Fifty years – good grief! One of those iconic inventions, which we now take for granted and without which our lives would be different in so many ways.

Yes, it’s classic and I’m sure it was posted on a thread in GD about peoples’ favourite TV ads.

If we put our collective minds to it we would probably find that a chasm separates the fiction from the reality of many of our “heroes”. Bader is another that comes immedialtely to mind and Bader’s temperament carried on throughout his employment with Shell. Montgomerie of course and more recently Kennedy – the list to be continued.

But as has already been said the failings should never detract from their achievements and of those who worked alongside them.

Unite have just lost another Injunction action by BA and the strikes are off, yet again. They must have pretty useless lawyers. Perhaps enthusiasm for destroying their jobs might wane now……

I think it’s called “maintenance”.;)

The weather forecast for northern France looks good for this weekend.:)

You can’t just leave us there with nothing more than a sarcastic smiley….;)

Originally the RAF grounded the Hawk as well, which was not flying in, but Duxford based. Later they relented and we were treated to an excellent display, with the weather providing a lovely mix of soft grey/white clouds and blue sky.