Peter Miller

WE see them all the time but haven't recently

Which would mean hours of painstaking work with a sharpened piece of tube for something that would only only be seen in close inspection. In the picture that is yours truly back in about 1958-9. (must check service record) The Canadians visited St Mawgan and then found that our Houchins could not produce enough electric power to start the Sabres so they had to fly in their own starter trolleys.

Rivets? What rivets? Yours Truly on visiting Canadian Sabre

At St Mawgan we had the last Lancasters. One was on the apron with its engines ticking over. A young Pilot Officer came cycling across the apron and rode between the two prop arcs. He wasn't touched but he was still pedalling when he realised what he had done and fainted.

There where WAAF engineering officers back the late 60s.

My house taken from my Super Scorpion with a MObious camera

I know, but it is a powered glider as so many are these days. Even full size gliders have auxiliary motors for self launching. Anyway....I am too old to run across a stubble field to launch a model.....Stubble field? Well I can fly this model in the field right across the lane in front of my house. I have flown quite a few power models there over the years. Eat your heart out!!!!

My new model. Value Planes Micro Sinbad. 49" span, 9.3 ounces, vintage glider. Superb kit.Now just need a calm day!?

Many years ago the Canadians got permission to retrieve a crashed Japanese fighter from a jungle in the far east for a museum. They sent a Canadian Hercules to collect it and this was duly loaded into the aircraft and they started back. In the flight hundreds of assorted bugs crawled out of the wreck and when they landed in Honolulu they shut ever door and sprayed masses of insecticide into the aircraft. The next stop was San Francisco and more millions of bugs had crawled out and more insecticide was sprayed into the aircraft. They carried on to Canada where they landed in mid winter with more bugs crawling out. This time they just parked the aircraft out in the open with all the doors open and the freezing temperatures. After that NOTHING MOVED

Personally I would prefer a touch more but if that is what the instructions say...OK

As someone who flew control line for many years (1954-1980+) . The CG is normally on the front line. Do not forget the weight in the outboard wing tip. about an ounce or just over. Second in Shuttleworth Scale day

When I was at St Mawgan 22 Squadron had a Whirlwind that landed in the sea in Padstow Bay. The salt water destroyed the magnesium skin before they could get it out.

On 220 Squadron (Shackletons) Entry in form 700 " Mouse in aircraft" " Trap set. Aircraft serviceable to fly"

MY God!!! This has just proved what I have suspected for a longtime.....The average British intelligence quotient has dropped to about 1. If they had any more brains they would be half wits