Just had a trawl through my paperwork to check that I wasn’t talking a load of cobblers and I was correct. One thing it definitely isn’t is the Avions Mignet HM-1000 Balerit. Talking of which does anyone know if it ever made it to production as all I’ve seen is a flight test of the prototype and that was about 8 or more years ago?

I didn’t think that Mk Vs used the individual exhaust stubs. All the Mk Vs I have seen or seen pictures off had the siamesed exhausts as per the Mk II

There is one Seafire currently on the UK airshow circuit, I can’t remember who owns it but I believe it actually served in wartime though I may be wrong as usual.

Thanks guys. Isn’t it amazing what you can learn if you stay here long enough? I am always amazed by the wealth of knowledge on this forum and just how quickly a query gets answered. I can’t even get questions about nwork answered that quickly by the company I work for.

VC-10s do appear nose down on landing, but they definately touch down on their main gears first.
Must admit I thought Britannias did aswel.

I have often wondered about the Strats landing attitude, which seems more pronounced than the ’29 and ’50.

As the VC10 sit quite nose down on the ground they will land mains first even if the aircraft is horizontal so I guess the reason they land normally is to take advantage of aerodynamic braking. Let’s face it with something that size you need all the help you can get, well I certainly would anyway.

And hope the ‘bus service’ is running back as it’s a long walk

It’s not a long walk. I’m over 60 and I find it easy enough, I guess a youngster might find it a bit of a trek though. I started taking my two at about 5 also and now the youngest is my regular companion at legends. Unfortunately I only seem to manage the one airshow a year these days unless I manage to make it to Abingdon as well. Really must make the effort to get back to OW this season.

I think that is what our young friend means. Now that the ex-Tom Blair one is out of the way of the Campaign Against Aviation we may get to see a pair flying together at Legends.
Having seen its performance last year I have to say that it would be twice as good to see a pair together in the air rather than just on the ground.

Obviously an IFR pilot (I follow roads)