I have noticed that this thread has been getting a bit silly over the weekend.
Time to get sensible...
It is the Queen's birthday public holiday so that means it is also a 1-day holiday from Sober October and time to raise a glass in commemoration.
Is this the last Queen's Birthday? Will it be called the Kings birthday next year. I think it should stay the Queen's birthday in perpetual honour.
On the apron this week is the Focke-Wulf Fw-190
The radial engine supercedent of the Bf-109
It was the scourge of the RAF swordfish wing when they tried unsuccessfully to repeat their Italian Taranto naval rout on the German Gneisenau and Scharnhorst with all 6 torpedo planes being shot down.