I once heard a story about a pilot who was flying an aeobatic a/c across the channel when a wing started to fold. he flipped the a/c over and continued inverted to France, some 30 miles away, rolled upright and landed sharpish. Can’t remember names or a/c type though.

Nice to see a 605 Sqn aircraft represented, is there any significance in UP-W being chosen ?

I may be wrong but I believe they are stored at the Imperial War museum. I seem to remember the 101 Sqn archives arriving when we reformed in 1984. Record books, silverware, medals, pictures etc etc. We were allowed to take what we wanted to display in the squadron and the rest was boxed up and returned.

The VC10 tankers are getting on a bit as well.

There was one at RAF Swinderby in 1978, I don’t know what became of it though.

Hmmmm, no mid upper turret? Can anyone tell me which variant this was ? I have just started building a 90″ span RC flying model and I am looking for something a little unusual to base it on.

I once read an April fool joke article that detailed the design of a 500mph turbo prop Spitfire that was dubbed the ‘Gasfire’.

Would it not be possible to new build a batch of engines? People remanufacture other components or is it all the crud with product liability?

It is possible but at what cost in terms of money ?