Just to say I have a 1940 dated and BMARC marked 20mm round, an early date for a British made 20mm or not ?

I was thinking Beaufighter….

if the weather takes a turn for the worse, and people stay away.

With pre-paid tickets people will not have that choice. Too much to lose if it does. The same applies to the organisers I know.

All I can say is good luck to them. If another iconic British made aircraft can be seen more regularly in the skies, and at whatever airshows we have left, then it is a good thing.

surprised to read that Typhoons were used on night intruder flights.

3(F) squadron certainly flew from Hunsdon in 1941 on night intruder sorties with Typhoons, they had also used their Hurricanes in the same role prior to that.

He was a weird bloke but a damn good guitarist, 2016 ‘the year of the dead celeb’ ??

It is a really well done conversion, I would give my right arm, back teeth and a kidney to be able to own that!