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Entry ID: A86879074 (Edited)

fly-pasts

On 5 March, 1936, the

Links to unedited entry. Try: A65752725 (Edited)

however, a formation



The Supermarine Southampton, the first aircraft to fly from Britain to Australia and Hong Kong, was designed by RJ Mitchell and built in 1925.

Flying boat services

To commemorate its connections with both Spitfires>

short-wing Albatross



Older than the Albatross, the Goose, a twin-engined flying boat designed as a six-seat commuter aircraft, was first built in 1937.

spraying insecticides, and aerial photography.

< flies, or hovers, over the waves, > flies or hovers over the waves,

firefighting

Similarly, two Russian

intended to visit

never seen / never shown ?

firebombers

Fly-pasts and Air Displays

the fly-past of

Fly-Pasts and Air Displays

fly-pasts taking

and was able to

Blackburn Aircraft Company.

long-range

was designed to replace

Nevada12. It was purchased by PJ Morgan Aviation and returned to Southampton in 1997.

take-off

and served

air-to-air combat.

Wings 2000, the

is a group

a refuelling probe was added

and to carry

team, The Red Arrows, has

< It was intended for use in the Cold War; however they saw service in the 1991 Gulf War.> The Jaguar GR3 was intended for use in the Cold War, however, they saw service as recently as the 1991 Gulf War. ?

Victoria Cross, for

On 16 August, 1940

badly injured

he was almost blinded

pierced his eye ?

although, as a result

aircraft, he sustained

legs. He then bailed

a pub.

Fortunately, by

Nicholson

Cross. He died

Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, North London. ?

2000 event, a publicity

27 July, 1998

was a company

have taken place

I'll do these.

Thanks, Elf.

I've done those all except:

and to carry -- the sense wasn't quite right here and I changed it to:

a refuelling probe was added, to allow it to stay airborne for up to 16 hours, and it carried defensive air-to-air missiles.

who was on the way home from the pub - I think "the pub" is the normal phrase and will be understood by the reader.

you steamed through those Gnomon. I need to find out more about your edit tools.

Thanks for proof reading rudest elf - what would we do without you?

I don't use any special editing tools for those: just two windows, one with the list of changes and the other with the editing window.

Thanks, Gnomon. "what would we do without you?" What would I do without h2? . It would be great if we had a team of 'Polishers' similar to the Underguide Gem Polishers, don't you think? By the way, I've had no response to these: EF: Christchurch Castle, Dorset, UK http://wsogmm.h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/alabaster/F47997?thread=8283417 EF: Odiham Castle, Hampshire, England, UK http://wsogmm.h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/alabaster/F47997?thread=8284271

Just bounce them, and a curator may come along.

The curators are the polishers.

By the way, you don't need wsogmm at the start of the addreses. Just h2g2.com will do.

Duly bounced.

"The curators are the polishers." I was under the impression that the curators respond to queries raised by Researchers, rather than systematically scouring Entries themselves. I guess they must make a lot of changes (both factual & typographical) that don't go through the EF system. One thing's for sure - there is plenty of work to be done, and too few are doing it.

"you don't need wsogmm at the start of the addreses." I just C & P'd the address from the Entries.

You don't need wsogmm anywhere.

Some curators like to respond to queries in Editorial Feedback. Others like to find things to do themselves.

The formerly most active curator by far has now moved on to being a Guide Editor.

Changes that curators make which are not in response to Editorial Feedback are reported at the Curators' Page.

A7947147

Yes, it's clear that the Curators do important work. However, they don't appear to go through Edited Entries systematically.

Galaxy Babe and I used to, but we've both been busy recently.

I still do

I am also trawling EF on the days I am at home, so there's no need to articles.



GB
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checked the EF threads going back 2 weeks, if I've missed any please them