And also consider that you can take a boat/ship etc of any type to sea without any licence and take passengers!

That’s a new one on me; I could have sworn that I had a Department of Trade certificate of competency … as had everyone else in a position of responsibility on ever ship I sailed on.

What about closing this thread, not until Friday but until Monday as a mark of respect for the victims of this disaster?

Cannot help but agree with this. It would also give everyone a chance to read and absorb and reflect without just posting the first impression they pick from the report.

How nice it would have been, just once, to see a B24 Unit featured.

Moggy

You would have thought that they might have picked up on Jimmy Stewart’s command of a B-24 group for a storyline?

Feathering the engines is the WORSE thing to do. A feathered prop can act like a plow blade and dig in, ripping engines and wings off. A blade in take off pitch will fold back with minimal damage to the engines and airframe

Surprising. Any instances of this?

Could it have been a stray V1?

Still awaiting sight of the original print.

Mark

Ah, hope that happens.

Flying Vampires & Meteors, would you have been at a disadvantage given (I suspect) the slow to respond early jet engines compared with a piston engined fighter?

Didn’t they soon realise that keeping speed up was the way to use the advantages of the early jets?