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Such a beautiful aircraft, what a photo! I've saved the info page, very informative and useful too and have noted the dates for our town's Airborne display, thankyou. Runnymede is a fitting memorial to many brave men. We've been there several times and always notice how peaceful it is. Will you, thamesweb, be taking your cameras to catch the flypast?

We sat here thinking about the flypast at The R.A.F. Memorial at Runnymede and, here is your great photo.....I can see the propeller blades of the Lancaster, so I think your shutter speed must be very fast.. the 'little' Spitfire always brings oos and ahhs here at Eastbourne when it flies over us. What a plane! Can I also write here about the friend who lived at Bray many, many years ago, the one who waved to the then King and Queen..well, she's just told me a few more bits and pieces of how it was in 'her' day. She was engaged to an R.A.F. pilot during WWII, her brother too was a very young pilot...she said they flew from Biggin Hill, but when that was bombed, they flew from R.A.F. Duxford. In those days, she said, there wasn't a concrete runway, only grass. The concrete was laid by the Americans and they took part of a roadway too. She visits Duxford every year, (she's 90 in October), and remembers when her fiancee and brother were there, she would go down to the base and go straight to The Mess. She tells me that the Mess is now a museum. She's hoping to go this year as she wants to see The Sally 'B'. She said to tell you that she's talked to the engineers who are repairing Concorde and was told by someone last year that the aviation fuel is stored in the wings. Something that hadn't occurred to her before. She was allowed to sit in a Lancaster, even though she has a walking stick, so that thrilled her. She wanted for her 90th birthday, this year, a ride in a Spitfire...she enquired about this and was told that there is a lady who has three Spitfires. My friend was given forms to fill in but was informed later that she just didn't fit the criteria for a few reasons. She's very optimistic though and is determined to return to Duxford this year. I said that 'thamesweb' spent quite a bit of time there with Concorde and she said that you must be in the Space Museum....?...... Both her fiancee and her brother were both sadly killed in action...she knew too an older pilot whom everyone called 'Bob', even though that wasn't his name. He survived and there's a memorial to him somewhere. She couldn't remember where though. All this information I've asked her to write down, but she thinks no one's interested any more. She lived in a place, after Fifield and Bray, called The Fisheries. I haven't heard of this area, and she still writes to the owner of a pub called The Fat Duck?? she said he serves excellent food.. Thankyou for the photo.