Just out of interest, does anyone know of a model of a Tupolev Tu-16 ‘badger’? The only one i can find is the Trumpeter one with some sort of ugly maritime nose, and a Russian 1/144 kit but apparently thats a dog of a kit.

Actually yeah i think it was in the Paras and then linked up with Howard and his lot, i remember reading about it in Stephen Ambroses book ‘Pegasus Bridge’ and also seeing him at a remembrance day event on TV with his red beret on

Cool,i might go in a week or so, not much to do during the summer and i can get the bus to Leicester then a train direct to Leicester, would make an interesting day out and if i get the chance could go to IWM London as well depending on how busy the Tube is.

Well, i’d rather pay £6 to sit in and help pay for a Lightning than pay £5 to look at a Vulcan in bits!

Very nice, there superb, i love cold war aircraft but sadly i was only born in time to watch them in museums

Very nice, any idea when the single seater is flying?

For me the Stuka signifies the Blitzkrieg and entire early war era, whenever the Stuka is mentioned by BEF Troops e.t.c. they all mention the siren scared the **** out of them, and i remember one ex-BEF soldier recalling advice someone gave them, ‘never look a Stuka in the face’ or something like that

Uhoh, it’s happening again…. very scary, it’s like hes adapted Nazi Germany for China