Alex- One nice post between us, one nasty post between us. About par for the course, I would say. Literacy is indeed in the eyes of the beholder. "..than Taz even knows exists." You are literate, so typos are allowed. Tell your wingman there is only one "s" in Albatros.
I could have sworn this was a thoughtful, introspective thread on the ANZACs and Australians until you and your wingman turned it into an OTF rip. I do remember friends of mine in the special forces in SE Asia saying there were two groups they were especially happy to have on their side, and that was the Australians and the Turks. They did not want to tangle with them in the jungle or in a bar, even though there were many Turks who did not drink. Not too many Australians did not, for sure.
I worked with the Australian F-111C aircrews at McClellan AFB in the 1980s and they were a fun, professional group. They actually flew a C-130 all the way from Australia with wives, girlfriends, sisters, and a huge load of beer. A long trip, but a great party afterwards. Still have a plaque from them.
The offer of the Triplane photos for
HITEB is still open, even if you think efforts in collecting them and a few other aircraft types are beneath you. Typical liberal arts vs hard science attitude. You are touchy-feely and I am hardware oriented. A little more money and effort involved on the hardware side than spending time at the PRO/National Archives with a copying machine. You did spend a lot of time, and I assume money, interviewing people, however.
Seems like I do have several thousand pages of documents with PRO stamps on them. Do not need to use them often because fine historians like Graeme Neal are so much more familiar with them than I am and can provide accurate and unbiased details.
Always a pleasure Alex. Wy no little smiley faces for me this time?
Taz
Terry Phillips