Bruce, you say that “we built up Mk XIV NH799 in six months flat, from a kit of parts” which raises a question or two:

Was the “kit of parts” ready for assembly or did it need work to be done?

How many people were assigned to the project?

From my post above:
I have set the forum to “automatically detect DST settings” but the change from summer time to normal depends on the location of the server. (This year one week earlier in Europe compared to the U.S.A.) Now, where-ever the server is located, it should have changed to normal time but it is still summer!

Now, it’s winter!

Aren´t there a few other Tempest projects put on hold for several years/decades? Is there a common denominator as to why none of these projects sees completion?

I posted a reply, no pictures, a few minutes ago. A preview was instantly displayed and posting took a few seconds of “churning”. The thread was immediately updated with my post. Not that bad, I think!

Dave Homewood wrote: [manual quote] they’d changed their domain [/manual quote]

Well, that’s old news. I have the “.co.uk” addy in my archive and it doesn’t work but if I recall correctly, the “.com” addy has been around for years!

Dave Homewood wrote: [manual quote] slack as [/manual quote]

As English is not my native language, I had to go google on that expression. I found “slack” to mean “having or showing laziness or negligence” but in this case, who is (are) the lazy one(s)?

I hope that it is not misspelt and should read “slackass” which would mean “a lazy person who expects things to be done for them; a hybrid of a slacker and a jackass” because that would be impertinent and uncalled for!

Could someone post a picture or a link to a picture of this arrangement? I have gone google on the tail of the Devon and found drawings/pictures with either square tipped or rounded tailplane but not one of each.

I was wondering if it could have been MH434, seems unlikely.

I dug out my copy of the “AIRSHOW 86 – FlyPast SPECIAL” which had an article “Year of the SPITFIRE 1936-86”. It states that MH434 was bought in 1983 by Ray Hanna in auction for £260,000. I think it was at Christie’s and MH434 was in flyable condition. If the ad was published in 1965 (25 years after the BoB), the appreciation over 18 years from £4,000 to £260,000 was impressive.

EDITED: The article also states that MH434, acquired by Tim Davies, was flown to England in June 1963, becoming G-ASJV.

Will he have the basic courtesy to come back and thank his helpers? Many don’t.

Was that comment really called for … :confused: … after little more than a day since his first posting?