To witness both launches and recoveries you would have to have been involved at a senior level in some space program. Is this what you are claiming, Mr Green?

We are still waiting for the biographical notes that uniquely qualify you amongst our little coterie to proclaim on the worth of people and things.

And yes, why has Helen Sharman been written out? If I was her I’d be a bit teed off by all the ‘Tim first Brit in space’ headlines.

And there, over your last three posts, we have your political, intellectual and social outlooks each laid bare.

Not ignoring – I just don’t have the numbers to hand. I have just moved house, and everything is in boxes. I might have something buried deep somewhere.. but it may take time to unearth.

..and as published (earlier than the website) in Morgan and Shacklady.

If I had to point to a likely source for the error, it would be that book, which seems to have suffered the attentions of a mischievous six year old who has just discovered ‘cut and paste’. It was an admirable undertaking, and a great reference, but one that has errors in it that took effort.

The USAAF established a number of training and aircrew replacement bases in NI – with a function exactly as outlined by the TV drama (excellent Sunday evening fare): http://ulsteraviationsociety.org/usaaf-in-n-ireland-1942-1945/4537284067 covers it, on page 3. Bases were Toome, Cluntoe, Greencastle and Mullaghmore. One group used B-17s, No. 4 at Cluntoe – https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Cluntoe – From the geography it looks like this was the basis for the fictional station.

P, if you can produce more dh blade drawings with numbers and dims, then I will personally commission a statue in my back yard.

Cue Mrs. Beermat muttering about ‘small erections’..

It’s an odd one – the difficulty with that (and it was my thought too) is finding an Australian-built aircraft with a bracket prop (as opposed to Hydromatic type) of that shank size (ie 5000), designed for upwards of 1,000hp.

Unless the Boomerang had one? This source – http://dbdesignbureau.buckmasterfamily.id.au/tech_info_cac_boomerang.htm – has them as Hamiton Standard 5105’s, and 11ft. Thus may be a drawing for an equivalent?