I've just got to fly - not a jeep but a Spitfire!

Ever heard of the flying jeep? I did today. Apparently they were invented as an idea for getting jeeps over the English channel on D-Day. Someone at White Waltham thought they could put a big rotor onto a bog-standard jeep, and then tow it behind a bomber! They even produced a prototype and test flew it. No-one was impressed.

If you want to find out more about some of the extraordinary things that were invented and tested at White Waltham - go see the exhibition at the Maidenhead Heritage Centre.

They're doing well on the "Grandma Flew Spitfires" project, too.

White Waltham was where they based the ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) during the war - so it was where 1200 women (now grandmas) learned to fly all sorts of aircraft - including Spits.

They were the unsung heroes of the war and so deserve a specially dedicated exhibition and study centre, planned for Maidenhead in 2011. It'll be really inspirational. I can't wait. Trouble is, never mind grandma, I want to fly one. Anyone got a two seater Spitfire?