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PAXboy 26th May 2017 18:39

Royal Geographical Society films
 
It's the first story on the page that might interest this forum: Britain's great explorations now online - BBC News

Although I deprecate the use of the name 'Biggles'.

Rosevidney1 26th May 2017 21:38

Oh, I don't know..... better than Boggles.

oldchina 28th May 2017 18:46

"Major Latham Valentine Stewart Blacker, a former fighter pilot and war hero"

Are you kidding ?

FlightlessParrot 29th May 2017 00:56


Originally Posted by oldchina (Post 9785556)
"Major Latham Valentine Stewart Blacker, a former fighter pilot and war hero"

Are you kidding ?

Exaggeration, perhaps, but the Wikipedia article says he was mentioned in dispatches several times before WW I (for service in Afghanistan, so it presumably was not for keeping his accounts neat), and got shot down and wounded three times during WW I. Doesn't say what he was flying, though. "Hero" might be a bit of a puff, but braver than me, anyway.

megan 29th May 2017 02:30

qa
 

"Hero" might be a bit of a puff
hero [heer-oh]

noun, plural heroes

1. a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:

2. a person who, in the opinion of others, has special achievements, abilities, or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model or ideal

Works for me :ok:

FlightlessParrot 29th May 2017 22:17

@megan
Works for me too. I was just trying to figure out what post #3 was objecting to.


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