Great News, my Grandfather was in North Africa, after Crete and Tobruk he joined the Paras and then got posted into ‘Raiding Forces’ which included the LRDG and the fledgling SAS. He was stuck behind enemy lines for quite a while after a raid on an airfield. He mainly jumped through a hole in the floor of a Wellington.

His Para Instructor (from my Grandfather’s Diary):
‘I always put Lloyd at the front of the stick as he leaves the aircraft as if entering a pub – quickly’

See, I did inherit some of my Grandfather’s skills…..:D

Sorry, I’m NOT biast towards any airline and this Viscount only served with Air France and Air Inter, so those are the only choices, if we are going to record history accurately and return specific aircraft to the schemes they operated in.

Glad to see the livery Police waiting in the cyber-layby waiting to catch unwary forumites daring to dream on an open forum!:D
Perhaps you should give some training to the real traffic police;)

I don’t mind what colours she wears as long as she is preserved

Well done chaps!
Good luck, I will pop up and visit MAM this spring and see how things are progressing

What a gorgeous aeroplane.;) You probably realised that was not me, but I did recommend Connington to the pilot, so I’ll take the credit! 😀

Somehow I thought that you would not be flying it from the rear seat:D
The Anglo-Italian Fusion food on offer in the resturant is fantastic (Bacon & Egg Panini;) )

Nicely turned out Chippie