There’s some discussions going around in the household about changing our yearly Flying Legends experience from the regular sat-sun attendance to friday-saturday instead. I read here there’s an increase in tickets for friday?

Is it worth it doing it like that? I am one of those who would like to catch as much as the action as possible, as it’s my only airshow per year. However, it looks like I have to give in to leaving for home on sunday this year.

Any takers? What’s the negatives and the positives?

No sitting on the hard shoulder of M11 (endlessly), or half an hours walk from where you finally parked the car, to the aeroplanes, no step ladders, or fast food outlets stinking the place out with burnt onions, or over zealous comentary, right in your ear, because thats the only place theres a space (funny that) and reduced admission price i.e standard entry price; (free for children) all you do get is a leisurely day of A/C flying in, and air testing the resident ones…..the sheer hell of it, I don’t think I could go through all that again!

Well, he has certainly shattered my illusions. . . . . I assumed that was a current photo on his avatar (if that`s what its called?)

Pete

To be fair I recently watched the PoC DVD, and I’d say it’s a fair likeness…..

I like talking, it’s a hell of a lot easier than doing; so while I’m talking, good luck to those who invest their time and money in doing.

Even if it was recovered and went to a museum in NI, who’s to say that it would stay there, it’s value will not diminish with age, and one $pitfire buys quite a lot of other planes, buildings etc etc.

Thats how they do it, as long as they save the important bits it is far cheaper to buy new bricks than to try and save the existing ones.

Does that make it a sort of data plate restoration?

Anyone seen Mega Movers on Nat Geo (or similar) in the states they moved a brick built town hall in its entirety, that was huge by comparison, this is just laziness (fueled by greed), on the side of the contractors and ignorance on the side of the RAF museum; so no change there……

All I can offer is this

The Stipa Caproni (ok so this photo is of a replica)

An interesting and novel design, where the pilot and co-pilot/ passenger provide the vertical stabilization……

“letters “M” and “S” etc have all been painted with luminous paint. Take sensible precautions”.
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Are you saying that the sign out side Marks&Spencer isn’t a neon one?

There is still a huge amount of unregistered land in this country,and so the owners can be untraceable.