I didn’t realise that the Hendon Bev was still RAF owned, I’d always tut-tutted at the Museum for letting it get so bad and then just scrapping it-sorry, Hendon! 😮

Done! 😉

A great idea for a topic mate, even though, at the end, you’ve answered it yourself really-if only we could shake all their hands and say ‘thanks’, eh?

Best of luck Richard-to be honest, as I couldn’t remember who it was on here that had been crusading for poor old Elsie, I just assumed the bloke in the article must have been the same bloke from here! Now I know different.

May I suggest you ring the editorial team rather than write to them? It will speed things up, and you may get a better reply that way, too.

Again, good luck and keep us posted!

LOL, love ’em, that’s me going to bed on a chuckle, cheers! 😀

Cripes, after reading Ashley’s first posting in this thread, I thought for a minute that I was married to her and no one had told me!

Mrs Lancman is quite tolerant of my affair with the four engined mistress, and is appreciative of it as a type, while not really understanding quite why I get so moist at the sound of four Merlins running in perfect harmony. To her credit though, she enjoys the whole of an airshow, an enthusiasm which rubbed off onto little old cynical me, who usually just stood tapping his foot and looking at his watch until the BBMF were up! Now, I can appreciate the oohs and ahhs made by Joe Blow when the Harrier does a Hover etc, all the usual stuff that used to bore me a bit.

If it helps though, I hate bog seats that are left up, too. I’ve seen the kind of things I deposit into one of those bowls, and the sooner a lid is shut on it, the beter!!! 😮

Phew, that saves me having to dig through my manual to find all that!!!

I spent ages tracking down an old copy, and now the b*****ds have gone and reprinted it, typical!!! :rolleyes: