New owner and background…
http://www.shuttleworth.org/news/r4118/

And while we are horsing around with measures of strength how about distances? Uk aircraft move along in knots…a nautical mile per hour based on the habit of counting knots tied at regular intervals in the ships log weighted line trailed behind ships. Windspeed at airfields is reported in knots in the Uk while other reports use miles per hour. Standard met reports from observation measuring stations use a wind measured at 33 feet from a mast. Cloud amounts are reported in OKTAS which is based on a totally obscured sky being eight eighths and not as you might expect a metric tenth. Visibility gets reported in metres and kilometres while on the same met form the cloudbase is reported as feet above the reporting station elevation. Fancy some fuel ? well here it gets into a potential pitfall when away from home base. Some will fuel you in metric tonnes or part of while others use gallons.So it is not just a case of looking at the fuel uplift paperwork to see if you got AVGAS or AVTUR ,its also wise to see that the amount fits your load plan and is enough for the flight with reserves.
A piston Bell 47 got jet fuel one morning in error at RAF Valley but the pilot spotted the error on the paperwork. A few hours later an RAF Bassett was not so lucky and had engine failure after take off due to AVTUR being loaded.

Thanks Rocketeer for the Python reference,I have had Python moments during several digs..recovery projects,there are aspects which are very surreal.
Also thanks for giving the P38 matter some thought,unlike the traditional view of archaeologists this is an artefact which will not remain presesrved for future generations if left in the salty sandy sea bed.

This Hurricane is to be based at Old Warden and indeed has already taken up residence. Great news.

i had a look around for the cost of restoring Glacier Girl.to fly ..at least 3 million US dollars http://www.warbirddepot.com/aircraft_fighters_p38-lewis.asp
Wondering who would invest that?

The two magazines are linked and seek to complement each other. There are several mentions of the accident which are enough given the massive coverage on line.

Thanks for the heads up…Tracy has much better skills than Amy did and she should be ok.

Your posts are very welcome because they give a flavour of what is involved keeping jets in running condition. It is astonishing to consider that in 1972 it was unheard of for civilians to maintain and run such aircraft outside of expensive contracts for MOD. The powers that be are much maligned by many for imposing a health and safety culture,however yours and similiar operations show what can be done by hard work and attention to detail.