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~S~ GK M8, Top notch !!! LMAO ~S~ Ribless

~S~ Rog, You would want any of them to pick your lottery numbers right ! LOL ~S~ Painless

~S~ Chaps, I wonder if it has been restored with an original engine ?

~S~ Tonar, Now that is a beautiful Dog M8 ! ~S~ Painless

~S~ Chaps, Excellent, Rog and Kelly, would be great to see you again. I know you think you are irresistible but I think I will be able to control myself for a couple of days !!! LMAO Let me know if you need picking up asap Kelly. Brando sir, is there no way you could join us M8 ?

~S~ Knight, I got 5/8th inch wooden balls from a hobby craft shop and the reflective "stickers" from a large Halfords. ~S~ Painless

~S~ Sid, OK M8 a twin room is booked for Friday and Saturday ! As Colin said we won't have to pay until we leave. If you did have to cancel for any reason then with enough notice I'm sure another Dog could take your place. Colin, I think they just had a few hours of their computers being down when I first rang , no problem. Cheers dudes,

~S~ Skid, I have phoned them today and was told that they would ring me back as soon as they are ready to take bookings. The lady said it should be later today. Thanks for the heads up Colin

~S~ Sid, I am pretty sure those prices will be per night. How about you and I share a TWIN ( assuming a twin is the same as a double) !! making it only £50 each per night. Are you OK for Friday and Saturday ?

~S~ Knight , Nice to hear from you again M8. Hope to see you in the air soon. ~S~ Painless

~S~ JP M8, "BG is a good host.

~S~ Crash, M8 !! ~S~ Painless

~S~ Rog M8, PURE GENIOUS !!!! ~S~ Mick.

~S~ TOAD M8, That's just what Ive been looking for to cure my TIR stutters and sticking. I tend to move my shoulders alot when flying so this fix looks to be just the ticket. Thanks for taking the trouble to post

~S~ Brando sir, Very nice to meet you yesterday M8. Looking forward to flying with you some more . ~S~ Painless

~S~ Fine fellows, OK ...Sir Hugh Dowding was the Commander in chief of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and was directly responsible for keeping back enough Spitfires and Hurricanes from the battle of France to make a defence of the British Isles possible in the summer of 1940. He also insisted on the Radar network, the obsever core network and telephone network for Fighter Command thus avoiding the need for "standing patrols". Kieth Park was the officer commanding 11 group, (Kent), which took the brunt of the Luftwaffe attacks during August and September 1940. These two men were, along with Lord Beaverbrook,(who created a dispersed aircraft manufacturing and repair network), one of the main reasons we did not loose the battle. The Bf109 reference appears to be a correction but I have seen it written else where that it was infact a Bf110 ? What a great picture Rog! That is EXACTLY how you would expect a CO to look ! LOL Kelly, this was from a retail BoB information pack which a mutual friend of myself and Klinger gave to me the other day. It includes more copies of things like the flight test reports on the original prototype Spitfire K5054. A secret letter from the air ministry stating that the Russians are complaining about the Spitfires that they have received are not "new" but reconditioned which is jeopardising the current "improved relations" with the Soviet Union !

~S~ Chaps, Have a little read of this copy of

~S~ JP, You

~S~ Gentlemen, ABOUT BLOODY TIME !!! LOL WTG Jim, be careful with the FireSalamander thing though M8, Pooka is a jealous guy !!! ~S~ Painless

Now, THATS funny! Nice play on that, CG! DT Thats so much more than just funny !!! LMFAO.

~S~ DT, What a cock !!! ~S~ Painless

~S~ Hollywood sir, Welcome to the mad house M8

~S~ TOAD, No charge from the museum M8. I negotiated with the head archivist for them to send me a DVD copy as a condition of the donation....simple LOL ~S~ Painless

~S~ Chaps, Hey Kling great idea to post the names for further research M8 ! THANKS Guys the quality is not that great and you do need to watch it on "slow" reply but, its an awesome insight into the gunnery solutions they used warts and all ! Each short clip has the pilots own words reported and an evaluation. At least the original film is in the right hands now. ~S~ Painless

~S~ Pooka sir, You can read !! LOL Post us a picture of you reading, glasses and all M8 . Have a good one, ~S~ Painless