Further down that page there’s a great image of a Bristol Blenheim pilot and observer squeezed, in full 1940 flying outfits, into the cockpit (I can’t seem to find a version which will appear here, but let’s hope this link takes you to it)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DH2yy8vXsAMU1pt?format=jpg&name=900x900
Has it been coloured ?
There’s something about the looks in their eyes that makes me think they’re about to take off, rather than having just got safely back down.
Liked for Kai Tak reasons.
Absolutely thrilling airport to fly in and out of.
As rumours of a bakeoff on Fetlar surface online, one keen abattoirist packs up in eager excitement…
It will, of course, be *impounded immediately on landing until it clears customs.
*In my store
Presumably it will have go through rigorous testing on grounds of public safety.
Just had the Red Arrows go directly over my house, heading somewhat E of N. By chance I was outside. 5 in a vee in front, 3 or possibly 4 behind. Fuck me, they were low. And pretty fast. Every bird now airborne and all the dogs barking.
Dead on time too
https://www.military-airshows.co.uk/press21/redarrowsschedule2021.htm
I thought the Red Arrows had their funding cut and were shutting down?
All I know is, they were very much not shut down this evening.
Seriously? And we’re about to spunk how many millions on a boat no one wants or needs.
Read in the defence review back in jan they were cutting funding but looks like they’re safe for the time being…
If only they were privately owned by a friend of Boris then they’d be safe
You joke but one of the options was to sell them off to a private company.
Apparently Matt Hancock has got a mate in the pub who can turn a pig farm into a commercial airfield.
Face palm emoji
Purses and sows ears come to mind
With the associated, “Oh, we haven’t got time for all those checks. C’mon lads, time is money.”
And then you end up with the likes of Thunder City, who didn’t think servicing an ejection seat in an old, notoriously incendiary Cold War jet interceptor was an economic priority, giving time for a pilot, having tried 3 times to punch out, to say his goodbyes before making a crater.