The problem being discussed seems to be rife these days. I continually notice bad spelling, punctuation and grammar in all manner of publications, even those that have apparently been proofread.

I also know however that my typing can be prone to errors (my fingers don’t seem to keep up these days), so I have taken steps to try and minimise the errors that creep in. For those using Internet Explorer, I can recommend IESpell (available from http://www.iespell.com) which adds a spell checker button to the tool bar near the top of the window. Its been designed specifically to check the contents of text input boxes on web pages, so perfect for a forum such as this!

Andy

While I’d love to be able to produce decent examples of built plastic kits, I am simply not good enough at it to get the sort of results that I’d like, and I no longer have the time either! Thats one of the reasons that I do collect a few of the Corgi models.

So far I have all of the Mosquitos (not that strange for those who know me!) and a couple of others that I just like.

Andy

Too many good books to have one definate favourtie – here are a few of them:

Ace of aces by E.C.R.Baker
Pursuit through darkened skies by Michael Allen
Mission Completed by Sir Basil Embry
John “Cats Eyes” Cunningham by John Golley
Night fighter by Rawnsley and Wright

Andy

Channel tides

I was always under the impression that the tides in the English Channel were rather ‘fierce’ and tended to quickly reduce an airframe left there for any length of time.

I know that the Typhoon was a much stronger airframe than many other aircraft of the period, but would it have survived this long?

Andy

The fuselage in the pictures should be on its way to the Windsor Mosquito Bomber Group shortly from what I understand. I believe that Glyn plans to build the next one out of flying grade materials…

Andy

Right, found the map (eventually!) – if anyone else is interested in a copy, let me know!

Andy

Second photo…

I’d have to agree with Neilly on this one – the Shacklady book on the Mosquito that he talks about is probably the worst book I have ever seen. I started to wonder a few pages into it whether it had actually been proofread at all! Not only are there glaring technical errors and completely incorrect image captions, but paragraphs simply stop in the middle of a sentence on more than one occasion!

I am thnking of sending a letter to the publishers to explain to them just how bad it is. Neilly, mail me off-board if you’d like to contribute to my rant^H^H^H^H letter.

Andy