Hi
In answer to the question who are they and why did it only cost £150,000 to purchase JG 668. They are myself and a small group of enthusiasts in West Wales: in particular Haverfordwest where I have my Bulldog G-BHZR based. It only cost £150,000 🙂 as it’s a restoration project; probably one of the best around as it has all the essential bits 🙂 However it will cost a lot more to restore to flying condition;…… that’s a fact. You ask where the money is coming from. We are considering several plans one of which involves a pair of tights, a fast car, and an early morning unauthorised withdrawal from a bank 🙂 I would welcome any info that can assist in filing in the blanks of JG’s history.

Welcome to the forum Ray, is this the project, that has had some of the components restored to a static condition? incidently, and not wishing to further any criminal activities, the unauthorised overdraft is best effected with a pair of stockings, especially if there is more than one of you making the withdrawal….

Don’t forget the Vauxhall Victor (actually you can forget it, if you like)
I followed a van the other day with a Mercedes badge, and bearing the legend “109”; don’t see those two together everyday!

According to the biography written by his son Gordon, there was a stipulation that “RJ”, remained in the employ of Supermarine,and indeed he had signed a 10 year contract with them in 1923, with a clause that said, if he left their employ, he may not enter any company or, the employ of any individual, involved in work similar to that of Supermarine, without the directors written consent.

Fortunately my mum puts my name inside all my clothes, in case I get lost….

Obviously I’m being incredibly thick here, but why is it that a Shackleton can’t fly in the UK? when a Lanc, and B17 can; its nothing like a Lightning, or a Harrier, etc.

When Pelican (insert correct no.) was being flown from SA to the UK to appear at an airshow, why didn’t someone tell them they were wasting their time?

How could the person who set “the timer” be sure that the ship would leave on time, given an almost endless list of reasons, that it might not (including an extended good will tour, and of course Russian hardware reliability).

To say there were Russian pilots in Korea, is a bit like saying there were US pilots in China, the US was at that time neutral, as was Russia; the term “cold war”, is something of a misnomer, with (as has already been said)the emphasis on the former, rather than the latter.

But the fast flowing river doesn’t increase in speed instantly, infinitely, and the two steps in the floats are already there to help the A/C break free.

In the article it says a Pentium 2 (10 year old technology now) could run an emulated Colossus and was about the same speed. So a modern PC would probably run rings around it.

Yeah Right! So its only my pc’s that grind to a halt, crash, update things you didn’t want in the first place (right in the middle of something important),and then restart automatically, losing all unsaved information, go down with a new virus every week, and become obsolete during their own warranty; none of it fixable by a human being.

I know what I’d rather have (even if it meant typing this on my old 1920’s machine, and sending it by carrier pigeon).