Let’s start with the ‘what’ question: Sally B.

Edit: I’ll have a go at the ‘when’ question as well: I’m sure it’s in the mid-eighties so I’ll wager a guess at 1986.

The one next to Duxford Chapel right? We had a quick look but the menu didn’t seem interesting enough. The food at the one in Hinxton was quite good, and we sat in a corner with a B-25 and a Spitfire on the wall, so I wasn’t complaining!

I’ll remember the Whittlesford one though for the next time that I’m in that neighbourhood! 😉

I’ve always been a fan of ACDsee. If you get the Powerpack, it comes complete with a photo editor (edit: photo editor already available in standard version) and Photoslate, which is a printing utility. I’ve only used it as an image viewer and to manage my photo collection, but I’ve just checked and it is possible to scan from ACDsee, and the Photo Editor is integrated as well.

You can download the software from the website for a free trial if you provide an email address. I would suggest doing this. It will give you 30 days to play with all the features.

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Just from the photo’s JDK posted, I would agree that they are two different shapes. The height difference between the two is negligable if you are comparing lengths, and the difference in angle doesn’t seem to be more than 2 or 3 degrees. Anyway, I too am looking forward to seeing the results of your experiment Pen Pusher!

I just thought of another quick and dirty theory. I don’t know where Lizzies were built, but say that there were two or more locations, one could have used a different mould for manufacturing the spats. The parts would probably have been interchangeable which would explain seeing them on different aircraft.

I was near RAF Marham a few weeks ago and noticed a few PR.9s in the circuit. At some point I saw a darker coloured Canberra which seemed to sport a bubble type canopy. Never realised it was this one at the time! Good thing that I did get to see her fly though.

Using Microsoft Photo Editor

For those of us still using Microsoft Office versions from before Office 2003, Picture Manager is not available. Before Picture Manager, Office was shipped with a copy of Microsoft Photo Editor (available in Office 2000, Office XP and I think also in Office 97). The same options are available in this program.

Installing Photo Editor (Assuming you are running Windows XP, refer to the Office manual of your version for instructions on how to install on other versions.)
Sometimes Photo Editor isn’t included in the standard installation. If you have the Microsoft Office CD(s) available then installing Photo Editor is quite easy.
1. Go to Start – Settings – Control Panel – Add or Remove Programs
2. Find your Microsoft Office installation in the list, select it and press the ‘change’ button. Insert the CD in the drive if you haven’t done so already.
3. In the wizard select ‘Add or Remove components’ and select ‘next…’
4. In the tree view that opens, click on the plus sign next to ‘Office Tools’
5. Find Photo Editor in the subtree that opens, and select ‘Run from my computer’ from the icon next to it.
6. Press the ‘Update’ button at the bottom, you may need to restart your computer afterwards.

Microsoft Photo Editor should now be available from the ‘Microsoft Office Tools’ folder in the Start menu.

Resizing
Once the image is opened, select ‘Image’ and ‘Resize…’.
With the Units set to Pixels, I tend to resize images to 700 or 800 pixels wide, or 600-700 pixels high if in portrait format. This will give you an image which, when viewed in full size, is fully visible on most screens (as most of the computer screens are set at 1024×768 pixels). If you want to make sure that people with a 800×600 setting can see your photo, make this 700 pixels wide or 500 pixels high (you will always need to leave some room for toolbars etc).

Cropping
With the image selected, click on the select tool on the toolbar (A dotted rectangle between the Zoom tool and the Undo/Redo buttons). Draw a rectangle on the image and adjust with the ‘handles’ if necessary. After this, right-click inside the rectangle and select ‘Crop’.

Autocorrecting
Through the ‘Image’ menu and ‘Balance’ it is possible to adjust the Contrast, Brightness and Gamma of the image. If you are not comfortable playing with these values, then the ‘Image’ menu also has an ‘Autobalance’ option which adjusts them for you. If you are not happy with the results, select ‘undo’ from the edit menu.

Saving your image
After editing the image to your liking, select ‘Save as…’ from the ‘File’ menu.
NEVER use the ‘Save’ button on the toolbar as this will overwrite the original file!!
Give the image a new name or select a different folder to save it in, and press the ‘More>>’ button at the bottom of the dialog. On the slider that is now visible, adjust the JPEG quality factor to 50-60%. This should give you an image which is small enough (in filesize) to upload to these forums. If you are saving an edited version of an image for your own archive, it is better to save as a .TIF file without any compression as you will not lose any image quality in this format.

It does. Thanks!

(were you at the museum on 9th August by the way?)

Finally had a chance to visit a few weeks ago, indeed you can walk through the Horsa fuselage. Somehow I had only expected the Mossies and one or two other aircraft, so I was pleasantly surprised to find the collection to be a bit more substantial than that! I had a great time there, enjoy your visit!