At risk of speculation… the lack of horizontal axle on the Gladiator must have helped it stay the right way up in a standing crop? That, and modern crops are so much shorter than their period equivalents.

Total nit-pick, it’s barley in the field, but really that’s irrelevant. The important thing is that Gladiator and pilate* are both OK.

Adrian

*I have my coat already, thank you.

On Sunday lucky enough to see Peter Teichman’s P51 over LIttle Missenden, and a Huey in the distance as well.

Adrian

“Beware the Hun in the moon” just doesn’t have quite the same ring…

Adrian

The puzzling upturned dark area is actually the shadow of the starboard fin projected on the blanked off tail turret of that BOAC Whitley, the distant one is G-AGDZ

Thank you longshot, much appreciated!

Adrian

You’d be surprised at how little a Dak needs – in early 1945 Horsas (admittedly unladen) were towed off RAF Great Sampford – runways laid in 1941 for fighters – by Dakota. Mind you, I’d like to see it too!

Adrian