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Re: Do you ever wonder......
Posted by Steve Young on Fri Jun 07, 2002 05:39:17 AM
In reply top Re: Do you ever wonder...... posted by TonyD on Thu Jun 06, 2002 05:58:56 PM
I have to say it does give you quite a bit of satisfaction. A friend of mine once said that when his kids do something he's proud of he has a smug Blue Peter moment; "And here's one I prepared earlier..." :)
: A man after my own heart Steve!!! When my daughter was fo
: ur, she could identify aircraft at the RAFM better than a
: annoying 11 year old who said a He111 was a Flying Fortres
: s!! She too asked about crosses...so I told her that they
: were flown by the 'naughty Germans' and that the roundels
: were the good guys (no offence intended for our German fri
: ends). After that, whenever she saw any damage or anyone b
: eing naughty she thought they were 'naughty Germans'. Anyw
: ay, having dug a nice big hole for myself, I obviously tri
: ed to tell her that the Germans are no longer naughty and
: are now our friends. Worked a treat....until....I took her
: to Southampton, walked past the ruins of the sailors chur
: ch. Mk 1 daughter asks...'why is that damaged?' answer bec
: ause it was bombed states I....'who bombed it?' came her r
: eply...well you can guess the rest!
:
: Glad to say now she is a well balanced 9 year old who has
: an excellent knowledge of recent history, a love of aircra
: ft and a respect for veterans (especially her PBY, U Boat
: sinking great grandad who sadly never met her). She also k
: nows that the Germans are our friends now!!
:
: Oh yes, both Mk 1 & Mk 2 daughters adore aircraft, sit in
: cockpits whenever they can, had radio control cars and Sca
: lextric for their birthdays....who says girls shouldn't li
: ke planes!!
: : :
: : : what about Halifaxes?
: : :
: : : Cees
: : : on behalf of the RSPCHS (Royal Society for Preventing
: Cr
: : ue
: : : lty to Halifax Supporters)
: :
: :
: : He's quite keen on them too, but at that age he still ha
: s
: : difficulty telling them apart from Lancasters. He's gett
: in
: : g there though, he knows Lancs have round tails, and Hal
: i'
: : s have square ones. Can't quite understand the concept o
: f
: : Merlins and Hercs yet though... ;)
: :
: : He's also got quite a good grasp of the European Air War
: c
: : irca 1939-45. Lancasters are 'good ones', and because th
: ey
: : have RAF roundels, or 'round things' painted on the sid
: e
: : it follows that all other aircraft with 'round things' m
: us
: : t be the 'Lancasters friends'.
: :
: : A couple of months ago, we saw Black Six sitting under S
: -S
: : ugar's wing at Hendon and I told him (in basic terms) th
: at
: : Messerschmitts used to shoot at Lancasters. So he now s
: ay
: : s that all aircraft with crosses on are 'naughty ones',
: be
: : cause they shoot at Lancasters.
: :
: : Next to Black Six, there is a B17. I told him that these
: u
: : sed to shoot at Messerschmitts, and so he now understand
: s
: : that the ones with stars on the sides are 'good ones', b
: ec
: : ause they shoot at the 'naughty ones'. And of course, if
: t
: : he ones with stars are 'good ones', they must also be th
: e
: : 'Lancasters friends'.
: :
: : Imagine the fun we had that afternoon - for anyone visit
: in
: : g Hendon over Easter this year, I was the exasperated Da
: d
: : whose son was happily using his new-found knowledge by d
: ec
: : laring to anyone in earshot; "That's a good one with rou
: nd
: : things, and that's a naughty one with crosses and its n
: au
: : ghty because it shoots the Lancaster, and that's a good
: on
: : e with a star and it's the Lancasters friend because it
: sh
: : oots the naughty one with crosses!"
: :
: : I think I've created a monster....