Doug was there supervising the carpenters from his deck chair, and a friend and I were busy looking at the 51s. Only time I’ve seen the three together.

T J

I see the TF51 N7098V has turned up in Germany from Virginia. How long has this been in the US and who were the owners? I was under the impression it was still “missing, presumed to be at Greenham” with the P40, Spit IX and
Se5e?

And take photos as well I remember, although not of him in his deckchair in the middle of said hangar… 😉

Personally I think the purpose of having fabric covered controls is to keep me busy…:D

Now of course the question is what is being sewn…? 😉

TA805 has the smaller rudder because that is what the owner had with the project at the time we rebuilt it though he was looking for the larger correct type for a IXe. PL344 was fitted with the small rudder from JG891 when that project was bought for completion from HFL by Tom Blair. He preferred the classic Spitfire shape for PL344 (which had a small rudder in service) which is the same reason that the Vokes filter scoop was removed and a more standard profile lower cowl fitted to JG891. A new rudder was then built for the completion of JG891. The large rudder from PL344’s original D.Melton Aviation rebuild is in store in Maryland.

Now then ….. Red Bull what shade is that??

Dark Red??

Post office Red??

Roundel Red??

Or have you red enough ??!!!:D

Well I can’t find a Post Office to match to as they seem to have shut most of them,and as to this Roundel Red, just which time period are you referring to??? “Red enough” you should know better Fred, we are after all Aircraft Engineers..who said anything about having to read, most of the ones I know just like the nice pictures in the books 😀

Im still waiting for the remaining HA.1112 to appear in formation at legends.

If only it was going to be in the film scheme though…

Fluffy, can we have one with that oddly proportioned A type roundel on “P”, pretty please?

Think you will be seeing that on a Mk1 from HFL in the not too distant future…;)

LAS do stock them but the last time we bought some they were a rip-off price. They are also much physically bigger (though they do fit the nipple correctly) than the original ones we had in the RAF and this can be a pain when trying to get in difficult access areas. The ones that Cromwell sell are for lorries and scammel tank transporters and are of the wrong size!