Plane crazy

Having been given the task of entertaining a German teenager for the weekend what better place to take him than 

the RAF museum at Cosford. 

Which is both entertaining and FREE!

So eventually we persuaded him into the car, this was done by leaving a trail of bite size Crunchies from his bedroom door to the truck.

He has very precise dietary requirements, seems all he eats is KFC and Crunchies.

Trapped and with no hope of escape he was forced to endure the museum, here he is with some German planes. 

At every stage he was underwhelmed.

But yours truly, the apprentice and RRMK2 had a great time.

Even took time out for a flight over the Lake District in a Typhoon. 

Back in the real world 

we approached the real reason for 

putting our German friend through the trauma of historical exhibits.

His mother travelled from East to West Germany

at the time of the wall falling

and she made the trip with 4 others 

crammed into the stock vehicle of 

Communist Germany (Here a NATO Chieftain poses with humans)

A two stroke death machine 

made from a mixture of fibre glass

papier mache 

and hope.

Yes dear reader

I give you the Trabant. Or Trabbie, and how impressed was he in this piece of family history, thats tight, zero apparent interest. 

RRMK2 went skydiving and 

totally thrashed his big bro getting the weeks high score, the apprentice on the other hand died 2x hitting high rise buildings. 

The sun came out for final photos of yours truly's fav plane (aside from the Spitfire)

The good old Fat Albert. Hercules to most. Sadly now retired from active service but you can buy one for 14 million, give or take.