I totally agree with you guys on ‘Under An English Heaven’…I finished reading it last week and thought it was just fantastic 🙂

Another favourite of mine is ‘Bluebirds’ by Margaret Mayhew…the story of a group of WAAFs through the Second World War…not a huge amount of aviation action, but still a fabulous book…

Ashley

Thank you very much guys and gals 🙂

And brilliant pics btw Snapper 🙂

Thank you Alastair 🙂 I hope to make it up sometime this year, so fingers crossed!

Ashley

Originally posted by DOUGHNUT
While not wishing to prejudge the new ‘Direction of Collections’ she is unlikely to be a aviation person and will be more concerned about the general public’s opinion of the whole museum. This is more likely to be the state of the toilets and than the condition of the aircraft.

Doughnut…you might be surprised actually…:)

It looks as though the Comet is safe though fortunately…and one day I WILL get up to East Fortune to see things for myself.

Ashley

PeterW…asking what else we’ve got is like asking how long is a piece of string? 😉 :p

But seriously…on 35mm film we have ‘Ill Met By Moonlight’, ‘Ice Cold in Alex’, ‘I Was Monty’s Double’, ‘The Battle of the River Plate, ‘Dambusters’ of course! and ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ just to name a few

With regards to hiring, the fees charged do depend on who the screening is for e.g if it’s for veterans fees might be reduced/scrapped…

I do have a plan to try and organise another get-together at Duxford which includes a visit to our Cinema, but I need to do a bit of head scratching first! 🙂

If I don’t get back to you regarding fees, please remind me!

Ashley

It is an excellent way of preserving history…for example, I am sure many of us have read Geoffrey Page’s ‘Tales of a Guinea Pig’ /’Shot Down in Flames’ (same book, different title) and immediately been transported into another world…but to actually listen to Geoffrey talking about his experiences is really something else…

The IWM’s Sound Archive has many many aviation gems in it’s collection which are available to the public, click on the link to search our archives:

http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/

Ashley

P.S. RadioChris, sorry I cannot help you either, but I wish you well in your venture 🙂

~Hides her nibbles~ :p

Sparky…I think there are plans for a lunchtime get-together in the Flypast enclosure…I won’t be there very early but should arrive at about 1pm…Are you not ‘working’, on Sunday btw?

Ashley