A kids t-shirt from Adams (the label said ages 6-8) – I was 16 and a half 😐

Did it fit?

Flood

My understanding was that it was not supersonic in level flight.

Is that with or without the important stuff hanging under the wings?;)
I, too, was under the impression that, in service, the Sea Vixen was not supersonic, in level flight – hence my quip about the Lightnings…

Flood

…as you will be aware to put a supersonic jet into private hands required a great deal of effort,up to concorde being on the british register only two supersonic aircraft had this claim, the vixen being the second…

Didn’t think BAC had a problem with their privately registered (but soon-to-be Saudi) Lightnings in the late 60s/early 70s…;)
That said, can Concorde be truly said to have been in private hands?

Flood

Babelfish has been used here in the past to goad trolls to great effect, many times.
But are there not any others that can also be useful? I once had a Polish translator until it was lost in a sort out, and something like a Latin one would be great for sorting out squadron crests.

Flood

Mosley my ****. You base all of that on the period of being a fascist and leader of them? You are, of course, aware that Mosley had the same politics as many Britons – some who were decorated and respected in the First and Second World Wars? being fascist doesn’t make you a Nazi and doesn’t make you a traitor. You know of course that he was an Officer in the 16th Lancers (my Great Grandfathers regiment) before going to the RFC and back again don’t you? That he served his country through the First World war? That to judge history with modern eyes is both stupid and irrelevant? That he was considered for leadership of the labour party? That this country was intolerant and anti-semitic irrespective of him?

there were far worse than Mosley, far worse.

If my memory serves me right he did want to fight for Britain against his German ‘chums’ when the war started, after he was interned; whether this was because he felt it was his duty to fight for his homeland, or he thought he might be able to escape to the nazis if given such freedom, or maybehe thought he could do more for his cause by not being incarcerated for the duration I do not know.

Anyway, it is always said that the history books are written by the winners, so Moseley was hardly going to be given a halo for this ‘charity’ work…:rolleyes:

Flood

Huh, those hoarding Vikings…;)
I bet McDD didn’t get paid for them, either!

Flood