Royal Geographical Society films

[PAXboy]

It's the first story on the page that might interest this forum: Britain's great explorations now online - BBC News

Although I deprecate the use of the name 'Biggles'.

[Rosevidney1]

Oh, I don't know..... better than Boggles.

[oldchina]

"Major Latham Valentine Stewart Blacker, a former fighter pilot and war hero"

Are you kidding ?

[FlightlessParrot]

Originally Posted by oldchina

"Major Latham Valentine Stewart Blacker, a former fighter pilot and war hero"

Are you kidding ?

Exaggeration, perhaps, but the Wikipedia article says he was mentioned in dispatches several times before WW I (for service in Afghanistan, so it presumably was not for keeping his accounts neat), and got shot down and wounded three times during WW I. Doesn't say what he was flying, though. "Hero" might be a bit of a puff, but braver than me, anyway.

[megan]

qa

"Hero" might be a bit of a puff

hero [heer-oh]

noun, plural heroes

1. a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:

2. a person who, in the opinion of others, has special achievements, abilities, or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model or ideal

Works for me

[FlightlessParrot]

@megan
Works for me too. I was just trying to figure out what post #3 was objecting to.