As mentioned above, the BBMF Lancaster is confirmed for the RIAT flying display.
Doesn’t seem to be anything official that I’ve seen.
Hard to believe that anyone really thinks Guy Martin did anything but bring his charm to the subject, as he did for the Spitfire replica programme. So what? We’re not really that naive are we? If it had been presented by Dan Snow, would we have thought the same?
Intriguing! A part that size will definitely have stamped part numbers, inspection stamps and probably inked numbering too. Needs a good clean and examination! For me it looks more 30s/40s than later than that.
In fifty years’ time people will still be posting the same tired old stuff.
My brother went and was suitably impressed; he’s been going to airshows since the 1960s so that’s quite a statement. Let’s hope for more of the same: the mention of “quality food outlets” pricked up my ears too.
“By: J Boyle – 29th May 2024 at 07:10 – Edited 29th May 2024 at 17:36
At the risk of sounding like a cynic, anyone use amused that they are looking in a pond?
Sounds like a good place to look when you don’t want a rapid, easy or inexpensive outcome.
By their definition, ponds are small, so the chance of an aircraft just happening to hit one raise my suspicions. They’d have to have awfully bad luck for the aircraft to end up in a pond as well as.the difficulties of finding it in the first place.”
In Newfoundland, lakes are often called ‘ponds’. The one next to Gander airport is pretty big and I doubt it’s the largest.
I smell BS. I do feel sorry for the show organizers and hope they can find a venue that won’t be prone to similar “admin errors” (or whatever the truth really is).
How is this individual not serving time by now?
Agreed: stunning, imaginative and the complete opposite of those corporate RAF efforts.
Gillespie sounds like a pompous ass.
Which archives have you tried?
DoRIS at the RAF Museum would be a start; IWM photo archive another. You said, ” it’s not been without effort”, so I assume you’ve visited other photo archives?
Googling will only render a limited amount: proper research involves legwork (as in, getting out and doing it old school). The RAF Museum archives in particular are well worth a visit and the staff are very helpful.
Where have you looked?
JATO F-84F ops from Manston required the bottles to be dropped in the Channel.