I’m really fed up with this pile of cr*p. The experience is no longer a pleasure and it’s is taking so long to load still I really don’t feel like I want to visit here anymore. Other aircraft forums WIX, Fighter Control, UKAR don’t offer this frustration service though…

Following initial operational testing and taxi trials on the ground there were some engineering reasons that required close visual scrutiny of the hub during and after operation. The spinner makes visual and rectification access difficult and as a result was left off to enable monitoring to be fascilitated. All back on now ready for further flight testing…

Not booked, crew said they just want to get home after two months on set and arriving at DX today would mean another three nights food and accomodation to pay for before the show. I would imagine the film company funding has now ceased and the sooner they get home to their families the sooner the drain on profit made will cease. They will be departing tomorrow one at about 10-11am and the other about 14:00. They do look very good and it was a real throwback to when “Gorgeous George Anne” attended a DX show in 1978 and dripped oil everywhere…

I’m pretty sure you can watch it on youtube.

Yep, I saw them from my garden. What a lovely sight to see over East Anglia again, brings back many happy memories from the ’80’s. What a machine, still not superceded in its role and amazing performance. Back in the day when the USAF used them for airshows they were stunning performers along with those Bitburg F15’s.

That’s news to me Daz. Roland Frassinet didn’t like the original deep lower cowling and had Trent Aero fit a standard profile one on his specific instruction as part of the rebuild for him. To my knowledge PL983 has not flown with the deep cowling since it was delivered to Old Warden as G-15-109 by Johnny Jordan. During the ownership of Doug Arnold/WoGB I never saw it fitted with the cowling you mention, though it certainly was in the ownership of that collector and came with the spares from Frassinet. It still exists to this day and was for sale a few years ago. The original windscreen assembly also still exists but is not fitted and is in private ownership elsewhere. It was however utilised for profiles to be taken of the frameless windscreen and rear hoop some time ago.

Devon roundel question: It’s because it was undertaking filming work for “The Crown” and now it’s back to normal again.