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Fantastic FT. Did the Romans hurl scrap cars at the poor savages they were besieging?

The writing is certainly on the wall for Duxford as a major airshow venue and I presume its all over for Shoreham anyway. The CAA's reaction is predictable. They have much bigger fish to fry than being embarrassed by a tragedy at an airshow. The increase in their charges announced soon after the accident has nothing to do with improving safety but from their point of view is a simple way of removing lots of the problem; a massive hike in charges will simply kill off lots of the smaller shows. This won't change. As has been pointed out, this is an opportunity for lots of the "anti's" to get their way. The airshow industry will have to adapt to whatever is thrown at them or simply stop. I must admit, I have been slightly surprised at some of the information that has come out post - Shoreham, about how air display routines are authorized and how display pilots flying them are checked out. I do feel sorry for Andy Hill and I mean that without irony but I was surprised at the number of hours - or lack of them - that he had on type and the fact that his authority to display seems to have been issued by a member of his own aerobatic display team. This can - and I've no doubt will - be construed as a conflict of interest.

Don't forget Medal of Honour Cat!

Don't worry Kira; if he'd been a 'hofficer instead of merely a lance corporal, he would have got the VC!

Must be time for a mega over-clock?

https://gfycat.com/ConstantWateryFox

Well I thought this was going to be a bladder problem thread Uh-hu. I know that feeling. Definitely a middle-aged thing

I thought Kermit's Tempest had an engine? Hasn't he got two anyway? Tempests, that is.

Wow! Built from scratch. That would be eye-wateringly expensive.

Hmmm....its in several pieces and has been under water for over seventy years and the Swedes want to keep the engines. Airworthy again? Sounds like a long shot to me.

Is this what you bought Mayhem? https://www.g2a.com/il-2-sturmovik-battle-of-stalingrad-cd-key-global.html 'Cause this says its the standard game with 8 planes. If it is then I'd get in touch with G2A and ask for another key to the standard game. What you've got is supposed to be for the Russian market only.

I wonder - to be as future proof as possible - might it not be better to have a cpu running a stock speed of around 4ghz? Stuff like BoS/BoM and DCS 2 Nevada map really benefit from this. If building this system is a step by step process; make the graphics card the last component to be purchased. The price can only fall.

Cor! Looks pretty good to me. One question; what is the clock speed of the i5 6600?

Hello Mayhem. Tell us more about this purchase. Have you got a link to the site?

Also found this on Youtube; a visit to the bridge by some very naughty boys and girls early one spring morning. As an ex-head banger I'd like to say "good on 'yer". As a middle-aged parent I want to scream "Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!"

Ah! FT, thats a very good point that I have completely overlooked, doh! Went there a couple of weeks ago on our way back from Cornwall. I know Okehampton a bit - it's an inoffensive little market town on the northern edge of Dartmoor - but I'd never visited the station, only seen the viaduct in the distance. Meldon quarry provided around 90% of all the ballast that britains railways were laid on and despite the line being closed to passenger traffic years ago tjhe quarry carried on which meant it was spared much of the official vandalism our railway system has been subjected to for the last fifty years. Stinking diesels don't usually float my boat but..... "Aha! An engine for FT!" So we had to go on an explore up the cycle path. The bridge is about two hundred metres beyond this point and is rather lovely!

Hey, Arjen; since spring is here, have you had any urges - of the bridge building kind that is ? I think I may have a subject.

What a nice man!

Svetlana and her very firm grip

Cornwall this morning. Brrr.........