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Way back in 1936 Flight carried a story titled Lindbergh buys British. Sub-titled: His new Miles Mohawk described: a high-performance "custom-built" tourer. Complete with evocative pic of Col Lindbergh running an eye over his new purchase.

He finally took delivery the next year and, as you do, flew to India with his wife in it, then back to the UK via, obviously, Belgrade. Suffice it to say that the aircraft had an eventful life before finally being written off in Spain in 1947.

In fact even after that its life was only a little less eventful and somewhat incredibly it has now just gone on display in its full glory at the RAF Museum at Hendon in north London. Pretty isn't it?

The full story of what happened and how it got there is below, courtesy of the museum.

When I wrote on 18 August 2006 that "I've got my own doubts about how much money can be justified to keep large jets flying" I may have inadvertently given the impression that I had doubts about how much money could be justified to keep large jets flying.

Having spent a gloriously unproductive ten minutes at Farnborough this afternoon watching an Avro Vulcan fly (see pic below) I would like to assure readers that I think the amount of money appropriate for keeping Vulcans flying is, basically, whatever it takes.

I apologise for any confusion that may have been caused. Readers are encouraged to attend the Farnborough public days this weekend for further clarification.

Not something you see every day of the week...

Pic: Ricko

Story and another pic follows...

You remember the tale of Sarah Bennett who innocently asked on Pprune "Does anyone remember my Dad?" He died in a Vulcan accident. (You can refresh your memory here.) Well, today was the day of the anniversary and below is the remarkable story of what happened.

It all began just about a year ago when a lady in England called Sarah enquired on Pprune "Does anyone remember my Dad?" It took a while to get going, but now Sarah knows more about her Dad than she probably expected, and certainly has a whole new understanding of the remarkable circumstances of his very sad death. It turned out to be yet another tale in the inexhaustible history of the Avro Vulcan.