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Or the ESRI...

No picture of that nice dog..?

Corrected already - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21824130 . Who do I send the invoice to?

I've pointed out the errors to them - they're usually fairly quick to correct, but they might have gone home now.. I correct two/three things a week on there, most aren't too serious, but the odd one has been well worth correcting. Let's see what happens.. At least it's not PRSI..?

Remarkable result - considering that he's only fighting in one distant corner of a very large ring..

Eventually an uncontrolled woman will shout "Nerd!" at you... [video=youtube;M6Uq6H-Yhp0]

... pissing by the door..? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CziOVXFhwQY

He's keeping that close to his chest..

Could certainly end up under the weather..

Like a Hercules with no wings..

I came across this - http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/2218346-signals-of-the-limerick-line-s-the-signalling-and - today. Some very interesting stuff in it... And other info on the site, too.

I'm a great believer in graphite lubrication..

Woolworths used to sell an identical model (in black) - much more powerful than the cordless varieties that are about, but the lead can get in the way a bit sometimes. Swings and roundabouts - but, at that price...

No, this is one picking a Tupolev up ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37jL77YRog8

Mil 26 lifts (most of) a Tupolev 134.

Bottom post here - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=27313 - confirms your suspicions..

Play about with this - http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,613912,689984,7,9 - there's maps from various times available..

More of a fan of the Mil 24..

No, not even any left at all, although the remains of a crashed one were found a while ago. There never were many and they're all gone ages ago. There are plans to build a full size flying replica, apparently - and you could get plans in the '70s to build a 2/3 size one at home. It suffered from the Peregrine engine and the Beaufighter eclipsed it in the end - nice-looking, though, I'll agree.

Does seem to have a tendency to make you want to fly on the ground.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nltc_dq_VXI ..ans seems to need it's fuel tanks inspecting in an unorthodox manner..

I went to Cosford last week - they have a Storch there - and a couple of Gnats... Lovely thing, a Storch - flyable down to around 30mph..

Few things looked as nice as a MiG 19 - zero-length launch must have been quite exciting - and pulling the 'chute whilst you're still in the air is a mark of someone who's confident in what he's doing - a common 'fashion' with Russian pilots.. Only ever seen one close-up, in Prague Air Museum. Serious guns, requiring big blast-plates....

Gnat for me - such a simple, civilised little plane - like a sidecar with wings - nothing else that will roll 400 degrees a second - you need a special sort of head to keep up with where you are.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N4H5gQ3WbQ

It had a really distinct whistle and a whine that other Dart-engined things didn't have. The prop blades were very square-ended - maybe that had something to do with it, but there was just no mistaking it.. It also had one of the best 'faces' - the lower viewing window was slightly offset and gave it a sort of quizzical look.. It often appeared as a character in RAF cartoons..