Maybe he wants a bigger boat?

Excellent points James! I do know that in the early stages of the Korean War, Corsair pilots attacking ground targets were experiencing an unexpected tendency of the fighter to roll on pullout. This was finally attributed to warped wooden ailerons, and was solved by their replacement.

I do like it displayed in a “traditional” bomber paint job, reminds me of the old Airfix kit.

Ahh, Mr. Cross! Memories indeed!

I thought we were giggling because none of us knew Amelia Earhart was a boxer…

MarGus

Many thanks for the correction, yes, I was thinking of the very rare Ju86 at the Linkoping Museum amongst all the other rare exhibits. Well worth the visit to that Museum.

It’s quite annoying when people hijack threads to discuss things such as classic aircraft…….

I just googled her. Yes please, and sod the aircraft wrecks.

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Oh alright then.

In WW1 a loss of 10 troops was viewed as nothing to get concerned about, 10,000 before lunch was just bad luck. Thankfully attitudes have changed.

I think this is because any conflict anywhere in the world now is broadcast live to a television and internet-viewing public. There is no shortage of self-proclaimed experts to make comment, criticise and condemn the actions of others (in many ways this is a good thing!!)

The world has changed the way it views war. Filmmakers now spare no expense in detailing the bloodshed, maiming and horrific death suffered by soldiers and civilians alike. Truth be told, I don’t believe any filmmaker would dare make a film glorifying war as was so popular decades ago.

The end result of this is the general public are probably now more than ever ready to say “not to my son, you don’t”.

My apologies for leaving the thread, but…….Sidcot suits (invented by Sidney Cotton) were quite a padded affair of kapok. From what I can see in my limited book collection, the white suits were a standard pre-war RAF issue.