Damned if I can find a photo editing programme to remove red eye in Bengal Eagle Owls!. Very attractive bird…I’d watch his beak as much as his talons though if I were you : twinkling eyes can be quite an attraction to them…and they can be very fast…. You’ll be flying him at night ? 😉

Sage the Owl BBC 2 19:00 – 19:30 “Genius of design”, Not Scotland unfortunately
The following is taken from the Beeb’s web site listings.

“The Genius of Design examines the Second World War through the prism of the rival war machines designed and built in Germany, Britain, the USSR and the USA, with each casting a fascinating sidelight on the ideological priorities of the nations and regimes which produced them.

If you’ve got access to Freesat you can get round this by selecting ‘Regional’ programmes : we do this to get round the Gaelic progammes – we’re not all Rob Roy MacGregors up here in Scotland! :rolleyes:

Truly splendid photos Martin : makes me want to flog my camera and take up fishing instead! :p

are.They will whinge daily about the Sassenachs but never give up the billions they squeeze out of Whitehall, for the privilege.

Sotto voce, microphone left open….”Och the wumman’s a bigot” :p

[QUOTE=Ewan Hoozarmy;1576206]Hey, i’ve never been accused of being “bristling” before…
Put it this way. We all went to great expense & trouble to take some old aeroplanes to North Weald in typical crap summer weather for people to start moaning that “they look wrong”…Any wonder we get naffed off by it?
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To bristle : react angrily…was that not valid ? I do understand your statement above : I wasn’t moaning, and apologise if that seemed to come across : my only intended point was that the monochrome photograph of the Spitfire (look at it again) with no ‘modern’ background clutter, no haircuts from Natasha in the High Street, no hi-viz baseball cap backwards, just looked so good : rather nostalgic , reflecting the period, and if you prefer, old-fashioned. We are fortunate that you and many others like you go to the trouble and yes,considerable expense, to let us all enjoy your aircraft. A sunny summer’s day would be preferable certainly, and as I have cast my vote today let’s hope the new government can do something about that!
So no more misunderstandings please, no offence intended, I assure you, and let’s bury our hatchets on that conciliatory note. By the way, when you’re not flying a Tiger Moth, what’s your usual mount, is it in the shots above?:)

I know needs must when safety rules apply but imho the bonedomes look ‘wrong’ in these aircraft.

I did qualify my statement, and TheMightyOz was kind enough to agree. My initial post mentioned the safety aspect and I totally agree with the need for such apparel : what I take exception to is the posturing and bristling in post #10 who chose to miss my point entirely.His concluding sentence was totally unnecessary and smug. But hey : we still have free speech, everyone’s entitled to an opinion, but please just read and understand the content of posts before throwing a wobbly!