Yes and RAF Barnham for housing? A former munitions MU with a large area once infested with a huge underground storage warren of narrow gauge railway sidings. I used to live there and whilst the camp was a lovely place to dwell, the old bomb dump (not the old SSA) was a pretty uninspiring place to be building a housing estate. Great for rallying old cars and ripping around on trials bikes though…:angel:

They aren’t necessary as we don’t fire the guns these days. The original Spanish armament configuration 20mm Hispano cannon created a shock wave that could cause an unhealthy deployment of the wing leading edge slats and an undesirable aerodynamic configuration as a result. The wing fence was a modification to counter this from spoiling your day…

Excellent selection of pictures. Thanks to everyone for posting them. Duxman, you never fail to get the shot do you…:eagerness:

It was one that Euroworld ferried in from Spain, definitely. I can remember it being in Control Column as well. The other one that was at BH was on its way to the Confederate Air Force. Euroworld also ferried the one for Dolph Overton that went via Strathallan.

I think it was taken down from Airspace due to structural issues with it but it must be a sod to put back up there again. One thing that has always intrigued me is the sand mix paint on the leading edges – anyone technical know why they did it?

Aerodynamic de-stabilisation of an inherently stable wing profile to provide a better training platform for the Saudi Strikemasters in the ground attack role…

from memory 😉

They weren’t all like it though.

You should have seen the size of the saucer of warm water and the tweezers that I had to use, Mike!

Oh yes – fortunate not to have quality magazines like Warbirds Worldwide.

Have you tried Classic Wings magazine from New Zealand? Top quality writing, amazing paper, photography and printing. It’s not that big but it leaves you wanting more of the same unlike the current state of FP. I find Classic Wings very similar outlook to early-mid period Warbirds Worldwide before it lost its way and just became “Mustangs Monthly” and a vehicle for advertising the venture of one of its sponsors…

Oh and there’s none of that overprinting or lines of computer graphic rivets messing up the pages! It’s a magazine by enthusiasts for enthusiasts with hardly any repetition of news articles from over here.

Personally I am enjoying the resurgence of Aeroplane under Ben’s leadership. The paper is better than the Izal stuff being used by the previous publisher but we are never going to see the quality that Aircraft Illustrated used to have again. The magazine went right down the toilet under the previous man at the helm and everyone I know in the warbird community had stopped buying it as a result. The mix of civil and military has improved and there are no endless articles on BBMF or Guy Gibson…
Flypast need to get a grip of quality control as the page design layout is a total mess, difficult to read and the product of some art director trying to sensationalise the content of the articles. The material should be able to stand on it’s own without the need for rivets and bullet holes across the text. And don’t get me started on those hideous computer graphic representations of Beaufighters etc. The covers of Airfix boxes 40 years ago were more realistic and I know because I was making those models!

Seconded. What a machine, what a scheme, what a shame…