Hooray! Well done to all concerned-presumably this is the only other outside Cosford preserved so far?
Is it one of the last few service aircraft retired a few years back, or has it been used for GI?

Indeed, very well done! I’m always impressed with the collection at Newark especially as several airframes are representative of the RAF’s training fleet during the years. The Dominie was always a “missing link” in the collection in my view and so I’m really pleased for you. We have had a Dominie (XS727) on external display at Cranwell since Sep 13.
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Quite agree. I’m not going to even walk outside at the moment, let alone fly! The flypast has just been tannoyed for Cranwell at around 1415 but I reckon the Lanc won’t come anywhere near here now.

Air Traffic at Cranwell just announced the flypast over here on the way into Coningsby has been (sensibly) cancelled due to poor weather. There is a little more daylight than there was 10 min ago and the wind has dropped somewhat but the thunder is still rumbling around and the viz is still rubbish. Just hope they get down OK.

A really nasty storm currently passing over Cranwell heading NW with some thunder and very high winds, cloud base virtually touchable from my office window and its gone kin dark. Nothing flying here at present except the rooks and jackdaws (no aviating partly due to expected Lancaster). However, looks like it could clear through quite quickly.

The reason I decided not to got to another legends was because of the commentator, if it had been mentioned earlier I would of gone, he drove me mad in 2012

As it was my eldest son’s birthday BBQ today (which I felt it safe to supervise!) and I’m also unable to attend tomorrow, I was a tad disappointed to say the least, not to be going to Legends this year. In recent years the aforementioned gentleman’s commentary has led me almost to the point of agreeing totally with Trolley Aux. However, perhaps now it would have been better for me to not have known that our Gallic friend wasn’t commentating in 2014! More importantly, I will miss the whole “wow” factor of Legends this year but I know some of our regular posters might well put some photos and videos up; always much appreciated by me when you do. I know its not the same as being there but I’m so very thankful to the folks who share their superb photo handiwork with us.

Several years ago, around 1980-81, I was given this small aluminium plate by a friend when we were both serving in the RN, based at Portsmouth. Knowing I was interested in aviation, my colleague gave me this item and I have never investigated its purpose or whether it is genuine although I have no reason to think that it isn’t a genuine Hurricane I plate. Any guidance on this item would be much appreciated.
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I’m ashamed to say that as someone who served in the RAF for over 23 years and always considered myself a “warbird” enthusiast, I learned more about the Mosquito in that programme that I’d ever learned to date. I was also very much taken up with the enthusiasm of Arthur Williams’ narration which will, I feel, appeal to people much younger than me and hopefully with much more money. (even my wife stirred herself from the computer and said, he’s really keen on that plane”) Not arf! He was in bits during the flight as would I be! I thought that it was an excellent programme given that it was aimed at a wide audience. Regarding the de Havilland museum, yes, I think a more positive picture could have been painted but, the sight of those airframes outside made me think, why aren’t these all in a hangar for goodness sake?! Heaven knows, we have enough ex-RAF stations you could put them in surely? Put it this way, if the Mosquito Museum rattled a tin in front of me now I’d be much more likely to put money in it than before I watched that programme!

“Each one feeds the crocodile, hoping that the crocodile will eat him last.” (WS Churchill)
At least some people knew what would happen if an armistice was agreed with a “crocodile”. It is generally accepted that Hitler had not sought a war with Britain but once the situation had deteriorated, well, the rest is history of course…