RNHF Update – 28 May 07

There will be another news update on the website in the next few days giving details of progress/status with all three….

The suspense is killing me! Any news on the Sea Vixen? Will she be allowed to fly in for Air Day, be roaded in for the static, or shall we given up ever seeing her again?:(

There will be another news update on the website in the next few days giving details of progress/status with all three….

Lee,
So what’s the latest on the Sea Hawk, Sea Fury T.20 and Swordfish? Will any be flying at Yeovilton Air Day?

Don’t forget the annual raffle, tickets for which can be bought via the Fundraising page. Closing date is 10 June, so don’t delay. Some great prizes to be won!

Details of the winners of the 2007 RNHF Raffle can now be found on the RNHF Fundraising page via the LINK. Many thanks to all those who bought tickets and congratulations to the lucky winners.

Good to see the web site updated again Lee, although isn’t the comment below taken from the most recent update a little bit too much information?!!!

(Hope this doesn’t get me into trouble, it just made me smile!!!) 😉

“Also now in commission, the merchandise trailer was christened by Ellen and Gordon Balmer at Duxford and we have a good season planned for it with a new team of volunteers (and a couple of well known faces). “

I don’t think it was christened in the biblical sense, Nick! At least, I don’t……:D :p

Good to see the web site updated again Lee, although isn’t the comment below taken from the most recent update a little bit too much information?!!!

(Hope this doesn’t get me into trouble, it just made me smile!!!) 😉

“Also now in commission, the merchandise trailer was christened by Ellen and Gordon Balmer at Duxford and we have a good season planned for it with a new team of volunteers (and a couple of well known faces). “

Have sent you a PM

Thanks for the quick response Lee 🙂 When you say she uses a ‘mix’ of the two, do you mean the two types of fuel are mixed in the same tank, or that she has one tank filled with 100LL and another with 130 (eg. one tank for cruise and the other for take-off/display etc)?

She can use 130, standard 100 LL or a mix of the two, though the higher octane fuel is recommended as it reduces the tendency for pre-detonation in the notoriously complex and high-performance Centaurus and thereby helps to keep it in good shape.

Thanks for the regular updates Lee, and thanks for a great site generally. Can’t wait to see the T.20 airborne, I’m too much of a spring chicken to remember any of the last UK based examples.
Whilst on the subject of SeaFurys, I was wondering what kind of fuel VR930 guzzles these days. Last I heard she was using a specially commissioned batch of very high octane brew (something like 120 octane?), was this just for a running in period or is she still using the ‘special brew’?

Lee, Is the footage on the Sea Fury and Swordfish DVDs identical to that on the video versions? Thanks.

The Sea Fury Vid/DVD are the same. The Swordfish film is on VHS format only.

Also the Sea Fury and Swordfish videos now at absolute bargain prices – reduced to clear – get ’em while stocks last!

All HERE as usual.

Lee, Is the footage on the Sea Fury and Swordfish DVDs identical to that on the video versions? Thanks.

….he is indeed heard to narrate the sequence, but in a very lanquid, not to say laid-back manner, quite at odds with the breathless, keyed-up utterances one might expect from a hard-working pilot…

Who said he was working hard? Don Sigournay was flying WG655 from the back seat whilst John filmed from the front :p

Glad you liked the film – arguably one of the best aviation videos made, and certainly the best value for money of any of them. Even more so now – spread the word!

Ah yes, the Sea Fury video- I have a question.

On the cover blurb, we are told there is included a live commentary as Capt J.B flies a display routine at RNAS Portland, as I recall.

As the T.20 cavorts around in the expected manner, he is indeed heard to narrate the sequence, but in a very lanquid, not to say laid-back manner, quite at odds with the breathless, keyed-up utterances one might expect from a hard-working pilot pulling maybe three or four G, in a demanding aerobatic routine. And that pounding Centaurus engine, well it sounds more like a Dyson Hoover, perhaps the DC08 CarpetPro.

So have we had a spot of post-production editing going on here??
The truth is out there!

Great video though. Made by people who really know and love the aeroplane, and it shows.