Dragon Rapide – London Airport ( as was ) circa 1949/1950 aged 5 or 6, with my father. Second flight two years later with my younger brother and father and this time the long flight downriver to Tower Bridge and back.

None of the above really helps me to decide what to buy for my grandson. Can someone offer some objective advice on combat simulation to run on a PC?:)

James May clearly realised that rather than being another middle aged bloke (like me) grumbling into his real ale that the ‘kids just don’t get it’ he’d do something about it, reach out and try to explain. Furthermore, he’d do it on national television. Surely this is a GOOD THING.

If only one kid asks mum or dad ‘What’s a Spitfire? Why is it famous?’ then it’s worthwhile (assuming they get sensible answers..)

I’m another who built them 1/72 when little, and build them full-size now (as well as 1/72 every now and then) – that’s what Airfix (and Matchbox, etc, but mainly Airfix) did for me, and, indirectly, for our heritage. Sorry to sound so grand about it, and being British we don’t like that kind of talk, but it is an elephant-in-the-room fact.

Regarding the gay thing – Mr May is one of those blokes who occasionally forgets to apply the ‘grown-up, and on telly’ filter. Its not big, and not clever – but hey, it’s also nothing major. It was mildly offensive to some, yes, but no-one died. And you should hear what TV personalities say about redheads to get a laugh. My Missus has to deal with that pretty much every day.

Good programme!

I like this post, Beermat and I totally agree with you – I just wish I had seen the programme. I like May and his programmes. He really is an enthusiast and wants to share it, he is nicely non-PC but inoffensive, except to the ultra-sensitive, although clear in his opinions. Rather him than many other TV presenters who grace our screens weekly. 😀

Hearing more depressing rubbish from the EU summit about Lisbon and Copenhagen. The only news to lift the spirit slightly was that the arch-greaser Blair might be out of the running for President. Every cloud has a silver lining…….:mad:

“I’m afraid I, for one, cannot agree.

It is clearly of the right, however hard you may wish it were otherwise.

That aside, do you think that Mr Griffin would agree with your description of his party as “national socialist” given his claim about being loathed by Nazis?”

We will just have to agree to disagree, Grey Area. As to your second point Naziism was a just one form of national socialism as was Franco’s and Mussolini’s.