If you’re in contact with them, please let them know that they are welcome to my pictures from both days here, http://www.flickr.com/photos/56270329@N08/sets/72157629560549453/

I certainly am, and I will be passing on your message to both as soon as I have finished typing this – thank you 😉

Matra Type 116M by any chance?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNEB

Have to say that at the Midland Air Museum the sensible attitude prevails – seen on their (recently updated) website quite clearly:

Photography
There are no restrictions on personal photography or tripod use within the Museum. If you intend to make commercial use of your photos please talk to us first so that we can accommodate your particular requirements.

And speaking as a long-time volunteer there, if anyone asked to go the other side of the protective barriers, then I have always been happy to oblige but mindful of avoiding accidents too (aircraft can be dangerous to crawl around as we surely all know anyway). Detail shots such as illustrated already are something the Museum is happy to accomodate – just ask!

I don’t understand the attitude at some other places either? If accompanied by someone from there, and mindful of the risks – it should be something encouraged – that’s my personal opinion

It’s only when someone goes the wrong way about things that even I get irritated….. but only because I don’t want to see someone’s day out ending in a hospital trip….

Had a good laugh at those lists….. 😀

Another very common one springs to mind too (from plenty of experience..lol):

….You’ve had blue paper towel wrapped round your wrist like some weird tennis sweat band – just to stop gallons of OM-15 pouring down your upwardly extended arm because some bright spark in the design office thought it would be a great idea to put the hydraulic filters way up there at full arm’s length even though they’re “an easy swap” job….. :diablo:

Thanks for posting this – although never posted to “Saints”. I did my driving course there back in ’83 before hopping back to Brawdy. Back in those days it always seemed to be a base that many had heard of, but not quite sure what activities went on inside that huge boundary fence…. Of course us techies knew that some if not all our aircraft went away there for a while and were well cared for by the skilled labour based there.
Always a shame to hear of another loss of base – seems hardly any of the RAF I knew is left now (only Halton and Waddington survive out of ALL the bases I ever went to during my time in the mob) 😮

That is an incredible read – thanks for posting the link!!!

I had seen one or two photos before, but never realised the full story until reading this…..

I may well be wrong, but looking at the one photo found online of WN507, it appears to be wearing the College badge the same as found HERE albeit in a circular border?

Anyone noticed that his father is quoted as only 10 years older than his 18yr old son in the first photo caption lol?

Says he’s 38 in the text further down though – I was beginning to get worried…lol