Found this on a website and it was the miles company who invented it in 1943

in 1942 the Air Ministry and the Ministry of Aviation approached Miles Aircraft with a top-secret contract for a turbojet research plane designed to reach supersonic speeds. Designed to meet specification E.24/43, which called for an aeroplane capable of flying over 1,000 mph (more than twice as fast as any that had flown previously in level flight). The Miles M.52 had many advanced features such as the ultra-thin BI-convex wings , an annular air intake, an all-moving tailplane (which was built and tested on the Miles “Gillette Falcon” in 1943) and a complete escape capsule for the pilot. The engine was to be a Power Jet W2/700 with afterburner and a specially ducted fan to increase the airflow.

and who invented fixed horizontal stabiliser……. certainly not the X team. Miles aircraft did it first. AAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH

did you get a picture of the thompsonfly 767-300 landing at about 1435 by any chance?. as i was on it

yeah they used a full display for the song dreams and had the synchro doing their stuff when eddie was doing his solo. ROCKIN!

best thing to do is get in touch with the archive section at woodford and they might help you.

there was the f1-11 that thought barton was woodford (true), then there was the A40 mermaid that had 8 attempts at landing at woodford in 1994, the guy couldnt speak english and anatoli the su27 pilot was in the pub having a few jars had to be borught in to talk him down after he had gone past manchester, barton and even hawarden. The conversation on the radio was quite funny.

i think that could be a thundercheif because it has the us codes on it …. i think?

This is dedicated to Steve.

“Learning To Fly”

Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction holding me fast, how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted Just an earth-bound misfit, I
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone
A soul in tension that’s learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
There’s no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, A state of bliss
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I