Good too see the Hanley spitfire get a mention

I’m a student in the area, and have to note most people dont seem to know its there-Yet when they find out its considered an interesting thing to see.

Its well worth going to the museum to check it out if you’re in the local area.

I believe RJ Mitchell is a famous son of stoke, and is quite a celebrated figure round here, with the spit and the statue at the museums, the road and the pub named after him.

Unfortunately the pub in question is owned by J D Wetherspoons who have “modernised” many good aviation pubs like the White Hart in Hornchurch, essex.

But yeah check the potteries museum well worth a visit. Extensive pottery collection as well. Free to get in as well i think.

Love Jay

The wonderful thing about these two is they are ALWAYs equally rare or common. You will NEVER have more Mustangs than P-51s. Go on count them. It’s really spooky, eh?
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Umm, yeah, some of the mustangs are Australian-built CAC 22 s

Jay

Okay that sounded pretty bad-made me look pretty stupid etc, can i try to clear it up

I am sorry. some of the right-wing anti-freedom bullsh*t (re Eddie Izzard/Germaine Greer as well) i have seen in these forums winds me up. I guess i was knowingly being provocative with that one.

I think if you vandalise it well enough no-one is gonna try and get into it and fly it. i am totally opposed to endangering life in this way, and resent the suggestion that i would ever condone such a thing. 😡 😡

I was being specific to aircraft in service or on the production line, which are liable to be used in war to kill people in the forseeable future, (barring of course defensive actions) I very much doubt i would be let off scot free for damaging an aircraft, and its not something i have any plans to do. I would never endorse the endangering of life-if one is going to participate in this kind of direct action it is vital to make clear the damage has taken place, any concealed damage which may allow the pilot to attempt to take off eg with a fuel tank of gravel is absolutely abhorrent and no better than murder, an anathema to most peace activists.

If you re-read it you will find that half of my post was condeming the vandalism of aircraft at museums. I am sorry if i was unclear, i have a personal preference to world war two aircraft. If an aircraft of whatever age is vandalised in a museum i get as angry if not more so than anyone in here! i apologise to the duxford etc. folks if i gave the impression i was saying it was okay to damage your newer aircraft. this is totally not what i meant and was what the second half of my post was being angry at/apologising for. I hope i am not followed around on my next visit-i love the place.

these aircraft are historical sources, whatever age they are, and are preserved, unless i’m misunderstanding things, for the benefit of those with many different viewpoints-whether its as a barbarous weapon or something that delivered us freedom, a monument to those who served or a beautiful technological object.

To an extent i was stressed and trying to get a reaction :dev2: -congrats to those who did not rise to it. On the other hand i stand by my sentiments about the illegality (or at least inherent immorality) of BAe trading policy and the actions of our government esp. post cold-war.

I hope i have not taken this too far off topic. My original post was confused at best and did me no service at all. I hope the mods see no need to delete this one (as i swear has happened before) :confused:

Love Jay

I believe they did the crash scenes in 633 by simply retracting the undercarriage on a fast taxi run. sounds dangerous for the pilots-they wrote off about 3 mossies doing that! am i right?

BofB destroying a duxford hanger. but i guess the moviemakers believed it was due for demolition anyway, as were alll the hangers at the time

Jay

maybe he would be so kind as to re-post with proper acknowledgements.

sounds like an interesting thing ppl would like to know.

If the mods knew where it was from why not just add the relevant acknowledgements themselves? sure it was done in ignorance.

anyway, bact to the interesting thread- you read in Flight International that who was buying the YF 23

Jay