It must have been seriously expensive to fly your car rather than ship it. What were the advantages, really?

Relevance is all about the story you are trying to tell. So a 110 is relevant next to a Lancaster or a Hurricane. Whether in Britain, Germany or Ghana. If the story becomes muddled – losing a dedicated BoB hall is an example of this – then the relevance of the ‘illustrations’ is lost. Frankly, if its not telling the true story of the RAF – opponents and all – then I am not sure what it is for.

Just the funniest thing I’ve read for a long time. Painfully awful! Thanks for posting TonyT

But why would China do that?

I’m sure it makes a lot of Chinese – especially those who were taught their history in China – quietly happy that thw Japanese feel threatened without them having to do it. And they get to trade a lot of oil.

There will never be an effective international consensus for any one kind of action. What is clear is that sanctions do not work unless everyone does it. All they do is create mutual interest with the sanction busters.

And are we happy to see the South Korean people reduced to the situation of the North, only worse because they are not brainwashed into thinking they live in a paradise? Rather than trust that an apparent man-child with ropey but growing nuclear capability will act rationally over his own potential invasion of a neighbour would not the right thing to do be to avoid being forced by Kim into walking any kind of moral /strategic line, or worse having to make the decision between the two?

It might surprise those who know me as a ‘Liberal Guardian reading Leftie’ (I’m not really, but compared to John I suppose I might look like it), but…

I believe the US with the full support of its allies should simply go in to North Korea in a simple old fashioned conventional assault with the aim of taking out the leadership or denying them the ability to lead. It was done that way in Iraq. it might be the only scenario in 70 years in which they were truly ‘liberators’ with no global economic motive. It will also head off a possible nuclear conflict – and even if its only a remote possibility it is worth doing, surely.

It has to be better than looking back with 100% hindsight and saying ‘We should have done something’…

Would any other nation seriously oppose this and escalate? That is less likely than some nuclear catasrrophe triggered by Kim. NK is a little way from being able to respond with a nuclear strike – at least one that won’t take weeks to prepare and which won’t be shot out of the sky if not destroyed before launch – but that won’t last forever.

Wonder how much supercharger boost was applied? Seems that this is a popular technique for going faster with a given airframe – continuous strengthening of the engine way beyond design to take higher pressures, and then pumping it in until something gives. There was little visibly done to the aerodynamics specifically for the attempt – unless there it can now be revealed that the wing was indeed somewhat counter-intuitively thickened, as has been reported?

Great effort though folks – and that first run speed was a hell of an achievement.