Happy Birthday Flight!

[treadigraph]

At the risk of offending the nay-sayers, 'tis gone midnight, it's December 17th 2003 in the UK, so HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY manned, powered, directionally controlable aviating! Hope you get a telegram from the Queen.

Those of you who will get airborne today, enjoy you lucky so and sos. I believe the forecast is good, so hope to at least see siome airliners in the Biggin hold when it gets light...

Cheers!

Treadders

[FNG]

Hear hear, HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY manned, powered, directionally controllable, and leading to the development of practical flying machines, aviating. I do not suppose that the addition of those words will prevent us from being run over by something which has 18 wheels, but yippee, nonetheless.

[John (Gary) Cooper]

See the REDS are flying up the Thames at 1430 hrs to commemorate the event, pity that terrestial TV have decided not to honour the occasion, shame on them!

[FNG]

Sadly, John, the NOTAM indicates that they will be just popping in from the north to fly over Hendon (the museum, presumably), only remaining in the London zone for a couple of minutes, so it sounds as though they won't be running along the Thames, which is a pity.