http://www.hyperscale.com/2017/reviews/kits/azurfr0034reviewjm_1.htm

Air historical branch covered this area and the letter seems to reflect what they were seeking..http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090430193951/http://www.raf.mod.uk/ahb/

Thanks, just the shot I have been waiting for and also a big thanks to all the owners,pilots and rebuilders who have made this possible. Now if only the makers of the new film Hurricane can raise the finance to get these sorts of numbers onto the big screen.

Thanks to all the picture sharers of this event, I had a feeling it was going to be a good one. Now if this could be seen as a starter for the coming RAF 100 shows i really need to plan my trip South next year.

Highlighting just the aircrew is sadly predujice in itself. Many who flew knew it was a team effort,keeping enough airworthy was in the early stages touch and go. The conditions endured by ground crew and support staff of all kinds was at times painful and those on bombed locations sometimes lost their lives. Spread the praise and respect around. Celebrate the humour in uniform as well, without the laughs morale would be zero.

Evocative air to air…https://www.facebook.com/theplanepicture/photos/a.1526335637655930.1073741838.1488900621399432/1971494663140023/?type=3&theater

From Flight Global…
Russian investigators have disclosed that the Antonov An-2 which crashed at an air show at Balashikha, killing both pilots, should not have been flying as its airworthiness certificate had expired nearly five years earlier.

Its left wing struck the ground, after the An-2 (RA-35171) descended and banked steeply at low altitude. The wing was torn off and the aircraft rolled inverted before igniting.

While federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia says the inquiry is continuing, it has sharply criticised the organisers of the 2 September flight, which took place at a show to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the An-2.

The crashed aircraft “was not supposed to [fly] at all”, it says, because the validity of its airworthiness certificate had expired in November 2012.

Although both crew held pilot licences, there is no evidence of official authorisation to fly the An-2, states Rosaviatsia, and the aircraft type is “not intended” to engage in the aerobatics undertaken during the flight.

Rosaviatsia accuses the flight’s organisers of having a “totally irresponsible attitude”, stressing that the crash occurred just in front of the spectator line, risking fatal injuries to dozens of attendees.