Robbo and others, please read to the end without skipping and think seriously …..

I have previously refrained from commenting in this outrageous thread because it is ill informed critiscism of a number of professionals by , in the main non-pilots.

When the likes of TFC, Bruce, Bertie and Grayfly post sensible informed information it is largely ignored…..

I have seen possibly more Spitfire displays at Duxford over the last 30 years than the majority of people who post here. I have lived and worked adjacent to Duxford since 1964 until recently moving.

I feel therefore, I can comment when people are writing absolute rubbish and I can do do so with authority.

To use the phrase above as was quoted about a qualified display pilot was very nearly libellous. You cannot be surprised when such tripe is talked that owners of these fantastic aircraft become private and practice out of sight which is not good for any of us.

Compare this thread with some of the fascinating stuff we do have on this forum such as the voyage of Catalina, the photographs you or MotF, or DB post, or Snappers work and you will see why I feel we need to kill this sort of damaging postulation which has no basis in fact and does no credit to the forum. The thread itself is destructive and therefore I cannot be constructive.

Note also that by nature I am not destructive having posted over 20 pictures of warbirds in old colour schemes or of historical significance and links to video files (all be it of appalling quality o f amongst other things “Winstons ” blue note – something that cannot be heard at present from a Meteor in the UK.

Right , its Friday, I’m off for a pint or two of Adnams. Let all who have posted here leave this thread to whither away and let us look at some brilliant pictures taken over the weekend and enjoy why we come to this forum.

AG

ps My BofB DVD hasn’t yet arrived……

Ref: Food quality, where was the mention of fish and chips (unt no soggy ones) that Mr P was presumably offered after a few sociable pints one evening??

I’ve missed something Legends 2006 will be at Duxford?????

On the starboard side it looks like a big H and a small C ??

Perhaps this means we can remove the term “pilot error” when discussing incidents such as this.

I have had three car accidents when younger which were possibly my fault. I had the opprtunity to say “yup, my fault” and had licence endorsed and fined appropriately. I did not have “Driver Error” printed on my licence

If you fly an air craft and have a situation occur you do not often have the same opportunities afterwards to review the incident as a car driver may have.

No one intends to have an accident and I would prefer the phrase “human factor ” to be used. This is less damning than the use of the word “error”and something we can all identify with. I know I can.

Does this not sound a sensible way forward and perhaps helps those involved and also reduces sensationalist reporting and postings on the subject of (often tragic) incidents.

I believe we have all beeen affected by the “human factor”?

Monitors

JDK

Monitors and Adobe gamma.exe are important. Hence why TFT and graphics don’t mix, yet….

watched any good videos recently James??

A bit of a story for you.

Sad but true I typed my business name “airgage” into the bbc search engine.

Amongst the entries was one to a site in the US ( http://warbirdsofww2.tripod.com/downloads.htm ) that included links to a whole series of aeroplane video clips I had loaded into a now redundant website. I had forgotten about them. Also funny as the guy who runs the site never asked my permission!!

Historically they are of poor quality and may or may not include sound (unlike the original footage) as they date from a time when 1mb was the limit of tolerance of any video download!! Also at this time I was experimenting with streaming video in mpeg/realplayer /avi formats. The MS wmv format was not available. Things have changed since then and if I get time I may re-compress some of my material in a better format.

Two that are currently of interest were the spitfire and the meteor blue note as published on that thread.

If you go to the above link and scroll down you will find a number of clips under a link to my site. Don’t bother with the link to the site as it now advertises my business and not aeroplanes……feel free to look at the clips though!

Chris

As it is a realplayer file I’d suggest real play Mr Snapper.