We have them operating at our airfield (Watts Bridge, Queensland)most weekends, and the old Bensons still get regularly trotted out – personally I find them very boring and noisy.

cheers

By the sound of things it’s perhaps fortunate for them that I don’t think they’ll be ground-running it! 🙁

😀 Still ‘old’ news I’m afraid but perhaps this might be more to your taste .. http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/newsItem.php?id=74

The last time I spoke to the guys doing the restoration they’ve had excellent feedback from Australia but they were still looking for internal pictures of the cockpit to help speed up their work.