Badges of Rank

I was going to place my tongue firmly in my cheek and suggest it might be an “Ability to waffle and spout bullsh*t Indicator” 😀

But, as with RLangham above, then I spotted that I too seem to have been promoted after only a couple of months – so I guess it’s more to do with length of service and/or number of posts 🙂

Paul F

They Don’t name ’em like that any more…

I know there were defined rules for assigning names, but fancy calling a bomber a FAWN – wouldn’t that be more suited to a nimble, twitchy, fighter than a bomber…..

Paul F

Jimmy Nutti and Ginger Lacey

Hi,

Jimmy Nutti is mentioned in Ginger Lacey’s biography, Ginger’s squadron (sorry, can’t remember which, it’s a while since I last read the book) found him orphaned in the far east and took care of him.

The old paperback copy I have includes a B&W photograph of the lad with some of the squadron members.

Paul F

Are there any mature adults in here?

Guys and Girls,

I joined the forum a month or two back, and thought I’d joined a fairly mature group of individuals, who shared a common interest. I’ve enjoyed most of what I’ve seen to date, but this thread is becoming repetetive and painfully boring now.

As with any group of people, be they family, friends, work colleagues, there will always be occassions when people don’t see eye to eye – everyone has their own view, and isn’t that what makes life (both real world and on these forums) so much richer?

What I see here is an ongoing childlike squabble, I don’t know the back ground, and I don’t really care, as others have said already, recent events show that life is all too short for harbouring ill feelings over ongoing petty squabbles. Get a grip on the priorities!

As others have said, for heavens sake step outside the forum/thread, take your bickering elsewhere (PMs? or meet up somewhere and beat one another senseless, I (and I’m sure many others)don’t really care). But I am sur ethe vast majority would like you to sort it out out of sight of the rest of us who aren’t directly involved, and who want to get back to talking about historic aviation.

Leave the forum for those mature individuals who can generally rub along together OKay, accepting that the occasional difference of opinion is all part of life’s rich tapestry.

GROW UP and MOVE ON!!!!!

Paul F

Edited for spelling

Forgotten Bombers of the RAF

On my bookshelf at home I have a hardback copy of the above book – it covers (from memory) Stirling, Halifax(?), Hampden, Whitley, Botha, Blenheim, Wellington, Battle(?) and possibly others.
Sorry, can’t remember author or publisher offhand.

I picked it up at a “remainder” outlet here in UK a few years ago and it was only about a year or two after first imprint. While it is not an in depth look at any of the aircraft it covers it gives a good summary on each.

Seeing that it is a good “general” book on the topic, and was still remaindered very early, I hope that your proposed more specialised “single-plane in depth” books do better 🙁 .

Paul F

Was it necessary?

About as necessary as the events in the five years leading up to it perhaps? :diablo:

As has been said on other threads (Historic I think), if the two bombs had not been used how many lives would have been lost on both sides once an invasion of Japan taken place?

I’m not saying I support it’s use, but merely that it was probably a case of choosing the lesser of two evils 🙁

Paul F

Low RAF VC10 at White Waltham(?)

A VC10 made a very low/slow pass during an airshow (or the pre-show press day) at White Waltham (IIRC), and a series of photos were published in at least one Aviation Mag at the time (I think it was a few years before our beloved host Magazine was on the scene). I think it was well below 50 feet, possibly even down to 25 feet or less.

Somewhere I have the back issue of said mag, and will try to dig out and scan the images.

Does anyone else recall the incident – was anyone on the forum there?

Paul F