I stumbled onto this wee paragraph in the Auckland Star. I guess it must have been roundly ignored at the time, thankfully:

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 114, 15 May 1937, Page 13

BRITAIN DROPS “AERO.”

BOWS TO AMERICAN “AIR.”

H. E. Wimperis, president of the society, who believes the American form is a better term and is destined for universal use, will speak of “airplanes,” not “aeroplanes,” in his presidential address.

Britain has certainly not dropped the word ‘aeroplane’ and if Mr Wimperis believes it should be dropped, perhaps the Royal Aeronautical Society should start looking for his replacement, before he decides to drop the word ‘Royal’ as well.

Did Peter Vallance once live in Albany Rd, Crawley & have a son called Steven?

‘Preservation’ of historic airfields in Britain is virtually non existant apart from a few control towers/watch offices tucked away in the middle of what are now industrial sites
‘Preservation’ of historic sites in the UK usually involves building a slick new visitor center totally out of character with what is supposedly being preserved, and car park ofcoarse. The space age ‘American’ hangar at Duxford springs to mind as a prime example.

There is one fine notable exception; Stow Maries in Essex, being put back to its First World War appearance (almost).

Now that’s airfield preservation!

There’s a lot more to Alex James than just Blur.
Classical music aficionado and amateur cheese maker for starters. Not your usual yob popstar.

I see what they mean now, when its said that people on this forum are obsessed with Spitfires.
There is a lot of non standard stuff going on in that Camel cockpit which has attracted no comment whatsoever!

The windsock visible at 1:57 shows the wind to be onto the nose!
I bet the guy flying the Jetranger had a surprise when he rotated to find a rampant Lanc heading his way.

Richard

Nope.

From that camera angle, if you can see the open end of the windsock (which you can) then the wind can not be on the nose.
I’d say the wind was pretty much straight across.

DazDaMan

Your wasps quote is insulting to wasps. They can be irritating to some people, (the flappers), but they are certainly not pointless!

‘Longitude’ by Dava Sobel

‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’ by T.E. Lawrence

‘The White Rabbit’ by Bruce Marshall

All non fiction, and all outstanding.