Hi Phot,

Do they still run the lottery for "joy-rides" in the Stringbag down at Heron? They used to have one when I was down there - always heavily over subscribed.

Allen D,

Your memories of watching WW I "dog-fights" over the Wicklow mountains brought back some memories for me. First Irish International Airshow at Rathfarnum, they had just filming "Blue Max" and "Darlin' Lily" - all the aircraft were there and staged this incredible show. I talked to the pilot of the Fokker tri-plane and asked him what it was like to fly. He said it was amazing in the air but an absolute bastard to land, you literally had to fly it onto the ground. It was a beautiful summer if memory serves me correctly.