Silly aviation pictures.

[facthunter]

Most things in Moderation are not harmful they say.  Nev

[John Werner]

On 25/06/2025 at 9:12 PM, Flightrite said:

Mid 70’s @ YMEN, ah the good old days👍

Yes, I recall when they didn't cut the grass at Essendon airport parking area but still nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

[facthunter]

The DC-4's left in 69. That section is nowhere near the Main drag.  Maybe they could have done with a few Victa's.  Its a Honda dealership today. Nev

[BrendAn]

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

Most things in Moderation are not harmful they say.  Nev

thats what erin patterson said

[facthunter]

Poverty is not much. I can Vouch for that. It is said to be character Building.   Nev

[John Werner]

3 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Poverty is not much. I can Vouch for that. It is said to be character Building.   Nev

Money can't buy you happinesss but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery, Nev.

Also, money can't buy friends but you get a better class of enemies.  All I ask is that I get the chance to prove that money can't make me happy!  JW, with thanks to Spike Milligan.

[facthunter]

Spike told US he was sick. It's allegedly on his headstone.  Nev

[facthunter]

 Your health is more important than anything else.  (plus keeping busy). Nev

[John Werner]

36 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Spike told US he was sick. It's allegedly on his headstone.  Nev

That's odd.  It is an apocryphal story that Spike wanted that epitaph "I told you I was ill" on his headstone.  However, it doesn't have that exact quote on his gravestone.  It is there but it is written in Gaelic (which nobody understands) as per the attached photo.  Maybe his family intrervened, as they do.   I for one always believed it was there in English on his headstone in the quaint village of Winchelsea U.K.

Some other notable sayings of Spike were:-

"I'm not afraid of dying, I just don't want to be there when it happens"

"Despite my age, I have the body of an eighteen year old.  I keep it in the freezer"

"It was a perfect marriage.  She didn't want to and he couldn't"

"Is there anything worn under the kilt?  No, it's all in perfect working order"

And my favourite - "Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion"

Cheers to all and to the memory of Spike who also wrote "I first met Adolf Hitler when I was ironing my white flag in the Libyan desert" in his book "ADOLF HITLER:  My Part in his Downfall".

RIP Terrance Alan "Spike" Milligan - Born in Ahmadnagar, India 16 April 1918 and died in Rye, East Sussex 27 February 2002 without ever being ill.  JW.

[John Werner]

* intervened