Next year's airshows could be very good

Personally im looking forward to seeing a certain Mustang at Legends as I missed it on the Sunday of the show………….

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Dogfight

I am looking forward to seeing the Real Aeroplane Company’s Me 109 (Buchon) in dogfighting mode with the ‘Black’ Hurricane and the newly returned ‘Pink’ Spitfire.

Smoke generators on the 109 will look great, if the other two manage to get on it’s tail!

Also, it would be great to see the P-51C return to the air, in time for Legends 2004.

Breitlings will be sadly missed though!

DH Hornet

Hello all

I have been reading this forum for many months now, and found it both informative and entertaining, but after seeing the recent thread about the hornet, I feel i should start adding my bit.

I run the DeHavilland Hornet Project. I have worked for the last 5 years collecting parts, drawings, information, workshop space, funding, and photo’s. My intention being to build a Hornet fuselage.

I am working with another engineer to achieve this.

If any one has any serious leads on parts and information (other than the canadian wing and scottish project – i am already negotiating with them) i would be most appreciative.

cheers

david collins
the dehavilland hornet project
[email]dcollins103@hotmail.com[/email]

Wow!

Can’t help with any info im afraid but i truely hope all goes well!

Gannet in the UK

All,

There has indeed been a deposit put on Wally’s Gannet…. and there is a plan to fly it back to the UK in March / April next year…

Got your interest now haven’t I!

I am serious, but we haven’t inspected the aircraft yet (booked for Jan) nor learnt to drive it…. but it can’t be that hard can it?

I am looking for ANY info on the type, pilots notes etc and am happy to pay or collect if required.

Help Please

Hey – I am of an age to remember when, after the Battle of Britain film, Duxford airfield went back on to ‘care and maintenance’ status. I defy anyone to have predicted the developments over the following thirty five years.

If people like Paul Allen get the ‘hots’ for a DH Hornet, there will be a DH Hornet.

I will start a thread – “Predict a typical day ay Duxford 2040”

Be optimistic, even you Digby.

Mark

Hi TempestNut

Thanks for that.

Andrewman

The Hornet use to regularly out-fly all the jets during exercises flown during the late 40’s early 50’s. They would fly from Germany under the radar and trash all the airfields of the UK defenders, then fly home before Fighter command could react. All rather amusing. This is an aircraft that could have been in service in 44/45 if it were not for our friends in the Ministry of Aircraft Destruction

Andrewman,

a DH Hornet is like a mini Mosquito 🙂 type in De Havilland Hornet on yahoo and you’ll see

Wasn’t some chap in Scotland creating one for the DH Museum chaps at Colney? Or am i imagining this? 🙂

[QUOTE]Originally posted by andrewman
[B]Hi

With respect what the **** is a DH Hornet ?

Steady as she goes, you been on something tonight need to turn the sensitivity setting down maybe.

I should have thought it obvious, what a Hornet is something second only to a Tempest on my personal wish list to see fly, but alas I’m realistic enough to realise I’ll never see one fly. Go look it up on Google

Where has all the fun gone? cool: 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎

Hi

TempestNut

With respect what the **** is a DH Hornet ?

Hatton

Well said M8 we should all try and support the people behind XH558 and the Scampton Bucc etc

If these people are going to try lets be as optimistic as they are after all we all want to see these fly again

How about a DH Hornet, we don’t even have a replica, so it must be a challenge for someone out there any takers?:D 😀 😀

We need a lot more of Andrewman’s kind of optimism if we do want to see it fly,…….oh and money too.

i think im risking turning this thread into a Vulcan debate.

🙂

steve

Hi

Stood about as much chance of flying as the Bruntingthrope Vulcan

Dont worry the Vulcan will fly again 🙂

There’s also a Fly in Australia with the RANHF, not sure if it’s airworthy though at the moment.

Standing up for our Canadian friends,we seem to have a habit of leaving out the CWH’s Firefly in listing the airworthy examples. The other one in the US is a beauty,owned,flown and restored by Eddie Kurdziel,a retired USN flyer.Absolutely 100% pukka-would be a wonderful addition to an organisation like TFC if she were ever to become available.
I’ve often wondered when we’ll see one of the former Ethiopian machines fly again-an early version in SEAC/BPF markings would look pretty splendid.Another one for the ‘when I win the lottery’ shopping list…

The WRG board got all hot under the collar a few months back about recreating a Whirlwind.

There was a couple of months frantic posting about drawings and the odd rusting component and then the whole thing died its inevitable death.

Stood about as much chance of flying as the Bruntingthrope Vulcan. 🙁

Moggy

I fear the only example of a Whirlwind we will see fly is one with it’s propellors on it’s head, and the only flying TSR2 will be if the IWM decide to hang it from the roof after all.

There is an airworthy Firefly in America with a couple of others being restored, a Mk1 project was recently advertised for sale in Sweden and there are the two former Ethiopian aircraft in South africa that periodically get advertised. On top of this I understad there are one or two under restoration in Australia.

Originally posted by mike currill
Let’s be really silly and go for a Whirlwind ( the fighter, not the eggbeater)

Even better…the TSR.2 🙂

Now that’s something I would love to see…

A

Originally posted by Ashley
Likewise

A

Let’s be really silly and go for a Whirlwind ( the fighter, not the eggbeater)