Mate I never even considered you as a person to give out unsubstantiated opinion as "pukka gen".
I'd like to go on record to say I never got less than proper gen from you mate and always found your info to be definitely "pukka".
Also, I always appreciated your professional approach to discussing engineering of any kind, 
unlike some so called mechanical engineers on the project , who had there heads firmly up their own arses. 
Thanks for giving me some credit for an understanding of mechanical engineering beyond my purely "Avionics" title, I hope I adequately returned the favour. 
It is a source of continued regret to me that some really good engineers were lost or driven from the project, no names no pack drill. 
Even though a mere "Insty"(no such beast
Instrument folk were proper trained folk)I was well aware of the need to use 603 as an indicator for 558's condition and I have to agree that I have always wondered why it was not chased earlier. Myself and Sad Sam finally got round to drilling a zillion holes for the MA guys to look into last Oct/Nov. That is once this"Insty" bought some proper drills tough enough to go through the skin and do the job . 
You have got it already, you use it frequently, I have defended your right to it (boy sometimes thats a tough one), so why do you assume that any reply I make is trying to muzzle you.
