Obviously a devoted
Deisel-8 enthusiast, that Mr Gothard, whose cup is half-full rather than half-empty, but all credit to his site and those like it. There may be 250+ "
airworthy" DC-8s around, but only 156 of them are actually in service. The remainder are in storage and, in the current climate, few of these are likely to see daylight beneath their wheels again.
However, as this is not a spotters' forum, the original topic is that one of these venerable beasts dared to block the sacred concrete at RAF Rompers Green
