August 11 1940 We remember.

Reading through the list of the pilots MIA I see at 10:45 R4097 Hurricane of 238 Sqd with srgt S.C.Walsh was MIA. In 1956 my parents (dec) bought the house that he and his two sisters were raised in. When we went there the bell push mechanism to call the servents was still opperational. His last remaining sister,Brenda, has just recently passed away. I recently purchased a plaque in his honour to be placed on the BoB memorial wall. Lest we forget.

Auster V Cub

Always a good way to start a spirited ‘discussion’. I have flown both and own one. I have about 1.5hrs on a Cub and about 5hrs on an Auster. So guess which I own? yes, the ‘oyster’, a pure 1946 J1 powered by a lovely little Cirrus Minor 2. You would be lucky to get the quoted 100hp from the Cirrus on a good day with a following wind. As for the handling, both are reasonably forgiving but do not suffer fools. As for the so called dreaded Auster bounce on landing I have yet to suffer it, a matter of a good approach, at slow speed, well judged flare, at the right height, hold off, the closer the ground gets the further back you come with the stick, if you suffer a little ‘spip’ just keep the stick back, provided it is not a heavy one, in which case ease off-fullpower and go round. My greatest problem is getting off in a streight line with out using up all of the width of the runway.