Cattermole softly broke wind. ‘Not a word’, he said, ‘too much cheese’. :D;)

I absolutely adore Top Gear, and everything it says and does.

Look, most of us are never even going to see most of those sorts of cars in the flesh, let alone ever be able to afford one, and we all just buy another Ford, or a Vauxhall, and so on and so on. We drive them every day and see hundreds like them every day,too.

So, why not have some escapist, hysterically funny automotive nonsense on TV instead?

And anyone who thinks that Clarkson is really as he portrays himself on TG is really missing the point- Jeremy is a supremely intelligent, very caring man.

Long may TG continue init’s current form, with three great guys messing about in cars!

(Looking forward to seeing the Spits too, he added, getting this rant back onto aviation!)

Regardless of what you call it, it is still a nice tribute to the men and women that gave their lives for our freedom.

Absolutely!

I can imagine Du Cros was pretty disillusioned by this point…years to build it, struggles to cool it, damaged prior to it’s first intended public display, crashed and cut in two…

Ooh, very nice indeed- let’s hope it flies straight now, too!

I agree, the water isn’t under the bridge yet, and quite possibly,never will. I do have a slight feeling that, XH558 will only display for a short period of time, maybe two years. I just can’t see it going on, for 10 years. If you do/have seen it, make the most of it. It may be the only time you will see it.

I agree with that actually- it’s going to be a mammoth amount of money to find year in, year out. Still, let’s see how this year goes first I s’pose!

Wasn’t Cosford rumoured to have been a flypast, not an actual display?

I was looking down the flight line as this glider came along, and spectacular as it was, I was glad when it was over- far too low, no room for error at all.