There are times whe a Warbird is defined by the ability of the owner to find some shred of military importance to up the value of the said aeroplane.

Cynical?

Moi?

Never.

Shall I paint the Rearwin in SAC colours, after all it was owned by the SAC flying club at Davis Monthan.

Silver with stars and bars anyone?

MH

’bout time you came to your senses and realized the important historical place the Rearwin Cloudster has in the American warbird culture. Now, if I can just teach you how to sing “Yankee Doodle Dandy” while in the traffic pattern we’ll really have something.

In today’s world if ANY military operated a specific type of aircraft it is considered a warbird. If I remember correctly it seems you Brits shot down at least one Learjet recon plane during that little conflict down in the South Atlantic. Painted in the appropriate livery almost anything can be a warbird

If I show these to the mrs. I’ll never get to come to Legends!

Oh well, she might as well get an idea of what you guys are really like. (Scarry is the word that first comes to mind 🙂 )

Thank the lord, they just called my flight.

I’m off. See you chaps tomorrow.

Steve

…If anyone has a barf bag or two from their ATC days could they please bring them along?

regards,

kev35

No problem, I’ll steal some little bags from BA on the flight tonight…unless I keep drinking this cheap booze in the airport lounge, in which case I’ll probably need them for me.

Wish this flight were over, I’m bored out of my mind.

“Think of Merlins…think of merlins…think of merlins…OK, I’m feeling better.”

Thanks for that Geoff, now all I have to do is worry about the weather (and driving on the left).

It’s Saturday morning here in Hong Kong, and I leave for London late tonight. Weather has been a balmy 82-85 degrees Farenheit, so I’ve got all the wrong clothes with me. Andy says I’m going to freeze to death if your weather doesn’t change. Guess I won’t need the shorts.

It’s been a good week here, and I’ve got some amazing China stories for the pub. If you have never been to Hong Kong put it on your list. It’s basically just like London, but with better weather and an asian flair. Very clean and very nice. Now, as for mainland China…well, better save that for tomorrow.

Looking forward to seeing everyone, and spending a week around smelly ole airplanes. Just what the doctor ordered, an airplane holiday!

Cheers,

Steve

PS I’ve got CD’s of the Seafire photos, as well as a DVD video I made of the first flight. I’ll bring the little portable DVD player with me and we can watch it at the Red Lion.