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Well, we did (damn politicos again) XH558 is the only airworthy Vulcan anywhere, none of the remaining airframes are capable of being restored to flight - not to mention the costs or timescales. It took more than ten years to restore her (and several millon £££s) Dunno, the advent of SAMs more or less finished the heavy bomber mindset, the Vulcan was moved from high altitude bombing to low level strikes in an attempt to protect the aircraft and crew, at least en route to the target. despite this though, the attrition rates would have been mind-boggling had they needed to be deployed in the ETO Amen to that my friend. Jabo

Nice footage from YT of the Vulcan carrying out a simulated bombing run with some pyro. Incidentally, this all happened yesterday - Ain't the innernet grand? Sorry about the crowd noise, but it all seemed to go down reasonably well. Jabo

Yeah, lordy, time to stay indoors and break out the JD. Jabo

I must be getting old...The first thing that came into my head was 'deathtrap', rather than the 'kewl' it might have been a few years back. Nuts is about right GK Jabo

Interesting but tragic point...It was Lee Proudfoot's father 'Hoof' who was killed in the crash of ARCo's P-38 at Legends several years ago.

Unfortunately no.

I think it's to do with the restoration work carried out on the aircraft to return her to 'original' spec vis the top turret which was removed while she was a 'camera ship' doing film work. In addition, she had different nose glazing, and a redesigned tail section. Jabo

Nice to see she's there safely. Good shots JP. Jabo

OK, I'm uploading it now - it might take a while. Jabo

Not the UK Government Enforcer, BP have a deal in place for drilling tests in Libya. The Libyans threatened not to go ahead with this unless al-Megrahi's name was included in a prisoner transfer exchange. It is highly unusual (it says here) for a specific individual to be named in this way as these deals normally are done just in numbers. As you say though, I suspect the oil companies concerned have a hand in this somewhere. It makes me sad for the familes of the innocents on flt103 (get that AJW? 'innocent' not 'possibly innocent') that the deaths of so many can be brushed aside for reasons of political expediency and the interests of big business. Just my (non-racist) two cents. Jabo

No, it's available now Colin, I had a trial go with it yesterday evening, and then deleted the thread (deliberately) Jabo

LOL Painless, but you'll possibly be losing the non-red dwarfers here. The event thing's quite straight-forward BG, I'll create the thread, and you push the 'register' button to...um...well...register and then when you're sure you're going to be able to make it, you push the 'confirm' button and everybody knows what's happening. It's possible to de-register later if the need arises. Jabo

Guys, does anyone have any particular objections if this thread is locked and I start another using Roger's new Event Register thing? This will mean that people will be able to register themselves rather than having to modify an existing post (which causes problems). If no-one's too bothered, I'll do it on Saturday. Jabo

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Good to see he's feeling better according to the Libyan press. I should think that a certain person formerly of this parish will be pleased about that. He might just be in the minority though... Jabo

Well, the mystery of what Mr P wears on Tuesdays, Thursdays etc is all cleared up. Nice work Mick. I was going to mention the lounge, but it looks like you've beaten me to it. Jabo

Like all the best fairy tales there's a moral there, but I'm damned if I can work it out... Jabo

Not there yet m8, that's why you can't see 'em - It's a BIG set of files, so it's taking me some time to get them downloaded. I'll link to 'em when I manage to get them uploaded. Jabo

I see your good lady Helen is in full 'supervisor' mode. Good for her. Jabo

I'm downloading it now. I've got an unrestricted RS account so I'll rip it and sling it in the vault for you chaps. Jabo

Brilliant - but why is there no 40cm box canvas of (for example) Painless? Oh no, wait, yep, THAT's why... Jabo