Rather puzzled that the rear fuselage is not included in the views, hence no serial.That would have been helpful. I recall the Air Britain Aeromilitaire had a section published on all the RAF p40s with extracts from the aircraft record cards. Mine are in the loft feeding the mice.

Many years ago a guy tried to hoax me with stories of a mark 12 Spitfire rebuild near Cleethorpes, the serial gave me the clue that the aircraft went down in the channel(no dataplate ) and then I found other errors in his story.

So why no serial? And no vehicles or people in the views,cant believe he was on his own out there. For comparision look at the video of the FW190 in the forest in Russia , people all over the place.

Faked….motive not known. Skill levels are very high for CGI.

If it was real we would only hear about it after the recovery was in progress or already done. A model maker in Poland would be very aware of how much money this P40 could be worth and with a few hours web surfing contact a variety of potential buyers. When you read the saga of recovering the Hurricane from India you realise just how careful a buyer has to be. Its a minefield out there.

JT, in my own area of research I have found that official historical accounts are distorted by the images pushed out by the authorities. As a result we are presented with a biased view of appearances. The need for manpower during large wars meant that recruiting standards were changed and just how fit did you need to be to drive ? Not just physical standards were flexible, many “gay” men and women served with honour, for example Hardy Amies.

Re enactors are showing that it took all types to fight a war.

Totally gripping, and shocking, I am looking forward to reading his books in paperback. He also displays the humour which keeps him going.

Put aside some time if you decide to read Ians account, you will not stop until the final full stop, and his website is fascinating.

GBXET in bits outside at Dundee after write off in strong winds.

On a Dutch TV show named, with utter Dutchness, De Wereld Draait Door, the man previously known as Jarno Smeets–of the Human Bird Wing video, in which he flies under mostly his own power–confessed to faking the whole thing. Dude’s name isn’t even Jarno Smeets! It’s Floris Kaayk, and he’s a “CGI artist” with degrees in animation. Apparently the video was part of a documentary, the subject of which is unclear (but could totally be “how to fool the internet with an obviously fake video”).

This one..
http://www.hawkertempest.se/MW376.htm

Good website as well

Many towers in the Uk keep the aldis lamps handy, they are used in case of aircraft radio failure and I have reason to be glad of them when we returned to Inverness with no RT and got clearance to land via a green aldis signal.
Sometimes a airside vehicle looses radio contact and the aldis signals can get them across active areas safely instead of sending out another vehicle.

The very pistols require firearms licence if civil, careful cartridge storage and training. Aside from runway caravans on training airfields they are kept ready for use in all RAF towers and are fired from the balcony.With the addition of an insert they are also used to launch bird scaring shellcrackers and that also needs careful use.