Now I know how sensitive mods are here - deleting a harmless but mildly provocative post in response to a rather petulant reminder......

Yes, airshows on mainland Europe just become rather more attractive. You could feasibly have an airshow on the continent featuring: Viggen, Draken, Lansen, Tunnan, F-104, Mirage III - all in the flying display. To say nothing of the various other classic jet types kicking around anyway: Hunters, Ma...

Does the CAA hold the same jurisdiction over the Channel Islands as it does over the UK mainland?

Thankis, and not complaining but it seems to be the You Tube video RobS posted earlier. It would be good to see some footage from the South of the full take off and touch and go.

Fantastic sight and sounds to wake up to!!

Interesting points Geoff and I guess there is a fraction of the money in the top flight over the border than there is down here. Money rules - everything else is secondary. And I really cannot see why anyone would be shedding a single tear for Allardyce. I see Lineker and some other bods are calling...

.....greedy and untouchable.

Therein lies a tale.........

Thanks!

It sure what I'm supposed to do with that link HA....

Geoff - That's quite dispiriting. After all a percentage of the increasing gate money you pay will be finding its way to the agents, money fixers and the corrupt practices with which you all indirectly but willingly contribute to. Just for the sake of 90 minutes of often less than scintillating foot...

Fair enough Geoff but accepting what you say it sounds to me as though the exposure is overdue. FIFA is already discredited and I would have thought that the FA and those at the top of the game would want the whole seedy business cleaned up. If not then it doesn't say much for them or the game. Inve...

Why baffling? Pure greed driven in the sure self obsessed knowledge that he'd get away with. Oops - he didn't.....

Hence his almost total lack of humility. But it's not new - we are good at rewarding failure in this country - across the board.

Why do you say the media has shafted the FA? I was meaning that they have possibly effected the calibre of the respective applicants that can be expected to now apply for the job of England Manager. No one who has achieved / won anything, would be thinking, you know what, I'm gonna apply for that j...

Why do you say the media has shafted the FA? A legitimate piece of investigative journalism unearths corruption at the top of the game. Instead of the FA's lily livered statement they might have had more credibility if they unceremoniously and bluntly sacked him. The investigation is ongoing and per...

I am sure that is the problem in a nutshell. And some other sports are not far behind. Can it sink any lower, as one ex-player said earlier. Well it just might.......

So £600 over 4 years is £150 p.a. That's an extra £12.50 a month so not exactly an eyewateting amount.

So, Geoff, unless I have misunderstood your comments, it's the Telegraph's fault for exposing this reckless, greedy excuse for a man in English soccer's top job. Better they'd stayed quiet? I can't believe you actually meant that. Allardyce comes away from the affair totally discredited and humiliat...

Mul wrote: ........, discussion should be less heresay and more fact.

Couldn't have put it better. As Derek said above there is a great deal of selfish insensitivity in this thread. Quite unpleasant.

As you say another thread but I suspect the continually spiralling population increase due to a number of reasons will ultimately be the catalyst for our downfall.

Humans in North Korea??!! That'll be the day! No, I won't engage with you in that argument- I sense we are already poles apart!

Yes it did, didn't it?

I like whales a lot. They don't seem to have any choice in the matter if they get barbarically hunted and killed or not either. No they don't but then neither do the thousands of human beings in North Korea. And pace any Ukarians who equate human and animal life, but I think I know which nation I'd...

Hypocritically however, I have visited both Iceland and Japan, despite being appalled by their continuing whaling practices. Make of that what you will. Chris Don't worry, Chris - I think you'll sleep easily. I don't think you can compare whaling by two democratic nations with the lack of free spee...

Except that the secret still is just that - a secret. It's the speculation that's rampant..and all to no avail, other to sow seeds of doubt about a commercial undertaking.