Does anybody think the media and entertainment industries have any part in these type happenings? One report has the madman dressed up as the Joker. The authorities said it wasn’t a terrorist event……………….is that because he didn’t have a middle eastern background?

And these guys fly smokey Hawks also…

Rings must be worn with all that smoke. 😀

In this country (Strayliya) if you own your home and need to go to an old folks home or need to relocate for care then the people who own the institution your going to then sell your house and contents. They give you around $15,000 and keep the rest!!!!!! There are some that give an amount back to the family if it’s only a short stay but most just keep it.
It is just legalised stealing. For the last 10 years or so there have been all sorts of shonks/spiffs/(insert your lowlife name here) getting into old folks homes. They feed them very little and spend the absolute minimum looking after them which mainly involves keeping the quiet, medicated,fed and into bed around 5pm.
It seems the way of the world, user pays, cost recovery and privitisation of everything government used to provide.

Looks like a Brave. Pawnee didn’t have an all metal wing. The canopy frame gives it away as well.

journalistic integrity

Oxymoron

“The Loose Women anchor appeared to be missing her neck as she tried to battle against the strong 35mph winds in Gloucestershire.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2163215/Carol-Vorderman-ap…“

Your daily’s make comment about the morality of their journalists?

I think this is a worthy project but I still feel a wartime version would be far more deserving considering the 5 million cost. People remember the wartime sacrifices and admire the wartime machines. I’d say far fewer would be interested in a quirky post war modification that saw no action (and is quite ugly too!).

There are fewer and fewer people round that actually can remember any Aircraft from that era. Seems most peoples ideas are based on things they’ve seen in movies. People think a Spitfire looks wrong unless it has Battle of Britton (Movie) heratige or paint sceme. A B17 should look like Sally B or earlier like 12 oclock high. Mossie “Memories” would be “Mosquito squadron”?
Bit like the open cockpit flying, every one has to have a 15′ long silk scarf flapping out the back, if they don’t it’s not authentic cause that’s what they’ve seen on telly or “Reinactments”.

Did you know that the Baileys 4-stroke only burns 1,5 liters in an hour and this travels 120 km/h at that fuel consumption maybe 125 km/h.

So at a fuel burn of 1.5 litres an hour what is the engine output, 5HP?
It’s sort of reverse engineering, make a full size from model technology :diablo:
That wing has a nice fat section for a carbon fibre spar. Are you sure that aerofoil has less drag than say a laminar flow section? Why didn’t they use a section like yours for the Mustang? Look at the history of NACA aerofoils, they go back long long time ago. How is it that all of a sudden peeble come up with new all singing all dancing aerofoils that have low drag yet look like they come off a high lift primary glider wing? I’m not trying to be negative but in aviation there seems to be nothing new, only variations on a theme. This appears to be a variation of a model. I still recon you would get better reception not calling it a Spitfire but a Magot or a larvae of some sort seeing it hasn’t flown yet, at least in full size. 😀
The last undercarriage looked good, trailing link is always better for loads and feel. The Chilton monoplane had trousered legs and was a very attractive machine. Had a converted four cylinder sidevale car engine of very low output but still managed a resonable cruise speed.
SP