On this day ...

[Gaz]

1981 - They broke the mould

[Dan4th]

1981 - They broke the mould

Don't you mean YOU broke the mould ?

Danf.

[Gaz]

That's what I meant

[Xplumberlives]

Your Mother must be so proud!

[Aceyone]

40 years ago today was my wedding day

[RLN]

Sorry about that, old chap.

[Aceyone]

Sorry about that, old chap.

I reckon I married a lucky women ( that's what I tell her anyway)

[Jigsaw]

70 years ago today 617 Squadron was formed

[Ray C]

We lost Jim Clarke.

[Xplumberlives]

My Dad told me about him!

[Ray C]

Poor Laika....

[Hihonyr8811]

April 18th/19th 1942 the Doolittle (Tokyo) raid took place.

http://www.historyanimated.com/Doolittle.html

[Sooty655]

...in 1982 Vulcans XM598 and XM607, and Victors XH669, XH672, XL162, XL163, XL188, XL189, XL192, XL232, XL511, XL513 and XM717 took off from Wideawake heading south.

[Sooty655]

...in 1982 Hugh Prior sent "Superfuse".

[Dan4th]

Wake Up, Everyone!

It's Star Wars Day!

"May the 4th Be With You"

Danf.

[RLN]

You're as bad as that other bloke

[Dan4th]

Well, I actually thought my Presentation
was just a little bit better

We'll leave it up to public opinion, okay ?

I mean, which one of us would you rather
have write your Obituary ?

Danf.

[RLN]

Well, I was hoping to outlive you both

[Dan4th]

Well, I was hoping to outlive you both

Mention Pammy's "Wing Waggle" a
few more times, and we'll SEE about
that ......

If she turns the dreaded Thwacking
Stick up to ELEVEN, you, sir, are
DOOMED !!!!!!!!!

Tell me, is your last testament up
to date, etc.?????

Danf.

[Mayfly]

Oi - I'm watching and waiting you know.

[RLN]

I'll get the Lego out again.

[Minty4371]

Today in:

1927 – At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He touched down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day.

1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.

1956 – In Operation Redwing (shot Cherokee), the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

[Hihonyr8811]

30th/31st May 1942, the first 1000 bomber raid took place to Cologne.

http://ww2today.com/30th-may-1942-the-f ... omber-raid

http://raflincolnshire.blogspot.co.uk/2 ... state.html

[34053]

Keith Rodney Park was born (15th June 1892-6th February 1975). Later to become Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park GCB; KBE; MC and Bar; DFC; RAF .

During the Second World War, he was Senior Commander in the Royal Air Force and was in tactical command of two of the most significant air battles – the ‘Battle of Britain’ (1940; where he was in command of No 11 Group RAF) and the ‘Battle of Malta’ (1942 – 1943). In 1945, under Mountbatten, he was Allied Commander-in-Chief of South East Asia.

Keith Park served in the Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force between 1911 and 1946.

Lord Tedder (Chief of the Royal Air Force) stated in 1947 about Keith Park:
‘If any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did. I do not believe it is realised how much this one man, with his leadership, his calm judgement and his skill, did to save, not only this country, but the world’.

PW

[34053]

75 years ago today, on 3rd July 1938, Steam Locomotive 'Mallard' (a Gresley 'A4' Pacific) set a new World Speed Record for steam traction of 126 mph. This record still remains unbeaten.
'Mallard' is on static display at the National Railway Museum, in York.

PW