I have it on very good authority (TT) that the Chippie is Silver

is it me or does TT need spectacles

even with my nose a mere 2 foot away it was still Blue……………..

Yep its blue 😀 its TT that needs the eye test 😉 it should be silver but the story goes that when it went in for its respray the owner took a pic and said “i want it like this one”. That was a pic of a portugeese chippy parked on a wet appron with a blue sky, the reflextion off the silver made it look blue 😮 So thats the colour it was painted, and that came from the guy at the paint shop :p

The Moths etc looked great at Sywell and i understand that they had a great evening in Hangar One.

Does anybody know what happened to the “Flambards” Replica’s?? i know that the Bristol Mercury ended up at Elvington, what of the rest?? Have a vested interest, helped make them 😀

think you will find that with out the fuel tank covered you will not be compliant with the said AD and you will have to remove the tank each year for the inspection. The tank is only covered with fabric so not what you would call a lot of wait saving there!!!!! Original is not always better, these AD’s are brought out for a reason and help prevent accidents that have happened in the past.

[QUOTE=GASML]Thanks for all the suggestions. Looks like I’m going to have a lot of aeroplanes to look at over the next few months!

I bet you wernt to pleased with the Kitfox suggestion 😮

Unemployed 🙁

How much is M.B-B taking if it’s for charity? Nowt I hope!

Once the cost are covered the rest goes to charity, the last show in 2004 lost in the region of £30K. alot due to the fact that many people did there best to get in for nothing!!!!! The Air Ambulance still revieved a cheque for £5K from Sywell Aerodrome, even though the show LOST money. If you dont know the facts then coments like that are best kept to yourself, alot of people including myself devote a lot of our own time, and money, to make this event happen.

There is a RAL code as well that is basicaly the correct shade, wil dig it out.

I shall be there with the baby beaver

Is that Legal!!!! 😀

So you want a new build cheeper to look after airframe and a more modern engine with lower costs than a Gipsy Major, so you dont actualy want a Chipmunk you want a cheep alternative :rolleyes:
No such thing my friend, if you built a Vans RV 8, closest thing to a modern Chipmunk, with a new airframe and a new Lycoming engine on the PFA its still gona cost you £40K plus. Melve is probaly being conservative at £100K, and any way you aint gona get permision from DH Canada to use the drawings, liability you know. 😉