loadsa people campagned for it canopus to stay in uk - better here than accross the pond. my letter was prob 1 outta 1,000,000,000,000,000!
got to know one of the pointy end chaps a bit - EVERYONE sad to see it stuck on tarmac but the new corp-look dera/Q/whatever they are called now thought that a 'silly old comet' was not the image best to woo foreign business! f***ing bean-counters! - it only had a couple k hrs on the clock and i was at BD watching dep & arr of last sortie - 'catseyes' cunningham on board. chatted with him after - spot on! i was chuffed to bits - rather meet 1 like him in my life than all the worlds footballers put together! when i aksed 'my contact' if he'd let cunningham 'have a go' the reply was "no no he's far too old!" said with a broad grin and exagerated wink!
ACE! first man to fly the comet and very nearly the last.
i'd love to see the puss in the sky again - praps 558s imminent flight has paved the way???????