Dunno where it went, but XH558 went over Oxford this arvo, obviously heading there and back again.

Adrian

I rather think I might have spotted our very own low’n’slow near Oxford on Sunday afternoon – certainly it was a rather pretty elliptical winged red monoplane.

Also had several sightings of a Dragon Rapide in silver RAF markings doing tourist flights over Oxford plus, not very historic but rather interesting, a helicopter with spray bars. I don’t recall seeing one for a good thirty years, back when growing grain in East Anglia was profitable enough that you could afford to spray by helicopter.

Adrian

[QUOTE=Growler;1909971]Best wishes for a full recovery to the pilot. The fact that he was apparently able to climb out hopefully a good omen.[QUOTE]

I certainly hope so, but burns are not like, for example, impact injuries – it is the period after, for quite a long time after, the injury that is often critical, and there are an awful lot of variables affecting recovery. The immediate one is, IIRC, how much damage was done to the airway, then later on the surface burns themselves come into the equation.

He’s in the right place – fingers very firmly crossed for him.

Adrian

Do you mean the stuff visible here?

That’s what I assumed. I’m even more sure it’s chalky soil now because if you look towards the bottom there’s another field with a rough edge where you can see the “concrete”. It’s the reason for the regular shaped patches of ploughed soil that have me beat.

Adrian

You are quite correct – and the memorial records it as being a Tuesday.

Adrian