That Sea Fury is a cracking model.

Hogs FPS a bit in 2002 but doesn’t in 2004 although does cause it to crash form time to time. 🙁

I don’t recall any problems with the ground handling on the default FM but I since added my own anyway.

As for the Firefly, well Bazzar form Aeroplane Heaven is in the process of redoing the model for FS2002/4 with all the latest bells and whisltes. Should be great.

If you’re looking for the best UK Airports/Airfields then I suggest, if you haven’t already, try Gary Summons excellent UK2000 series. FYI, this the same package Just Flight recently released as “Britsh Airports”.

His work is seriously brilliant and Part 6 is just around the corner along with updates for his existing work for FS2004.

And it’s all compatible with the VFR Photo Scenery.

Here’s the link to his site:

http://www.uk2000scenery.bizland.com/puplic/

Cheers

Paul

There was also an Islander (I think it was anyway) that that flew overhead OW at about 1500ft during the last Militarty Pagent.

I remember last year I was listening to the goings on at the Goodwood Revival meeting on the Saturday and was amazed how many pilots didn’t realise there was a display going on!??

I thought that that was the whole idea of NOTAM’s? :confused:

Digby, I remember at Goodwood several years ago that two F15’s were halfway through their display when they realised they were over Tangmere!

Cheers

Paul

patb,

If all the accidents that had involved Warbirds happened whilst they were doing aero’s, then I think you would have a justified argument.

As for flying in a straight line, well look what happened to poor old Alan Martin in LF363!

As to those who say “Leave the aerobatics to the Pitts etc” well I can’t understand that either. These type of aircraft are designed to and do real aerobatics. I mean, when was the last time you saw a Spitfire do a Lomcovak and pull 8G?

Obviously the risks increase the lower to the ground you go, whether the display is aerobatic or non, but I think I’d feel safer in the back of a Mustang doing a low level aerobatic display than in the back of a car on the M25!

Bruce,

No problem!

It was a real tragedy when she and the crew were lost.

The strange thing for me was that I hadn’t seen RR299 in the flesh for a number of years until one day in 1996 as I was walking around our town; I heard the sound of a familiar aero engine. As I looked up I was privileged with the sight of her flying at about 1500 ft en route to Shoreham.

A month or so later she was gone.

Quite a moment!

Cheers

Paul

Bruce

According to the AAIB report, it was doing a wingover when the left, engine lost power.

Here’s what the report says:

” The Display was nearing it’s conclusion with a flypast along the display axis from east to west followed by a steep climb into a ‘wingover’ to the right during which control of the aircraft was lost”.

I don’t think the AAIB would put that in the report if it wasn’t what happened.

As for listing the accident’s that didn’t involve warbirds that were not doing aerobatics, well it seems to prove a point that more of them have perished outside of the display environment than in it.

Of the Warbirds that have crashed at airshows I count 4 whilst performing an aerobatic display here in the UK. Whilst the loss of any of these is heartbreaking, not to mention the loss of life, the number that has been lost or damaged while not doing aero’s or displaying seems to be greater.

I agree that the average member of public who attends a display probably does not know the difference between a loop and a barrel roll and has no idea of the skills involved in flying, let alone displaying a high performance piston Warbird.

Yet there are plenty of us that do and to see someone like Ray Hanna or Stephen Grey flying a nice flowing safe aerobatic display with a gusting off crowd wind in one of their aircraft is a real pleasure.

Cheers

Paul

On the subject of insurance, bizarrely, one of the reasons insurance premiums have risen on the Warbirds, was a direct result of 9/11.
:confused:

I find this a bit stupid.

As Stephen Grey said, he’d like to see a terrorist that could start some of his aircraft, let alone use them in a terrorist manner!

I also recall Ely Sallingboe saying how insurance has gone through the roof for Sally B.

Cheers

Paul

RE: Duxford projects current status

AB910 is lookin very nice indeed.

Is that the work of your father Glenn?

Cheers

Paul

RE: Which Spitfire is this?

Hi all

One thing I noticed straight away was that it has “C Type” cannons but arranged like an E wing.

The cannon should be inboard of the stub and not outboard like it is!

Cheers

Paul

RE: Spitfire LF Mk.16 RW382

Hi Again TCDL

Sorry to report this but RW382 (NX382RW) was all but destroyed in a crash in America (flew into high ground in bad weather) in 1998 although I understand what was left is under rebuild to fly again.

It was one of Historic Flyings first gate guardian Spits to fly and was sold I think to an American named Bernie Jackson.

Cheers

Paul