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One of my first photos - reposted..

My daughter made her own laptop this morning. It opens out with a keyboard and screen, and comes complete with it's own Apple logo.

Fantastic!

This is a character from Monster High. Frankie Stein is one of a group of girls based around descendants of horror characters..

The Red Arrows put on an incredible display at Bournemouth Air Festival 2011.

This looks so much better large - press 'L' on your keyboard.

The Red Arrows - the greatest air display team in history, just arrived at Bournemouth airport, Dorset. Here is a snippet or their history.

Source: www.raf.mod.uk/reds/behindthescenes/teamhistory.cfm - © UK Crown copyright 2011

Team History
The 1950s and 1960s were the heyday of Royal Air Force jet aerobatic display teams. By the mid-60s almost every Flying Training School, and several operational squadrons, had their own teams. So much time, effort and money was being expended on these non-established tasks that the Royal Air Force eventually decided to disband them all and form a single, full-time professional team. Thus, in 1964, the Red Pelicans flying six Jet Provost T Mk 4s became the first team to represent the Royal Air Force as a whole. In that same year a team of five yellow Folland Gnat jet trainers, known as the Yellowjacks, was formed at No 4 Flying Training School at Royal Air Force Valley in north Wales, led by Flight Lieutenant Lee Jones. The following year Jones was posted to the Central Flying School (CFS) to form the Red Arrows. The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT), the formal name of the Red Arrows, began life at RAF Fairford in Glouces­tershire, then a satellite of CFS. Initially there were seven display pilots and ten Gnat jet trainers. The name ‘Red Arrows’ was chosen to combine the appeal and expertise of two earlier teams, the famous Black Arrows and the Red Pelicans.