How do aerobatic & fighter pilots talk shop if they are sat on their hands?

Hello Stuart

Thanks for the info. My wings do not have ribs like the original so they can fold exactly where i need them too.
I am aware of the police restrictions and our wings will fold up much closer in, the wing will then fold double to keep the height as low as possible. We are building a purpose built trailer so it can be towed with my truck..

Just a suggestion although it may late in the day,what about fore & aft female spars that lead 12-18″ from either side of the fuselage,fixed full span f&a male spars in the wings & under wing bolt access panels allowing the wing to be removed as a whole out board of the u/c to allow transport & bolted on as required negating any folding mechanism.

Retirement!! 😀 😀

G’day 😉

Jammy S*d, I’ve got another 20 odd years to go:D

Just looked at the photo’s for the first time,looking very good,but who cares if the airframe isn’t a German 109-after all it is a Spanish built 109G variant that has in effect been back-engineered to use a DB powerplant.

If it gets a 109 back in the air that looks like the real McCoy,then bring it on.
(never got the chance to see black 6 in the air…….sniff sniff:( )

What was the cause of Screwball Beurling’s fatal accident in 1948 just as he was setting off to Israel?

Moggy

The ground getting in the way of his flightpath!!!!!:)

I have to agree with that – I’ve found some extremely useful info from the RAF Museum’s collection of log books for my research. Who knows what information somebody will want in future – and having what you did recorded in an archive is not available to everybody.
The nice thing about the RAF Museum system is that they will copy them and send the originals back – which you can then make use of as you wish, including gving them to a local museum. A museum which makes information available to researchers is always a good option.

I’m not too bothered by this sale since the collection is kept intact. What is really sad are photos of pilots being sold but separated from the information about where it was taken, why and, often, even who the man in the photo is. Once the story is removed from the object, a lot of its interest goes as well.

Allan

One of my biggest regrets was when visiting an antique centre at the old RAF Hemswell circa 1987, I found for sale a DFC+other medals,log books & photo’s which spanned a pilots career from the mid 1930’s to the 1960’s,I wish I had the money at the time as the price was-a mere £350 for the lot.:(

Just to let interested forum members know:

A small wreath laying ceremony will take place at the memorial to Flt Sgt Eric Williams in Gordon Gardens, Gravesend, Kent, on Sunday 11 November at 12.30pm. The ceremony will be attended by Eric’s daughter, Jennifer, from the USA and other family members along with the local MP Adam Holloway and members of the team who brought the case of Eric Williams to light over twenty years ago and who have since campaigned, with his family, to see his body recovered for burial with full military honours before the crash site is re-developed. Any forum members wishing to attend would be more than welcome.

It is hoped, weather permitting, that a Spitfire flypast will take place over the river at 1 o’clock.

Andy

Even though I can’t get I will be there in thought if nothing else.

Darn beat me to it, J!

Next one then. Did Bader get abducted by aliens? 😉

Only if you think the wermacht were aliens when they took him POW.:diablo: