Douglas DC-3 NC33644 showed up at Goodwood yesterday.

Photo a bit low res due to being taken with phone.

Mustang & Hurricane turned up at Goodwood this afternoon.

Given the relatively small amount of potentially flight worthy structure in that Stuka I tend to agree with Sabrejet. I think I would rather see a conservation of those parts with a new centre section etc fabricated and have it as a static exhibit given the rarity of Stukas. By all means use the parts as patterns for a new build in a similar to the Flugwerk FW190s but please don’t destroy an important artifact to get to the relatively small percentage of useable items. 

I might be wrong about the amount of useable parts but given it’s been sat in a lake for a considerable time I can’t image too much could be reused.

I used to think it a shame the Hendon Halifax never got fully restored but when I saw it again a few years ago it struck me that it made a poignant exhibit showing how something as big and powerful can be reduced to a bit of wreckage by war. Sat there a relic amongst all the well restored and maintained exhibits added to the effect.

Anyway, The Stuka is not mine so they are entitled to do what they want 🙁

Lots of Spitfire action out of Goodwood since the weather improved. Several twin Spitfire formations heading over this week with lucky punters on board. Terribly distracting when you are off work trying to get the decorating done. The Harvard has been about as well. We nipped into the airfield on the way back from picking up supplies at Homebase to see if anything was going on and found a fair few historic aircraft out and about. Here are some pictures. Not the best as on the phone but hope they get the atmosphere across.

Looks like a still from a 1930s sci fi film to me.

Not bad going. Back in the last century Flypast reckoned on a figure of 147 examples left when they did a similar survey. That would have been about the late 80’s to early 90’s.

I was equally aghast at the new format. I put it down to a possible drop off in news due to a lingering affect of Covid restrictions and/or financial impact on various projects. Time will tell. I hope this isn’t an attempt to “Broaden the appeal” as we have seen elsewhere.

Harvard out of Goodwood yesterday, the first for a while. I could only see the silhouette so I was not sure if it was the US Navy marked one that gives rides or the private one.

Good to see & hear it either way.