My daughter made me smile today,she came back from Army Cadets in her normal clothes rather than Camou (DPM).When I asked her why she was not in uniform,she said they had a `sillys` night…..think they said civvies love.

really nice prop for a living room too,I take it he`s not married ,lol.

Looks like an FN7 taboo track to me,if you could do some working out of what that internal curve diameter is, we could say for sure.

I`ve just spent the best part of an hour trying to get casting sand out of a bearing race..I had to smile or I`d have burst into tears.

Slightly off the subject,but speaking of Shacks,a friend once took me to see a Shack in the Thetford area.It was just the fuselage cut into sections but fully fitted and stored in a barn,there were also two lightnings outside !! where is it now i wonder ?

BlueRobins thread with the picture of the tower at Charmy down has made me realise how much aviation history is around me that I’ve paid little attention too. I have travelled all over the country visiting current bases, old airfields, airshows and museums yet I live fairly close to Chary Down but have only visited it twice. Yeovilton is down the road and gets visited a few times a year, usually when events are on but rarely did I take time out just to see what was happening on a normal day when the Shars, Hunters and Canberras were flying. I drive through Westonzoyland almost daily but I’ve never stopped to explore the airfield. Is this the norm to virtually ignore things close at hand yet visit places far off whenever possible? So I was wondering what’s on your doorstep and when was the last time you visited it or paid it some attention. Aviation related of course!

I live close to Charmey Down too but have never been up there.Is it true you can go on the site as my friend in Marshfield tells me he walks his dog there all the time ?