Not Today Fokker

Steady your goggles and tighten your flying scarf—it’s time for a death-defying dive into the skies of yesteryear, where danger danced with derring-do and moustaches bristled against the wind.

In this rip-roaring tableau from the annals of Montague Watersby’s Flying Circus (Retired, but still reciting Shakespeare at altitude), a pink-nosed scout flings itself skyward in a bold ballet of loops and luck. Hot on its tail? None other than a crimson Fokker, full of menace and misplaced confidence.

But today is not the day.

“Not Today, Fokker” captures a triumphant twist of fate, where pluck beats precision and whimsy wings its way to victory. Rendered in glorious colour and stuffed with sky-high drama, the scene brims with roaring propellers, theatrical clouds, and the kind of last-second escape best accompanied by a cheer from the crowd and a well-timed kazoo solo.

A salute to cheek, courage, and completely unnecessary stunts, this piece is as much a wink to the past as it is a whoop of present-day joy.