should have mentioned this a bit earlier in the day yesterday, I’d have had a good reason to raise a glass, not that it is needed, will have a belated celebration tonight, looks like a good day was had and the weather held.

Wonder how long before it appears at something like flying legends?

They sure don’t build them like they used to, what about the archives of a certain other aviation publication? Are we allowed to mention it on here?

Has anyone mentioned that in the program it shows Kingcome coming up with the nickname ‘boy’ when Wellum joins 92, but both Kingcome and Wellum say in their books that Wellum was already at the squadron when Kingcome joins them as flight leader?

But then who else really cares about history being rewritten for entertainment?

Rather disapointed that they referred to GW having a complete b/down (in Malta)

I can’t help but wonder which is more accurate as Wellum was evidently involved in the making of it so he must have been aware of the final captions and they did show it, but the book does imply it was a medical condition brought on by combat fatigue. Someone could always ask him.

My copy of Harrier is one of the, if not the most informative books on the subject and is heavily thumbed.

StringFellow live near me in Chard Somerset and is as far as I know credited with the first powered flight of an aircraft albeit not piloted, considering steam technology available at the time his aircraft worked remarkably well.

I thought that was a bit of a grey area as to whether it really did fly under its own power or was just a long glide, trying to remember those school trips to the museum at the top of Chard High Street but think we were more interested in messing about in those days than paying attention.

I do know that the replica opposite the Choughs won’t get off the ground in a hurry.

With the nuclear subs being effectively steam driven one option is nuclear powered aircraft but the safety fears if they ever came down would probably outweigh any argument in their favour. Otherwise I have an image of some stokers stood on the wings of a lanc shovelling coal over the Ruhr!

Be nice to see the original documentary in its entirety