First of all apologies for the marked lack of posts in recent weeks. As much as it is nice to have a busy blog, books to work on and lots of talks, some things in life come first.
Having said that, my next talk is tomorrow evening in Portchester, for the Portchester Civic Society at the Church Hall in Castle Street. ‘Kick off’ will be at 7.30pm, and I will have copies of my book ‘Portsmouth’s World War Two Heroes’ available for purchase on the night.
Finally, my girlfriend Sarah would be really chuffed if you could have a watch/listen of her singing. She’s always had great talent and has recently started entering singing competitions. As you might guess, I’m very proud 
Sarah Cornish – Wild Horses (Susan Boyle version, originally by the Rolling Stones)
Glad to hear you’re still around, my friend. I thought we had lost you there for a while! I will beg your forgiveness, for I’ll have to come back to your lady’s video. I’ve gotten involved in a little project of my own. If you have the time (and all readers are also very welcome), please stop by
http://www.windycitywonderer.wordpress.com if you have a moment or two. Nothing as impressive or world-changing as what Mr. Daly here is doing, just a cosy little corner of the Internet.
By the by, is anybody out there somewhat of an aerodynamicist? (X or WEBF in particular?) I have a WW1 airplane design question that’s outside my expertise. Thanks!
Impressive? world-changing? haha, I wish!
I thought you had reached the stage where you too busy to make posts, but still too poor to pay somebody to ghost write them for you.
Hey, I offered, but I got so little feedback I had to go start my OWN blog. Guess our big-time author doesn’t have time for us little schlubs anymore….. :p
Good point. Actually how do we know this is the man himself and not some intern?
You know what, X? You are, what we refer to over here, as a “little shit”. (Pardon my language.) And I wouldn’t want you any other way!
Hi John
The only thing I know about WWI aircaraft is that they were biplanes with fabric covered wings and were armed with machine guns.
No problem, WEBF. I can’t remember what the question was, for the life of me. The wonders of getting older – you’ve either learned the answers, or you keep forgetting the questions!
Actually, a different question has popped into what’s left of my grey matter. Why so few fighter seaplanes, especially for battleships and cruisers? I understand the performance shortfalls, and the limited number that ONE ship could carry, and the fact that weapons and speed would hinder the scouting functions. But several countries did play with floatplane fighters (the Japanese most notably with the float-equipped Zero), and I would think that a battle formation of BBs, CAs, and CLs, could put enough firepower into the air to chase off enemy scouts and maybe even scare off small groups of attacking torpedo and dive bombers. Thoughts? Or was it just too much of a case of “jack of all trades, master of none” in airplane design?
Nice singing BTW.