Ah yes, thanks Twotter/Seaking – you are, of course, spot on – this is only with gift aid although the regular season pass is still only £16 for one adult.

You’re right about the tea too – knowing the money helps fund the museum makes the transaction more palatable!

FJ

I think I have dust in my eye…. Terribly sad news.

God speed and blue skies Sir.

This is fantastic news – it’s really made my day! Thank you whoever you may be!

Can’t help thinking that if I’d have been in such a fortunate and benevolent position, I’d probably have made myself known & made the offer conditional on Dr. Pleming exiting stage left……

I feel sure that feedback from this forum must somehow filter back to HQ so please take note Dr. P – Better management and more transparency would stem the waning tides. ‘558’s loyal and avid supporters cannot keep writing (blank??) cheques for this enterprise – we are ordinary folk from whom you cannot extract the micturate any longer.

Regards,
Frank

And if this is a simulation, what is it we are simulating?

You meant ‘what are they simulating?’, right? But perhaps clues exist in what and why WE simulate or model.

It’s equally valid to suggest that the question is fundamentally impossible to answer, from a ‘human’ perspective.

Current findings suggest that the visible universe is non – quantised, which, if correct, removes one possible indicator of simulation, although ‘digital physics’ is a very wide field with, potentially, much yet to learn or discover. As Carl Sagan used to say, ‘Somewhere, something wonderful is waiting to be known’.

Or, for that matter, Sea King HC 4 ZA298, “King of The Junglies”?

Regards,
Frank

What modifications were made to the 2 Vulcans that took part in the black Buck raid in 1982, were there not engine upgrades?

No – they were simply run at settings not normally cleared for service use, equivalent to 105 – 110% nominal max thrust. Red lined, if you will!

Perhaps your original thought stemmed from the fact that the five or six Vulcans deployed to Ascension were selected for their (standard fitment) Olympus 301 over the earlier B. 2 201/202’s.

Regards,

Frank

Any attack on a dam or dyke may well breach article 56 of The Geneva Convention:

Art 56. Protection of works and installations containing dangerous forces

1. Works or installations containing dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and nuclear electrical generating stations, shall not be made the object of attack, even where these objects are military objectives, if such attack may cause the release of dangerous forces and consequent severe losses among the civilian population. Other military objectives located at or in the vicinity of these works or installations shall not be made the object of attack if such attack may cause the release of dangerous forces from the works or installations and consequent severe losses among the civilian population.

2. The special protection against attack provided by paragraph 1 shall cease:
(a) for a dam or a dyke only if it is used for other than its normal function and in regular, significant and direct support of military operations and if such attack is the only feasible way to terminate such support;
(b) for a nuclear electrical generating station only if it provides electric power in regular, significant and direct support of military operations and if such attack is the only feasible way to terminate such support;
(c) for other military objectives located at or in the vicinity of these works or installations only if they are used in regular, significant and direct support of military operations and if such attack is the only feasible way to terminate such support.

Interestingly, The USA have not ratified Protocol I of the convention.

Is it technically possible? Yes, of course!

Regards,
Frank