For a glass negative/slide (as opposed to a glass mounted slide), would it not be better to place on the scanner bed emulsion side down? That way the glass is not in the way of the image. You can always reverse the image in software afterwards.

Trying to remember how we handled this sort of thing with photgraphic enlargers back in the day. Certainly dust and static electricity were always a problem. Somewhere I still have a static discharge ‘gun’ sold for use with LP vinyl in the 80’s that I used to use to good effect.

Rod

Ah, that’s it Air Force! Produced by Howard Hawks. Many thanks Dave.

According to Wikipedia there were 10 B-17B/C/Ds plus AT-6s, P-39s, P-40Cs, P-43A Lancers and 6 B-26Cs involved in the making of the film.

Nice to see some of the less well known types for a change. Funny how I don”t remember seeing it before. I’ve probably seen most war films in my time and this one is only 2 years older than me!

Rod.

It is my belief that the X52 is quite a power hog with regard to the dc supply from the USB socket. On my system, if I plug it into the wrong socket the panel on the throttle and some of the LEDs refuse to come on. A swap to the other socket and away we go. I don’t have any problems at all with either socket with other stuff so it’s possible that one of them is just a bit marginal for power. One of these days I will try a powered USB hub to see if that makes any difference. On the other hand I am saving up for the yoke to go with the pedals so I may not bother.

Bottom line, if leads check out OK try your joystick on another USB port, possibly on another computer.

HTH

Rod

There was aleast one motorcycle meeting at Biggin Hill. i was there but I don’t remember the date (1960-ish), only the sound of Manx Nortons, G5 Matchless’s, BSA Gold Stars and 7R AJSs.

I love the smell of Castrol R in the morning…smells like……racing.!

Rod.

PS I also went, as a schoolboy, to the first meeting run on the long track at Brands Hatch.

I’ll second that.

This was a series made by grown ups for viewing by grown ups. The sort of thing that the BBC used to do so well. But alas, not any more.

Rod

Some quite nicely edited in shots of Wellington(s) in last night’s episode during which David McCallum gets shot down.

What with this series and all those Onedin Line episodes the years just seem to melt away. Now, where did I put those Stones records?

Rod.

From Al

Gerry Anderson certainly came up with some great futuristic designs through the years…

before Supercar I believe he was involved with Space Patrol, so how about the Galasphere from that series. great launch sequence:

Ready to launch
Gamma rays… ON
Yobba rays…ON

Also from that series: the Gabbladictum – a mouthy bird from Mars.
Still a few of them around! 😉

I agree with nominations for Dark Star, Valley Forge, Anastasia (Dan Dare) and Discovery (2001)

Rod.

When I was at secondary school in the ’60s the term ‘bint’ was quite common and due to the alliterative nature of the word it was normally used in a more perjorative manner. This became a real issue for one girl in my form whose surname was Bint. She was so upset by it all that in the end she changed her name by deed poll.

With regard to the program, I quite enjoyed it even though there wasn’t much new stuff on display. I really couldn’t see the point of the close formation flying either though. Unnecessarily dangerous in my view.

One thing that struck me was that in the still shots of the breached dam there were a couple of barrage balloons in the background. Were these present during the attack? Or a later stable door closure method. I don’t recall them being mentioned in accounts of the attacks.

If they were there previously, surely it indicates that the Germans had appreciated the danger of a possible attack.

Rod