Paul

Thanks for the advice. I’ve been getting into photography (away from photos of planes)for nearly a year and have started to see through the view finder even without my camera. Until i read your post i did’nt realy acnowledge the fact that i was automaticaly looking at composition and framing, and its a strange kind of feeling to take a picture without a camera:confused:

Hope that makes sence to somebody besides me??

Oh and the Chinook on your Flickr is awsome:):):)

Gaz

Pointless consider it dropped:):)

How many people have touched the U-2 in the AAM? I did before it was strung up from the ceiling and was absolutely amazed to find out that it felt like leather,(just the paint i know) but how many people have never touched it and will never know what it feels like?

How many of you have taken the time to read the graffiti on the B-24 that would be impossible to read if it had barriers all the way round it. How many first time visitors to Duxford see Sally-b sat on the apron and wonder what it looks like inside and what it feels like to touch….then they get to the AAM and they can find out.

How many want to touch a Spitfire or Concord or Vulcan or stand under a wing of a B-52 marveling at how big it really is?

Long may this practice continue with it the extra numbers through the doors keeping the place open for the likes of you and me.

As for Hendon hands on in a DC-10 cockpit that was covered in plastic so all you could do is look and a Vampire? or was it a JP that you could sit in but again covered in thick plastic so you cant touch anything admittedly they have a lot of original WW2 stuff in there but they’ve also got nearly new stuff as well. Take the Phantom for instance. Platform up the side of it so you can see in the cockpit but why do they have to have the canopys closed? having them open would give a far better view.

Give me Duxford with a hands on policy every time it gives me a feeling of sattisfaction and a longing to go back. Unlike Hendon were one visit is one to many.

ok see attached immage of 458 taken by me in 87/88.

No evidence that the tail code has been changed from an X to a Y maybe a little smudging to the right of the Y were the last code has been painted over, but an X hasent in my opinion been messed with to make a Y

The star is there but it is very faint also no evidence of CCCP.

Chox the star is very evident in the pic you posted but if it did have CCCP on it as well then that would show up too so please show us all the rest of the plane with CCCP clearly visible

Perhaps were all right, perhaps all three tubs(419,456,458) have had stars on in the last 6 years or so of there flying lives but only one had the CCCP on surely theres another photo of it somewhere that shows the correct reg:confused::)

her words not mine:-

wife cooking your dinner, washing your clothes or cleaning the house

“No dinner no clean clothes and no clean house if theres a BLEEPING plane in my back garden”

“Spike66 it aint gonna happen”

Tangmere1940 you’ve caught her attention grow flowers out of it and its part of a plane, both happy……and Spike66 your idea in reverse:):)

Tangmere1940 tried sending you a pm about the Hunter your box is full, any chance on some more info?

Spike 66 good idea:):) bad side is she’s gonna read this thread and know the plan:eek: