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For those who have no idea what we are on about:

Did you ever meet John and Peter Stewart of Paisley Rocketeers fame ? They were the cause of me having a brief dalliance with rockets although I only had commercially available motors. My final launch got up to around 900 + feet. Unfortunately the wind up there was a different direction from ground level and I last saw the 'chute drifting away over the forest about 2 miles away. Did you visit the 'Festival of Flight' held at Kelburn Park,Largs in the early nineties (?) ?

I'm just about finished 'Javelin Boys' (again) so haven't started it yet. I'll let you know.

Yes, not able to fly, just taxi.

It's on its way. Which parts from the Britannia are you scrounging ? 😃

Earlier this afternoon I e-mailed ' Belcher Bits' to see if there was a UK supplier of their Canadair Argus decals. Being Sunday I didn't expect a reply until Monday at earliest. There isn't, which is a bit strange given that the conversion kit is made in UK and sold by a well known firm along with the Britannia required for it. I now have a set coming from across the pond. All sorted in a couple of hours. Excellent service from Mike Belcher .

Ye gods! Another one doing a @Gorby with the teasing bit. 😄

I clearly remember my old uncle Ian taking me to a cliff near Dover.

I've managed to find some rare pictures of the Royal Navy version. This one was taken at RNAS Abbotsinch during trials in 1961. I suspect that this was a disinformation exercise as when the real aircraft made its test flight there in 1962 it bore little resemblance to the earlier one. Perhaps a future project for @Lost Cosmonauts ? As an aside HMS Sanderling also produced these 'Vixettes' for the School of Aircraft Handling. They were converted from Sea Venoms.

Just kidding......

Inside the Il-18! I'm jealous! They were doing repairs to the floor so we couldn't go in it. Thanks for showing your pics.

This small display is adjacent to the airport. Very friendly and I was able to get inside the An-2, Li-2 and Tu-154. I seem to have forgotten to photograph the Tu-134 and Tu-154!

The whole system collapsed after Duncan transferred

I do remember the rat about to have your feet for breakfast , that grumpy polis that threw us out of the terminal and the 0100 arrival of that Vanguard but I'm damned if remember a Luton Minor. Lightning in the rain, Norwegian F-5s in the static and of course 'WPH..Luton thingy.....nah! You should start a thread about our spotting adventures ..teaspoons at Pik...USS Saratoga at Greenock and that run through the station.