Stirling.

Stirling – a BIG aeroplane.

Yes, with a tiny wing…..! 😉

!!!

I hope those behind the ‘Peoples Mosquito’ might have the good sense to drop the prefix ‘Peoples’. It’s a horrible prefix first used by that Grade 1 S.H.1.T. Tony Blair to describe a well known but very dead Princess. As a prefix it should be strangled, along with the aforementioned former PM.

Seconded. Just allow the populus to castrate that shiite-hawke with a blunt knife first…:diablo:

A Lot Of Wind.

I’m still surprised about how much hot air the subject of this thread generates. TIGHAR don’t have a shred of evidence, and will try and make any item of junk they pick-up fit the ‘facts’. At least the New Britain theory seems to have the engine-number to point to the possibility it might be true, but is still short of any shred of actual evidence.
The one real incontrovertible fact at the centre of all this windage is that the Pacific is truly vast. Most of us really have no actual concept of how big it is, ( ..and how deep it is.). Try turning a globe….you can turn it blue, the whole hemisphere, with only a few minute islands hidden amid the countless miles of sea, with no landmass in sight. The mere though of trawling-around looking for these shreds of corroded metal amongst this vastness is laughable.
Without suitable navaids, trying to find any tiny object, be it an island, atoll or ship, it going to be almost impossible. Aerhart & Noonan weren’t fools, but like many during that period, they were risk-takers, driven by adventure and fame. They took a risk and paid the price. Period. We have even less chance of finding the corroded shreds of their aircraft than they did of finding their landfall with no working navaids.
Aerhart & Noonan are long dead, – which is the only fact we really DO know. We even already know where they died – roughly. We know HOW they died too. They ran out of fuel – and LUCK. Exactly which Lat-Long they met their death at won’t change a thing. It really doesn’t matter a damn. It’s not like they are forgotten or overlooked. Everything we need to know is there – in documents and photographs. People wax-on about this incident as though there were some great mystery. There isn’t. If all this effort and windage and expense was applied to airframes that we have – or know exist, we’d have a tangible outcome to see in the air, rather than just a pointless superfluity of hot air.

Thems wur the days…

As far as shows of contemporary machinery are concerned, the UK shows of the 1950’s and early ’60’ were terrific. Parking was allowed over a huge lengths close to the action too. The fence-line was virtually on the runway, and a/c came in low, close and fast! Shattering…! Parking closer mean’t you could easily picnic by your car and not miss much.
Added to that, almost everything was British designed and made. Farnborough and Gaydon were superb. That sort of experience is long gone, and I’ve lost interest in contemporary shows now.

I fully agree with the comments above about the Historic scene. It’s well-funded and well supported. I haven’t been to Old Warden for years, but will make the pilgrimage this year.
Duxford – euuwww….. the machinery and flying is first class. It’s a great venue. Even the weather has been good whenever I’ve attended. It should be perfect, but I’ve always been left feeling it could have been a better experience. The popularity creates a crush. One can end-up stuck behind a bunch of photographers stepladders, and if you do get to the front, there is the interminable deafening babble of the PA to drive one crackers. Why do they feel they have to keep talking. Why do they feel they have to retread what the audience are already well aware of…Do they think the audience are unable to read the event programme? It’s a mystery. The commentary at Old Warden years ago, was, by comparison, eloquent, informed and succinct. Some of the old Great Warbirds shows at West Malling were very atmospheric too.
As for the road traffic, well, that pretty-much comes with the territory unless one flies in. Duxford scores 10/10 on that one, as they provide a free shuttle-bus airside.
I think that support for the Historic events will hold up. It’s just a pity that for most folks, there will inevitably be a lot of travelling involved. It’s also a lot of money these days for the whole trip, with fuel, refreshments and entrance fees, especially for families.
Another point touched-on by another poster above is the smaller fly-ins etc. I can well see this sort of event becoming more and more popular, which I see as a welcome trend. The organisational costs are much lower and they are more intimate and less crowded. Added to this, as there can be more of them, they may well be happening just down the road, so this might become a very interesting trend. 🙂

lol…

:confused: Mind you, at least the Romans could spell…

Prob’ Fake.

This has been discussed elsewhere. It was described as faked by a service contemporary ‘in the know’. Looks ace though. Mind you, if it was real, there’d be a host of armchair experts to tell us how non-PC it was.;)

Huh…..

[QUOTE=AdlerTag;1865311] I have had the pleasure of spending a day with a UK Dak a few years back. This included a good old nosey round the aircraft with a couple of the groundcrew, sitting in the cockpit chatting about the type’s various handling pro’s and cons, and seeing for myself how the thing responded to control inputs, view from the cockpit etc.

‘Responded’…as in whilst flying it, or sat on the ground making aeroplane noises…?

Nice to see people sticking to what they know about. Where would these forums be with all the usual experts. :rolleyes: