Duxford Magister

😀 😀 😀 😀

~Adding Mr Hairyplane to the list of visitors to Duxford who must be searched before leaving the site…Mr Patterson of course being top of the list~ :p

Tut tut…and don’t think that if you wear a big baggy parka you’ll be able to get half a Magister past me without me noticing…;)

Too late…Now, how do you start this thing??? 😀

~Adding Mr Hairyplane to the list of visitors to Duxford who must be searched before leaving the site…Mr Patterson of course being top of the list~ :p

Tut tut…and don’t think that if you wear a big baggy parka you’ll be able to get half a Magister past me without me noticing…;)

Stop! Stop!

JDK,

Showing me pictures of those legs has made me come over all unnecessary – ooo-er Matron!

Do you think they might notice me with mine under one arm and a big box of spanners in the other??

(Imagine reading this without reading earlier posts!)

Looking forward to talking to the man wot did them ( and seeing if he can be bribed….)

HP

OK,
Here’s a few more pics. The ‘deliberate mistake’ is that the a/c wore these G-AFBS markings originally, but those painted on the port side were distincly ‘amateur’ in aplication. In the repaint, after restoration, the letters were applied exactly as they had originally been, though it looks awful!

Cheers

Intruiging display of a civil registration with the military markings. You do not see that very often JDK?

MMMmmiles Hawk

Buckets of frozen fish @ 10 paces??!!

We won’t fight over it ‘cos they won’t flog it.

I can only dream of me ( and definately not you…) puttering along in it on a fine Summer evening.

Now my Falcon used to wear skis in Sweden before and after the war so ChillyWi11y definately not a problem with that. I bet those skis are sitting in a shed up there somewhere. Wouldn’t that be fun?

Come to Old Warden in the season and you can have a go in the Magister – a fine consolation for never owning the Hawk.

All the best

HP :p :p

I think there is some misunderstanding here regarding my comments regarding the paint job. What I was stating is the obvious. It has a great paint job inside and out. Like I said in another post here, I’ve not seen this aircraft with my own eyes, let alone inspected it with regard to the quality of work. Therefor I can not possibly give any comment on the restoration.

The aircraft is not restored to airworthy standards, it does have a great paint job and looks good in the museum.

Well we all agree then! Just the the Hmmmm and the ‘smileys’ in your post leading us all astray. Yes it is a pity it will not fly but that is the deal with IWM restorations, no point in fighting it really, just go to Hangar 2 if it gets too depressing 🙂 .

Whew Mr G,

I thought you’d spotted the ~deliberate mistake~ 😀

There is one, all we be revealed tomorrow.

Cheers

I agree this looks a lovely restoration job – and it is a rather important example of the type – actually an M.14A Hawk Trainer III and is the oldest surviving Hawk Trainer/Magister in the UK (c/n 539, built in 1937). It ended up with the Skyfame Collection and then moved to the IWM Duxford. Does anyone happen to know when it last flew?

I think there is some misunderstanding here regarding my comments regarding the paint job. What I was stating is the obvious. It has a great paint job inside and out. Like I said in another post here, I’ve not seen this aircraft with my own eyes, let alone inspected it with regard to the quality of work. Therefor I can not possibly give any comment on the restoration.

The aircraft is not restored to airworthy standards, it does have a great paint job and looks good in the museum.

C’mon Galderi,
What’s the concern? I’d value your thoughts… I’ll also post some more pics tomorrow, with a funny paintscheme pic attached.
Cheers for now!
James

Not too impressed up there in the chilly north guys?

Well, I’ve never seen it in the flesh. Judging by the pictures, it DOES have a nice paint job inside and out 😎 :rolleyes: 😎

Anyway, at least it’s on display – unlike the gorgeous Hawk mouldering away in the RAF Museum’s ‘Reserve Collection’. Nutters like me ( and probably nutters like our chums in Iceland..??!!) would be happy to spend 3 times what its worth on restoring it to fly.

Hawk mouldering away is a crime that should carry a very heavy punishment. This Icelandic Nutter would be happy to provide a good home for it 😀

Mind you, the prospect of chillywi11y in an open cockpit machine in Iceland doesn’t exactly excite me so it has to come to me OK!

There are no chillywi11ies here. We dress them up before flight 😀 And the Hawk has to come to ME. We are not going to fight over it, are we? 😀

Hummmmm…….

Not too impressed up there in the chilly north guys?

Ok, OK, I am of the opinion that a lot of ‘good bits’ are wasted on a static, especially one that will only be seen from the other side of a barrier.

Can I swap my tired old legs with it? Nobody would know…

Can I have the Gosport tubes…???

Can I swap my 2 ‘illegible’ P11 compasses?

I doubt it, even though I would actually use them for what they were intended.

Anyway, at least it’s on display – unlike the gorgeous Hawk mouldering away in the RAF Museum’s ‘Reserve Collection’. Nutters like me ( and probably nutters like our chums in Iceland..??!!) would be happy to spend 3 times what its worth on restoring it to fly.

Mind you, the prospect of chillywi11y in an open cockpit machine in Iceland doesn’t exactly excite me so it has to come to me OK!

HP

I think it looks lovely – great paint job inside and out too.

Hummmmmm….
:dev2: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

It’s nice, isn’t it!

I think it looks lovely – great paint job inside and out too.

What a grand job. A real credit to the Duxford craftsmen (and women) – mind you they are the crafty ones…………..!!!!!!!!!!!!! PC as always.
Cheers,
Trapper 69

Here’s a few pics of the Maggie (yes, it’s really a Miles Hawk Trainer for the pedants…) taken May 04. The restoration team was led by Andy of DX conservation (no full name for courtisy!) who showed us over the a/c and alowed us access.

No, it’s not airworthy, nor intended to be. It does have stuff like the Gosport tubes and other parts not normally used in flying restorations, and it doesn’t have a lot of the mods that a flyer requires – the idea being it’s a museum artifact with as much ‘original’ kit and fittings as possible.

Help was given from a lot of organisations and individuals, without whom etc…

It’s nice, isn’t it!

Well I would like to see it in the CFS scheme. The Tutor looks gorgeous in its new finish and the Maggie would set it off beautifully.
Cheers,
Trapper 69

Mike J…I was referring to the Magister only, not the other aircraft in the collection…sorry I did not make this clear in my earlier post 🙂