In 1986, a BBMF Spitfire Mk.XIX (or 19, if you prefer) was ‘allowed’ to fly up the Thames as this was an emergency landing zone… :rolleyes: The ‘rules’ may have changed since then, and civil and military operated aircraft, plus the pilot’s brief are, I suspect, all factors. Of course rules are made, bent and broken irrespective of real risk or sense, by those with that power…

Just about the entire BBMF was low over Buck House for the 50th BoB anniversary in 1990, including group of fighters in a gaggle -and one went round twice.

I think the announcement of the planned withdrawal of HMS “Endurance” didn’t help.

[QUOTE=CSheppardholedi;1094430] Twigs, string and paper.

Philistine
🙂

It’s certainly a very old story. The version I was told was of a team in WW2 sent up to search for a lost aircraft in the Scottish highlands and finding the remains of a Camel with a skeleton in the cockpit.
In the version I was told the crew set fire to the wreckage, including the human remains, and tried to keep the story quiet.
It goes along with the many stories of “Camels” hidden in barns etc.

Trailing Aerials were occasionally used as a low flying aid over calm water at night by the R.A.F. (e.g. in the Mediterranean by types such as the Maryland) . The splashing of the aerial in the water was visible behind the aircraft and thus provided a warning of proximity to the surface.

Looks like the second shot was taken in a Francophone hangar – No Smoking etc.

The RFB Calif conversion, Fanliner and Fantrainer were all fitted with Wankel engines at some stage. The Fantrainer prototype initially had two coupled 150 Hp NSU Wankel units but I believe this installation was troublesome -leading onto the adoption of the Allison 250 turboshaft.