Amen to all the above. His posts were a must-read with the self effacing stamp of total authority. Reunited with his band of brothers, RIP.

I echo all the comments above. Absolutely magnificent film. The air to air filming is just awesome. We all know the story backwards but it was still presented in an engaging way, with much new archive footage rather than the lazy stuff usually shown. And it was about the people as much as the aircraft. The only mild omissions were Miss Schillings orifice and a name check for Joe Smith’s subsequent development of the airframe, but that’s real nitpicking. Can’t wait for the DVD release which must surely come. Congratulations to everyone involved in the project.

Absolutely not Sturgeons!
They all basked in the Mediterranean sunshine with 728 at HalFar.
Brigands for sure.

That Anson is just gorgeous.

Not seen, but definitely heard..and felt..near Banbury.
Friday 8th, about 15.50, sonic boom from QRA Typhoon scrambled to investigate suspect biz jet, which was escorted into Cardiff.
Not something you experience often…it was very loud with a large pressure wave. I thought something might have exploded at the village farm. Last time I heard something similar was when the Buncefield depot exploded..and that was 18 miles away from me!

I clearly recall the Plymouth Civil Defence Sea Hornet, in the early 1960s, I passed it twice a day on the bus trip between the Torpoint ferry and my school at Beacon Park. It was propped up on poles at an angle, nose down, as if it had crashed into the wrecked building. It was at Paradise Road, Devonport, though whether it was an old church is difficult to say. I also recall watching large objects being launched from a carrier catapult, the carrier being tied up to the dockside at the time…and seeing the Exeter TT Mosquitos overflying Torpoint regularly. And a Seafire on the Culdrose fire dump, as well as the Supermarine 508/529 at the School of Aircraft Handling…which I gather ended up fire training at Predannack in the 70s. So much lost…..

Reminds me of the Israeli F15 that lost a complete wing and landed safely.

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