At least the Spitfire doesn't have a passenger seat.

I can relate. A guy who rode my bus had a seizure and wrecked his car. I got suckered into chauffeuring him to the bus stop every day and home in the evening for almost three months. When the schedule started interfering with my relationship with my girl he got nasty about it. Screw him.

Nah, the Lamprey is a wide variety of urgencies, from ER visits, Doctor visits, "I need to run here for meeting X", Food runs, "I don't want to wait 10 minutes for the next bus" and needing Richard's time to check out what the Lamprey is attempting to create, since in his mind, everything he creates will be picked up by Marvel Studios or Pixar, when in reality, not one thing he's created, actually made any money. Plus the Lamprey's ex-wife is using Richard as a shuttle as well. I asked Richard "Doesn't Joy have other friends with cars?" Richard sighed "Apparently not!" And no, he's not even reimbursed for gas.

The Lamprey always seems to have a "Must do this NOW!" crisis when Richard and I are actually working on something. Which is annoying as fuck!

Sometimes, "I'm sorry, I'm busy" is effective, but damn if those aren't hard words to say.

'Lamprey' is a good handle for people like that.

Seeing as how my dad was born in Nottingham, this is especially appreciated. One of your better works, I must say. Well done and thank you.

Suppose you know this song.

https://youtu.be/YHS51pr9qKM
https://youtu.be/NL8qp20FqAM

Not a mark 1. Bubble top....

There's a story about a donkey-satyr hunting V-1s in a Hawker Tempest. He quarrels with a U.S. pilot flying a P-47M. This is a very good image, and a generous present.

One of these days, you ought to illustrate a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.

And I need to fly one myself.

The Lamprey, huh? At least it's not a Hagfish . . .

Thats the Lamprey's ex-wife.

I nickname my ex-wife The Evil Succubus.

I really like the feel of this.
Of course, that might be tiger-bias talking. ;)

now this is just plain awesome...

Vix

Awesome job.

Surprised its not a Fury hes in being a A10 driver and all.

Have to say, you outdid yourself on this one.

Amazing how tight those cockpits were. You basically wore the aircraft. I used to know a Canadian Pilot who flew Spitfires during the war. He went to become an airline pilot and a RC modeler after he retired. Was a regular at a flying field I used to fly my models at in the 1980s. Excellent work Rabbi.

The Vietnam-era F4 is only 10 feet shorter than the WWII-era B-17. Watching a Spit fly fingertip with an F-15 (I was at Mildenhall when the 60th anniversary of the BoB rolled around) is like watching a sparrow fly with a bald eagle.

I know, amazing how small those aircraft were. Went to a number of CAF airshows and visits to their headquarters in Harlingen TX when I lived in Texas. Been close to the old Warbirds and newer aircraft at some airshows in AZ and did the tour of the museum by Davis Monthan AFB. My stepmom is Austrian and her late husband was a bit older than she is . He flew ME 109's in the war - 17 year old pilot sent to the eastern front in 1944. Must have been good, he flew to the end of the european conflict in 1945, had orders to land his plane and destroy it. He hated to do that but orders... I've been up close to one of the CAF ME109's - dang cramped cockpit .

Nice.

Tucson...

"You won't find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."