939 (despite being over 40) and served as a Tailor (his civilian occupation) at an RAF base in the Orkneys, then later with Balloon units around London. Why they needed a tailor, I don’t know.

Walter Matthau flipping the Stearman in “Charley Varrick”?

The sad thing is that, reading through the list of aircraft present, I can visualise all but one or two. I bet I couldn’t do the same for the list of aircraft present at the last couple of Farnboroughs. And no, I was’t born until a decade after this took place (Dammit!).

And yes, I do know what a Boulton Paul Overstrand is and proud of it. (Wrong thread).;)

Yes, I was there. Seat 19E, still have the ticket. Also have a certificate to prove it, signed by all the flight crew. Captain’s name was Kelly, can’t read half the rest. Like Mr Creosote I remember the rather rapid climb to height. A stewardess in front of me remarked that they called the Comet “The pocket rocket”. I have a vague memeory that there was a low cloud base that day and I saw more of the cloud than the ground. I also did a similar flight on the VC10 when that retired, but seem to recall that BA then flew another one for staff/VIPs later, so it wasn’t the “last” flight.