The trainer was a Beech Mentor. I was there too, heard the engine surge and turned round to look just as it flew into the ground – not a pleasant experience even as a spectator. We had some people with us who had never been to an airshow before and when the rescue crew didn’t attempt to extricate anybody from the wreckage ( having looked inside through the canopy) one of the women with us got very upset and pointed out that the pilots were someone’s sons.

May 1983, I was there too, watching the loop could see that he was going to have a problem pulling out – and yes, a very unpleasant thing to see right in front of you. As regards the rescue crew, never did understand why it took so long to arrive at the scene.

I so wanted to be Danny Wilde, but with Brett Sinclair’s accent.

Quite an ambition for a kid from Liverpool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t99QQIXez4M

Moggy

Brilliant John Barry tune.

and for Al: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed0jsVgIHu8&feature=player_detailpage

and another from the same stable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoPrz9PnF3g&feature=player_detailpage

and another couple I remember: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aILPw9VFB2M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BbyYr6L5xQM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hxIuIxqo2So

one of my earliest memories: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_fx8ASV6Hs&feature=player_detailpage

and for Autostick (not great quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5i_pEYGe1o&feature=player_detailpage

great memories

As for reproduction rights, James; under Copyright Law there is the section on Fair Dealing which states that 10% of any given work may be reproduced without authority for the purposes of research or review. One could argue that posting on this forum is a form of research. You should attribute the author/artist/photographer but if for some reason you don’t the remedy available to the originator of the work is an apology.

I gather that this Fair Dealing is how some magazines manage to side-step paying for reproducing pictures, especially in the world of cinema.

Some years ago I was quite surprised to find one of my photographs included in the late Desmond Llewelyn’s biography – at some time I had sent him copies of photographs that I had taken of him, but as I never expected them to go any further, did not include my copyright sticker on the back.

When I met his biographer, I asked her about it and it seems that he gave her a box of photographs and she happened to pick one of mine. More pleased than anything else, I just asked her to acknowledge my copyright on any further printings of the book – sadly there doesn’t appear to have been a second edtion.

I have had photographs published in other books, and I always prefer my copyright to be acknowledged with the photograph although sometimes this doesn’t happen, and I’m just listed with other contributors at the back (or occasionally the front), but at least I’m acknowledged – I have never taken pictures with a view to profit and am happy with a credit.

Saw it fly in the 70s – Weston Park 21st July 1974 – and here’s a terrible photo to prove it:

Just slightly off topic – what will happen to black and white licences for those that prefer to watch on older sets?

As I understand it, digi-boxes are receivers (which is what the licence is paid for) and to the best of my knowledge, there are no b&w only digi-boxes.

On a similar vein, what if someone keeps their old non-digi telly and just watches DVDs, will the licence dodger crews have to accept this in the future?

Blocks of soap. 2 feet long, 4 be 2. Had to cut it with a hot knife or a cheese wire board.

And strange tasting cheese sandwiches for the following week or so? 😮

I didn’t know that Ian Flemming of 007 fame was in MI5 until I watched the docu.
Jim.

Lincoln .7

Haven’t watched it yet (still on hard drive from its initial showing last year – need a lot of time off to catch up), so not sure how Fleming was portrayed, but he was in Naval Intelligence rather than MI5, so there was probably a certain amount of inter-departmental co-operation.

As regards the exploding poo and rats, I saw MANY years ago a book that included details of how these mines worked – too long ago to remember title etc. The coal mentioned was included with the real stuff at railway depots, so as to sabotage them.