Hey togaroo,
Don't worry, I have no connection with the BAe web site, I simply got the URL and posted here for everyone.
As for the gif/jpg thing, you are dead right. GIF uses lossless compression which does not distort the original images where JPG uses lossy compression and works on the fact that your eye can only detect a certain level of variation within colours.
As for the A320, I agree it does take a bit of time to download but you could always turn off background images!!! Wouldn't the web be fun then !
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