Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is presenting their Hawker hurricane, PZ865, as a reproduction of Jimmy Whalen's HW840 'EG-S' of 34 Squadron.
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Famous quotes containing the words battle, britain, memorial and/or flight:
“A great work by an Englishman is like a great battle won by England. It is an unfading bay tree.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
“I’ll stay until I’m tired of it. So long as Britain needs me, I shall never be tired of it.”
—Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925)
“When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.””
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“When the flight is not high the fall is not heavy.”
—Chinese proverb.