Huge hurrah to all concerned both on the engineering and research side and not forgetting those who provided the finance.

I believe that a large majority of people will give this a thumbs up and the tiny minority who continue to go on about originality will dwindle away. Sadly there will always be a few who just want to argue and no amount of the truth will sway them.

From the days in the uk in the early sixties when around 15 warbird singles flew on special occasions to the present day situation where many more fly is something i never dreamed would happen. I never take the restoration movement for granted and at times despair at those who find reasons to moan.

A wind turbine produces renewable energy, that is the key fact. The wind may be variable but it does not increase in price, cannot be cut off by a supplier, does not leave any waste, does not need transporting to the site.

All power production methods will have a break even point in their lifespan. Older turbines were expected to give 15 years service, now its twenty. Designs are more efficient now.

Offshore renewables in several forms are the way ahead, large sites for Uk land wind power have almost all been identified and are in planning or refused.

Thanks Peter great posts and images.

the film I was thinking of was Shout at the Devil released 1976, set in WW1. The biplane used was in Portugese markings.

Ok found it…
BAPC.123, ZS-UHN, “P641”, Vickers FB.5 Gunbus replica, 1186/2, 1975, small components only remained – stored, Cranfield, b), stored 03.90 …

Vickers FB.5 Gunbus fsm. 1186/2. ZS-UHN. A.Topen. Cranfield. (Built IES Projects Ltd 1975). (As “P641”) (Built for “Shout at the Devil” film)

so perhaps it was a full scale mock up that I saw hung on the cinema frontage? Although it did have a South African reg.

Yes, Mr Richardson who I last heard of running Popham.

Kenneth , are you trying to be the King of negative posting here?

You should be aware that many hours of behind the scenes work has been put into this project and it is proof of what can be achieved by adults who have a common aim..the safe operation of aircraft in the UK.

Go somewhere else and start a new thread if all you want to do here is bash the CAA and EASA.

Thanks for the nostalgic mention Alan, I still have all the early AA mag stored and have forgotten most of my contributions as GB.

It might be productive to try another angle on this puzzle. I will have a look in the garage today(moving again soon) and try and list who was active in Scotland around those times. Could the Royal Engineers mentioned be a territorial part time unit using the recovery as a training exercise?