AA: I can’t recall what happened with the Old Warden thread, though I did supply a couple of Blackburne photos.

RRHT has/had two Cherubs – photos here taken same day in 2005:

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You can obtain his service record gratis from RAF Cranwell, if his widow is still alive. Otherwise only £30:

RAF Disclosures
Room 6, Trenchard Hall
RAFC Cranwell
Sleaford
Lincs NG34 8HB

I imagine this is what you’ve applied for. I’d wait and then use it as the basis for a TNA search.

If we wait long enough, Pampa will post a link: then we can earn him money for the privilege of learning nothing worthwhile! Again.

:eagerness:

Why is this thread in ‘Historic Aviation’?

Car (auto) and aircraft technology often run in parallel paths: in the case of the D-Type/XKSS it was probably the first race car to employ aluminium monocoque construction (though I know there was the Issigonis Special prior to that), so it has a great deal in common with aircraft of the 40s/50s.

Recent carbon fibre construction methods again began in the race car world with CanAm in the ’60’s and on that occasion it took aerospace a while to catch up. Use of titanium again was echoed in race cars (CanAm again), and there are many ‘wings and wheels’ type events which deliberately cater for the phenomena of car enthusiasts also being interested in aviation.

Graham Warner, Spencer Flack and many others raced cars and operated historic aircraft.

Aside from that, many historic aircraft engines survive and run, only because they are fitted in race cars: I’m thinking of the unique Sunbeam Maori, various WW1-era aero-engined specials etc. There is even a FIAT-based monster which races with an Isotta-Fraschini airship engine.

So (for me, as one with interests in both camps), perfectly appropriate here.

Hi All,
While I love the idea of these continuation builds at the same time I can’t help thinking they are just cash cows and making money on the rarity of whatever vehicle they will produce, even possibly reducing the whatever original rare vehicles value or am I being to cynical ?

Geoff.

It doesn’t seem to work that way: there are plenty of GTO ‘toolroom’ copies but prices for originals and replicas keeps rising. Ditto pontoon-fender Testa Rossas and Aston DB4GT Zagatos.

What Jaguar is doing in nothing new and gives us a chance of seeing (in the case of the E-Type Lightweights rather than the XKSS) period-correct cars racing in anger, where the originals are becoming too risky to race. More power to their elbow I say.

Last week’s Goodwood Member’s Meeting contained a great many cars “…of various provenance” as commentator Marcus Pye nicely put it. I doubt many noticed.

Difficult to see where Jaguar would go now though: XJ13 maybe?

Re: XH558 replacement I think we have a winner! I could watch Connies all day.

Hear hear! However I did assume Post #1 was tongue-in-cheek…

Not surprised: I was there but missed the auction. Let’s hope for the best.