Short Stirling & RAF Bomber Command Forum

This is a video of Peter Smart flying his model Lancaster. Note that it is quite small and is NOT radio controlled. It is powered b y 4 small electric motors with a tiny "controller" on board for each motor. These controllers are set before flight to govern the engine run duration and spee...

I believe they had to be small of stature but one cannot also but think that not everyone would be able to cope generally with the claustrophobic conditions and the feeling of intense vulnerability from being so exposed! No visible means of support. I recall being told by one vet. that he used to cr...

No dear boy - we invented them for the lesser types to use - an example of our generosity in trying to make life easier for those less well endowed with with ability.

I feel we have hijacked this topic and it should be re-labelled "Life with Idiots Geriatrica".

Splendid - always like to see a chap willing to learn from his betters up the evolution scale. You will find us very forgiving.

Ahhh..... yes. Not sure of our movements as we are also going away but will let you know shortly. As a matter of interest why yew comin up 'ere?

Right - that is it - your name is now in the book and you will be rounded up when I take over. To try and escape is useless! Now off to play some Wagner.

PS How did your enquiries of Sheringham go?

I think Mr. Flowers experience was due to only a mild form of bureaucracy. It is more likely he was the victim of the "don't give a damn" culture. We live in a tick box society and if the first attempt reveals no record then that is that - the "computer" is supreme and there is n...

if Norfolk is so flat, what is the point. fearthered-flat.jpg Sheringham is OK but we choose not to go there in the Summer months because it is popular and thus crowded. But if you like trains then ideal! There is a nice hotel at Blakney (a little more select of course) but I would recommend either ...

Norfolk is planning a UDI (for those to too young to remember Ian Smith and Rhodesia - now Zimbabwe) that is a Universal Declaration of Independence. We have one of the few RAF bases in the Country, a gas terminal and can do a deal with Lincolnshire for electricity, a number of crack Army Units and ...

Our society has simply deteriorated. Have you not noticed that in a number of instances the common courtesies like "please" and "thank you" are omitted and many young people (teenagers before PC became fashionable) communicate by neanderthal monosyllabic grunts. We recently visit...