The Lair

No. I didn’t go this year. I honestly didn’t see the point, since the weather was appalling for the most part. Very cloudy and windy. There was a fair bit of rain too. Instead, I stayed at home and watched out of the window (yes, I live sufficiently close to the airfield to allow this) and occasionally ran out into the garden.

Still, nothing like living vicariously through the Flickred up photos of others so I present -

Paul Nichols. Nice photos of the wingwalkers there.
PhilEAF92 (all photos tagged elvington)

Nothing very fancy - and I didn’t hear very many jets either - so all in all, I don’t think I missed a great deal.

I’m waking upto the fact that I’ll need to move out of York at some point in the not too distant future. I already have a gigantic logistical dilemma with several indiscreet literary purchases. So what do I do? Buy more books, of course. I already have a logistical problem, why quibble about a book or three more to add to the pile?

Except this most recent purchase is entirely practical. I’ve already transitioned most of my reading to the electronic variety; but there are some books that simply cannot be used that way - one such being the Jane’s Aircraft Recognition Guide. Ok, so I couldn’t buy the 5th edition which is due out in September so I settled for the fourth edition. Yes, I’m buying the 5th edition too, when it comes out. Stop staring at me like that.

It’s not exactly All the World’s Aircraft, 2007 but I’ll settle.

Why do I need another Janes book? What’s with the rush? Elvington is in August.