Also a Saro Cloud amphimian (G-ACGO/OK-BAK) of the 1930’s in the Czech Republic
The Ciervia C8 G-EBYY at Le Bourget, which I think is the worlds oldest rotorcraft?
Sopwith Triplane in Moscow(yes I know Hendoen has one)
Avro Baby G-EACQ(Hinklers record braker) in Brisbane
DH6 G-EAML wreck in the SAAF museum
DH9 G-EAQM in Canberra

Originally posted by Neil P
robbelc – the last Benson families day of significance was 2002, helped to prepare for it!

Thanks Niel, the one I was thinking of was in 98, god I must be getting old, feels like two years ago. They were then on Saturdays and wern’t strictly families only, anybody that turned up got in. There was a French Super Puma,German Bolkow 105, plus a selection of modern RAF and some civil including LY-ASA An2!! Hopefully it will make a return in 2004???

Im going there in a couple of weeks and was wondering about food. Anybody know any pubs close by that do lunches??

I think the P2 fuselarge is metal skinned but woodern based, but I could be wrong! It looked in a hell of a state when I saw it a few weeks ago. Not much better than the Lightning and Hunter round the corner at Booker.
I thought it was a good museum and it was good to talk to the staff restoring the Spits. I was lucky enough to visit a week before it suddenley closed in 98??

Hi the P2 outside is still there, although the museum has moved to Compton Abbas I think. That P2 was totally a replica, as it was woodern.
The hangar is still used by PPS. There is a very nice yellow Swiss AF Jungmann in there at the moment.
The Spit is AR213/G-AIST, probably one of the most original ones about as it has never had a rebuild .

Just down the road from me was a resturant called ‘Dakotas’ and obviously had many dak parts incorporated in it. The nose was by the bar with fuselarge skining, props, undercarriage along the sides. They put the tail section in the ajacent lake but after many reports of downed aircraft it was removed! It closed down about 18 months ago as the food was never up to much. The dak parts went to the RAF museum(they had come from Malta) and thankfully its a much better pub now!Mmmm could do with a pint!……
Also not too far from me in Woking there was a bar with a Buccaneer over it, and a Hunter on a stick outside, no I haven’t been drinking;) . The Hunter is still there , the Bucc(XX895) left a few years ago. There is a photo in Wrecks And Relics 17.

The HT2 is more of an Indian Chipmunk. The HT2 remained in production for quite a long time, first flew in 1951. Hindustan did licence build the Prentice though in 1949. They also built the Kiran, a Jet Provest copy.
Yes I think the Alize is better looking than the Gannett, and I think its still in Indian service??

It would be great to see her back in the air. I have great memories of seeing the Farnborough ones in the circuit in the 80’s.
However the only way this project seems to be viable is if she is used for pleasure flights and not purely for show appearances. But would the CAA allow this??? Is it still planed for her to go to Lasham for certification if all goes well?