I see on the BBC today that the CAA are insisting that airshow organisers abide by the new rules laid out by them for this year’s season.

Statement from the CAA: –

http://www.caa.co.uk/News/-Safety-must-be-the-priority—CAA-warns-some-air-shows-may-not-take-place/

Will be interesting to see how this fiasco pans out!

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Paul

I’m aware of that Mike, but as there was no accident at Southport involving the Jet Provost but a ‘close call’ (or ‘incident’ according to Sussex Police) as was suggested at the time, it would be the responsibility of the CAA to look into it.

That is of course if it was reported to them, or came to their attention.

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Paul

I think everybody within this forum knows that the RR is turning the same way as the DB. The problem is that the first 65 fuselages were prepared for the HS engine. The last 175 for the RR engine. So the chance is not too small to create a beast if you install the wrong engine. For example the converted 2-seater were originally built as Nr.40 and 199.So one of them should have been a little bit “uncomfortable”. Even the G12 replica which is actually under construction had the wrong profile, which is now corrected.

Which always makes me wonder why the fin offset was never corrected on those first 65 airframes when the Merlin was installed, and then why the owners/operators of Buchons that had the offset wrong, didn’t correct them!

So, with that said, all of the reports I’ve read on flying the Buchon (or one fitted with a DB engine), never mentioned this issue, or it being a problem with the handling (assuming of course the aircraft in the report had the offset the wrong way).

Anyway, good to see the two seat example being taken care of by Air Leasing.

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Paul

Is that one Merlin powered?? sounded like it.

Nope, Allison.

Good to see it back in the air.

Hopefully we’ll get a ‘Kermie Cam’ of it in the future!

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Paul

Not sure if they have the parts catalogue, but this site has a lot of Lighining and other PDF download manuals too: –

http://www.aircraft-reports.com/

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Paul

Sorry Bradburger it was my mistake, I hadn’t read your post properly. I can only put it down to brain fade.:rolleyes:

No worries Sopwith.

I thought for a minute I had brain fade, thinking I may have imagined the January 14th date in the ad!

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Paul

On sale in the UK – Dec 10th

Well, that’s what it says in the last edition, however, I note in the January issue of FlyPast, and advert for it says the January edition is out on er, January 14th! :confused:

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Paul