Surely one of the 'Best Ever' threads here on PPRuNe!
This stuff has historical value, it gives a much more comprehensible sense of what the people at the coal face actually were about.
I'd love to see this in historical context, Britain had been there for a long time, why and how did this turn pear shaped so relatively abruptly.
Are there any area specialists here on this thread who could add some enlightenment or at least some useful further reading?