Lecky

Is there any way of making Red baron run on Windows Vista. Its a shame, its great game. Ken

Tales from the RAF. A Canberra was going on a Nav ex and I was out front controlling things. I pointed to the port engine, there a bang and a cloud of black smoke and No 1 comes up to idle. I point to starboard and all hell is let loose, the turbo starter explodes throwing red hot turbine blades through the fuselage side into No 1 tank, kerosene floods out onto the still burning cartridge and the whole lot goes up! I'll give the crew there due, they were out in ten seconds, they even rescued there chutes ( They had to, they would have to pay for them!) An emergency phone call to the fire section and the fire sections' brand new Rolls Royce powered fire engine comes hurtling round the peri track. It squeals to halt at the blaze and an erk in gents natty asbestos suiting jumps down, points a huge pipe at the blaze and shouts S"end it froo. Noffink came Froo". They were so busy polishing their new toy, they had'nt filled it with foam. So us ground crew, stood round in a big circle continued warming our hads at the bo nfire, after all it was a cold January! After a while the wheel hubs and cockpit coaming which were magnesium alloy went up, we averted our eyes till it subsided (Self preservation?) After another ten minutes or so, some one muttered, "What about the ejector seats". We all backed of a sensible 20 yards more and sure enough there was a triple explosion and three seat tubes shot a couple of hundred feet into the air dragging the remains of the seats with them. The next morning there was a silhouette of a Canberra burnt into the tarmac and two Avon engines in situ. There were also new faces at the fire section a few days later. Ken

Theres a new erk on the dispersal and I'm showing him round the Lincoln. Its a cold day and the NAAAFI wagon has been, so we take our coffee and wads up into the nose position out of the wind and I carry on telling him about the do's and don'ts of the Lincoln. We finish break and before I could stop him, the newbie threw his coffee dregs down what looked like a drain in the floor. It wasn't a drain, oh no. There was a bang and a thud and a ten man dinghy popped out of the wing root. The looke alike drain was the flotation switch for the dinghy in case of a ditching at sea. I had to put him on a charge and he received seven days confined to camp and had to pay £5 towards the cost of putting the dinghy back in its stowage!!! Ken. Theres a lot more in this vein, Interested?

Hi We are getting mixed up here. The Lancaster did all the work, the Lincoln started squadron service too late for the war and was going to be a part of Tiger force for the bombing of Japan. The Japs surrendered and put paid to the idea, however the Lincoln soldiered on until 1951 when it was replaced by the English Electric Canberra B2. Later on came the B6, which we took to Malaya to bomb the terr's. I have quite a few humerous tales from the RAF and the Army, yes I was a glutton for punishment, I did both arms of the services! I can give time to the Navy as well!!!! Yes, I am of your grandads generation, I will be 79 next birthday! Lecky (Ken)

I'm looking forward to the new Dam Busters film. I was an electrical fitter on 617 Squadron at RAF Binbrook in the fifties. I worked on Lincolns and Canberras. Lecky (ken)