Duxford Thanks

[major_clanger]

Thanks to everyone who came along to Duxford today, and especially to swisstone for very ably co-presenting. We bow in awe at your knowledge of Spitfire variants.

The weather was nice - sunny but not too hot - and although there was no formal flying display there were a fair few aircraft active, including a T-6 Harvard, a Dragon Rapide and a Spitfire. Hopefully bellinghman managed to get some nice photos.

I managed not to buy any books on planes, but one on Cold War architecture did manage to land on my credit card. Floor plans of the R12 bunker we had at RAF Staxton Wold - ah, the nostalgia...

Comments

[blue-condition.livejournal.com]

Oh my. I think I need that book.

Oddly enough I passed very close to Staxton Wold today, got the Coastliner up to Scarborough for fish and chips!

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

You forgot the Me 108 that was causing (me, at least) some confusion. Oh, and that oddly registered one whose number started VP-, and which probably continued F, making it a Falkland Island registered aircraft.

But thank you both for an able and educational presentation. I think we were all (well, excepting a certain young madam) grateful.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

De Havilland Canada DHC-7-110 Dash 7, registered VP-FBQ, as seen in this link

[bellinghwoman.livejournal.com]

Many thanks to both you and swisstone for a very enjoyable day. All that fresh air has made me very sleepy - I shall go to bed and dream of aircraft :-)

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

Many thanks for organising the day and so entertainingly describing the planes. Sorry that M was so generally ungrateful, but J was pretty excited by planespotting, so I think it evens out...

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

If I had come along I could probably have out-ungratefulled M ;-)

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

I am sure you would at least have made a passing effort to be polite to your guides, unlike Little Miss Sulky. Being Mean Parents, we tend to assume that the only way to find out what you like is to be exposed to lots of different experiences. Interestingly, M keeps saying that she wants to work with robots when she grows up -- it's therefore odd that she shows absolutely zero signs of interest in engineering of any kind.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

I love robots! But planes are so dull! Why, why, why?

Perhaps because planes are just metal shells that people fly around, they don't move under their own volition or show emergent behaviour.

[nmg.livejournal.com]

But planes are such elegant illustrations of engineering compromise! How can that be dull?

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, M keeps saying that she wants to work with robots when she grows up

Would that be as the creator of our future metal-limbed overlords, or as the technician with the oilcan and the greasy rag who can reach where the metal limbs of our future metal-limbed overlords cannot?

[aardvark179.livejournal.com]

Thanks for being so enthusiastic and informative yourself, it was a good day out.

[palatinate.livejournal.com]

Thanks from myself, Nadja and Jonathan - we all had a really good time and much appreciate both the invite and the excellent guiding and information.

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Thanks from all three of us to you and swisstone - I've wanted to go to Duxford for years, and it was a joy to be shown around by folks with both knowledge and enthusiasm.

[(Anonymous)]

Indeed, thanks from me too. Fun and informative and full of *aeroplanes* :-).
- Ian Jackson