Certainly do :grinning: The F-18 was built about 25 years ago. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50369195301_6201c65413_b.jpg 20200918_150208 by Derek N.Ferguson , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50368491158_4c6e0f6a85_b.jpg 20200918_150129 by Derek N.Ferguson , on Flickr And covered...

If anyone is allowed an opinion on BLM then surely it's Lewis Hamilton. You do know that the POLICE logo on his helmet is a company advertising logo and not an advert for the constabulary? Yah don't say.... It's hard to know if people are posting through humour or ignorance at times.... I doubt he ...

If anyone is allowed an opinion on BLM then surely it's Lewis Hamilton. Why, because his father was of African descent? His mother is White. He's benefited more than almost everyone from the social mobility afforded by our country. He actively avoids paying tax on his extraordinary earnings and has...

Hamilton on his BLM crusade - has he not seen the irony in having "POLICE" logo on his helmet and he's wearing "arrest the cops" t-shirt?... If anyone is allowed an opinion on BLM then surely it's Lewis Hamilton. You do know that the POLICE logo on his helmet is a company advertising logo and not a...

Not the easiest kit I've ever stuck together. It's a little over engineered in places. Finished in Vallejo acrylics and with the kit decals which were very good. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50340455083_0fda996fdb_o.jpg z20200913_225152 by Derek N.Ferguson , on Flickr https://live.staticflick...

My latest in a line of aerobatic team builds. This Hasegawa's Skyhawk and finished straight out of the box. Sprayed in Vallejo Deep Sky and also has my first attempt with Pledge floor polish as a gloss coat. It seems to work very well. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50341140411_5f65e5f1a7_o.jpg...

Diana Rigg - dies at 82.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... es-aged-82

A320 by the Foo Fighters

I've had an email today saying that, not surprisingly, the IPMS ScaleModelWorld 2020 at Telford is cancelled. It is with a great deal of regret that IPMS (UK) has to announce that Scale ModelWorld 2020 has been cancelled. The level of uncertainty regarding the long term impact of Covid 19 means that...

Anyone else heard of Aruba before this morning? Aruba is an island and a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea, located about 1,000 kilometres west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and 29 kilometres north of the coast of Venezuela. Population: 1 ...

Here's the information that was deleted due to petulance. FORMATION TRANSIT BY RED ARROWS ACFT ROUTING: 553034N 0043540W PRESTWICK AD 1243 552442N 0044255W E OF DUNURE 1245 545829N 0051451W OVERSEA 1250 545310N 0051127W OVERSEA 1251 544848N 0052118W OVERSEA 1252 545304N 0053233W OVERSEA 1253 544556N...

Managed to catch the An-225 as it routed to France from Prestwick yesterday afternoon. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50184257748_be21cb9974_o.jpg xDSC_8590 by Derek N.Ferguson , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50185057197_f1365dc8be_o.jpg xDSC_8598 by Derek N.Ferguson , on Flickr...

Southport 2017

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RIAT 2017

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I'm going guess that the vast majority of posters on here are white and male. That means that we can have little idea what it means to be hated purely for the colour of your skin. To liken the "N" word to Jock, Taff etc is missing the point by a massive margin and ignores all that's gone on for hund...

Thanks for the comments. I have to say that I thought the format worked very well. Some of that was due to the location as Old Warden has a handy slope but a lot was due to excellent organization and staff. Those that go to future shows will, I'm sure, enjoy their day there.

I don't kow if these are any good. Let me know if they are and I can send bigger jpegs. The first one is XV582 at Mildenhall 1990, the others at Leuchars in 1989. The ones of XT897 are at Greenham Common in 1983 and Fairford in 1985. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50137886073_8ec7498ef2_b.jpg h...

I can only reiterate what's been said above. It was 1988 when I last went to an airshow at Old Warden and I'm not sure why it took so long to go back. One of the reasons I went for this one was the timing. As we had a three hour drive, starting at 5pm meant a leisurely start to the day. In the end t...

My first visit to Old Warden since 1988 and what a treat. Some displays were in the loveliest of evening sunshine. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50128461448_5d61b4ab1d_o.jpg zD600_05_DSC_6746 by Derek N.Ferguson , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50128461398_79e295f9c4_o.jpg zD600...

I think I'll stick with X-Plane for now. It is very expensive for what is a very limited set of airports, even in the deluxe version. It would also be good if the all-world realism extended to the $ to £ exchange rate.

Folks of a certain age who grew up in Scotland will remember Johnny Beattie. 93 is a good age though.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53354314

Thanks for asking me to judge these Andy. As always, very difficult with some top photos on show. Anyway, there were many that could have been picked but I've gone for these. 3. SuffolkBlue for that neatly timed AVRO 504 shot 2.LN Strike Eagle for the beautifully lit shot of the 32Sqn BAe146, perhap...

Is that the full set Derek? They look fab :up: Imagine seeing an aerobatics team flying the F-4 :shock: The Blue Angels also flew the mighty Phantom. Imagine a flypast of both.... They did indeed https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50076761567_4d202338b2_b.jpg 20200703_165116edit by Derek N.Ferguso...

Not quite a full set. I'm missing the F-84F that they used between the F-84G and F-100 and the F-105 that they used for only six shows.

A family portrait.

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Thanks Ant.H. Here's the F-4J alongside one I built a year or two ago.


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