unmanned?

They don’t need a new plane – just load up a C17 with MOABs. We have air superiority so no one is going to be bothering this hugely capable machine.

Dunno which is worse: unmanned bombers or ICBMs? The potential for accident is worrying and besides everyone should have the opportunity to sacrifice their lives for their country. The tricky bit is finding anyone worthy enough to die for. Gorgeous George W(armonger), Eric Blair, Golden Brown? Maybe not.

Warthog and helo’s

Read somewhere that the A10 was good against Hinds in exercises.

Problem for it would be lack of appropriate avionics – radar esp.

Sidewinders were probably for anti-helo or opportunistic transports etc. Last ditch self-defence like Nimrod.

Nice thought tho.

Spitfire MH434 at Biggin Hill

Spitfire MH434 at Biggin Hill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgLBBd6G75w
love that sound… hate it when they dub muzak on top.

I have very mixed feelings about YT. I had posted hundreds of clips and had well over a million hits… one day I logged on and it was all gone… all that hard work.. no discussion, you’re off and that’s final. A pox on them.

Another of my vids…
Lightning taxi with overwing fuel tanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7WSI0es7bU

amazing vid IMO, over 300 views but no one can be bothered to rate let laone leave a comment… dunno why I bother.

Born in NP

NP? Know it well – I was born there! There used to be a maternity ward but it is now a housing estate. Likewise the railyard where my dad used to take me along with him to work when he was driving a coal delivery truck. Great memories of getting a look at the footplate on ‘Nobby’ the steam train that ran to and from Wolverton.

I too have a fair number of still pics from Cranfield over the years but lawdy knows where they all are. Organisation and filing have never been one of my strong points.

The first camcorder I ever had a go with was like your dad’s. My mate bought a Sony ‘portable’ – it had a massive battery in a shoulder bag power pack. Nice chap sat in his car recharging the spare while we wandered the soggy static at Mildenhall 82.

Mind you my ‘modern’ Sony c/c is still a battery eater. I have now got one that lasts a Duxford day trip (but I still take a spare and don’t use the screen much).