Wouldn’t be the first time a tyre has stayed inflated but the wheel rim has rotted away.

It’s common for ditched aircraft to end up upside down. Another odd phenomenon is their u/c legs often end up in the extended position – maybe related to later failure of the uplocks, but no-one has ever given a very satisfactory explanation for this. The ‘reluctant messerschmitt’ salvaged off Dymchurch in the 70’s and a Whitley also off Dymchurch both ditched nomally and both ended up in this configuration as have others.

Must be an awful lot of pressure exerted on the up locks by the tyres full of air.

WW2 German Propeller Pitch Indicator? I am not up on German instruments, but how does this work and how do you read it?

When the big hand is on the | and the little hand is on the _ it will be _| …….. precisely.

If i read it [the thread] properly I think the point was more that she had backed the project and with her blessing it had got to this point and now she has changed her mind after commitments were made financially and practically by alot of people,a bit of a kick in the teeth really.

That’s my understanding of it as well, but I think maybe the reality that she will actually see the boat run, has stirred up feelings that she maybe had locked away for a long while; ask yourself this, if your own father had died in a craft that was destroyed, and lost, only to be found and restored and then run by someone, how would you feel, mixed emotions?

When it’s run I hope they put on a good show; old racing machines shouldn’t be paraded.

Doesn’t North Weald already have a Saturday market? not sure how the two would get on, but I agree it’s a good venue and about as central as your going to get; I’d be suprised if Duxford would “lower” themselves to allow an aero jumble!

Perhaps you’re too busy advancing grassroots preservation by sitting in your cockpit section in your garage, dressed in a flying suit and bonedome and making aeroplane noises to entertain yourself.

I like your thinking, but actually I’m in the photograph, (and a dozen or so more) my aeroplane and cockpit sections are well travelled.

I have thought about my statement, and can see your point, (I tend to focus on one area of warbird preservation and am speaking about the majority of owners of these A/C)

There is much in this world that isn’t as it seems, and people who you think own a certain A/C, don’t; this isn’t the time for name and shame, but I do stand by my remarks about the owners of these aeroplanes, its big business, suffice to say that the era of owner operators is behind us. (unfortunately)

To me the first photo highlights the difference between the “grass roots” end of aircraft preservation and the upper echelons, where the aeroplanes are owned by faceless companies (or individuals) that are never photographed with their piece(s) of history, and in many cases have little knowledge about them either; long may they (the events) continue.

It is a shame however that Flypast no longer supports the (British) event.