January 3, 2005 at 11:28 am
Having not got out and about over the holiday period, I found myself looking through the old pics in the spare room and decided to share a few with you. The ones in this batch show some display aircraft in previous guises plus a prospective airframe in its previous life.
1. TFC’s Bearcat G-RUMM as N700HL
2. TFC’s Corsair G-FGID as N8279
3. TFC’s Kittyhawk G-KITT as N1009N
4. G-TBRD as N33VC
5. G-AZSC in ‘Zero’ markings
6.Shuttleworths Gladiator as HP-B
7. Spitfire PV202/ G-CCCA as G-TRIX
8. Spitfire G-MXVI in US markings
9. OFMC’s proposed Yak 3U in its previous life as Yak-11 NX115N
By: LAHARVE - 4th January 2005 at 00:56
Five more in previous paint schemes.
1. LS326
2. WV908
3. G-HAEC
4. LN-AMY
5. G-BTCC/NX100TF
By: Septic - 3rd January 2005 at 21:21
I seem to remember, that the Gladiator had a landing mishap (possible ground loop) on arrival at Mildenhall 1990? Hence the repairs to the fabric, also the lack of wheel hub cover.
Septic.
By: gregv - 3rd January 2005 at 11:57
a repair job?
looks like dope/primer to me, but someone out there knows for sure.
cheers
gregv
By: DazDaMan - 3rd January 2005 at 11:29
Nice pics. What’s with the red fabric on the Gladiator’s lower port wing??