Finally, for today anyway, I'm sure many of you out there might remember the apocryphal tale of the Hastings parked at Clark Field in the Phillipines?
Alongside is a smart USAF C-54 (DC-4).
The Hastings F/E (he is a Master who hails from Scotland) is doing his walk round when he is approached by some curious Americans.
He tells them how far and how fast they can fly. "Gee, that's great but why the hell do you land on your ass?"
"Have ye ever seen a burd land on its bloody beak?"
There really is no answer to that.