I agree, they were definitely the loudest band I ever saw (or should that be heard). I had tinnitus for hours afterwards and at one point thought I’d done permanent damage to my hearing! I believe there is a campaign to have the new element 118 that is being added to the periodic table named Lemmynium as it is a very heavy metal. Something of an oxy-moron if that’s the right word as Lemmy always insisted Motorhead were a Rock ‘n’ Roll band, not heavy metal.

RIP Lemmy, boy you were good, man you were LOUD!!

One question: why is 1946 so much worse than 1945? Or is it only losses for 1945 after VE-Day / VJ-Day?[/QUOTE]

My feeling is that I it had a lot to do with the introduction of jet aircraft post war. A book I have called wings over Somerset details all the losses in or connected with the county from 1945 onwards. The early post war years are a grim read with Meteors, Vampires & Venoms crashing at a rate of around 2 per week. In most cases it says pilots had 100+ hours on piston types but usually less than 10 hours on the jets.

Hi All, my first post on modern military, I usually frequent the historic bit. Anyway, my son is an apprentice at AgustaWestland. They have confirmed the loss of one prototype AW609 tilt rotor and the tragic loss of two pilots (which you already knew). The company is working with the authorities to determine the cause of the crash. If he gets more info from the company about the loss I will let you know. I’m sure all our thoughts are with the families of the two pilots at this difficult time.

About 40 years ago I asked my German teacher at school and he translated it as slanting music.

Lots of mistakes in everyday life. Headlamps emit light, but people all them headlights. Gas and Liquids are both fluids, but people rarely call air a fluid.
Gas turbine engines are called jets, but the jet of hot air is what’s emitted. People say “haitch” for the 8th letter in the alphabet, when it’s really “aitch”.
And on it goes.

Whilst my inglish, spulling and grandma are far from perfect the mistake that always annoys me is when people say I will try and do it or try and get there etc. Try means to attempt and therefore we try to do it or try to get there.

Thanks for the link to the engine at RT&A, interesting stuff.

Re the paint scheme, I think that while the other roles the Lanc filled were of course also important and worthy, the sheer weight of history of the Bomber Command service dictates that PA474 should always be painted as a bomber.

I was told at a BBMF lecture a few years ago that the C/O could pretty much choose the scheme but it had to be one from a 100 op Lanc. This was around 5-6 years ago so things may have changed since then.

[QUOTE=nibb100;2258595]In the early 90s there was a Hurricane restored in the AC Cars factory on Brooklands,
anybody know it’s history and is it still about

Didn’t he have a Typhoon or Tempest there as well?

Back on line at last. Many thanks for your words of encouragement and advice. He is really enjoying it. The humour or ‘Banta’ as he calls it has already started. I asked how his first day went and was told “well dad, I have signed the official secrets act so I could tell you but I would have to kill you afterwards”.