I wonder how the sale affects the heritage center that is trying to be established on the perimeter of the airfield in the original AVRO hanger ?.

I know that there is a small dedicated team working very hard to save a corner of the site ?.

Mike E

http://WWW.whirlwindfighterproject.org

The idea of building a Westland Whirlwind fighter isn’t so daft after all come on guys get your wallets out please and form an orderly queue !!!!!:diablo::diablo:

And it will be at Legends !!!!!!

Mike E
http://www.whirlwindfighterproject.org

Just to re-emphasise the dates of 16th & 17th June 2012, as mentioned in here were set back just after the 2011 event finished! 🙂

Ta very muchly we have had just one or two other things on and missed the post.Definitely planning to be there with at least something of cold war era.

Mike E

http://www.whirlwindfighterproject.org

[QUOTE=baloffski;1809534]Jon H should be along shortly to share some news, but as he has just managed to get himself engaged, it may be a wee while while the enormity of his good lady finally saying yes sinks in!

Silly Bu**** I thought he had more sense than that !!!! no more weekends moving aircraft with the lads now,no more scratching in holes looking for parts.

I don’t know another one bites the dust . Don’t give her your name Pike !!!!!

:diablo::diablo::diablo::diablo::diablo:

Mike E

http://www.whirlwindfighterproject.org

Harriers and Hunters are warbirds too in my book – or are we being snobby…..? :dev2:

What about our Kraguj ? they are war birds and have confirmed combat history
albeit not ww2 . Sorry ww2 is a very significant period in history but not the only war that aircraft have fought in.

With great respect there are a lot of events ww2 specific and you could run the risk of alienating none ww2 cockpit owners who would then want their own event,and it could all get very them and us !!!

Dont get me wrong we have ww2 cockpits and a major ww2 build underway but I think that a dedicated ww2 only theme could be an error in thinking.

Mik E

From an extremely reliable source the aircraft was donated to the museum by AA the aircraft was in a bit of a shaky state and was getting near the end of her useful flying life that is one reason why she was not considered for a flight back across the pond.There is only one Growler that has any chance of flying again and that we all know is at Coventry .

There have been various rumors for some time about Kermit having an interest in the aircraft but if its anything like a lot of the other big birds he has bought and flown for a short period then hangar ed up it may be only a passing fad ??
Or just as usual speculation gone mad a man who likes big aeroplanes with a big bank balance.:diablo::diablo::diablo:

Is it from Hurn I thought when I last saw it a few months ago that XX319 was a 100 sqdn aircraft ??? or was it just in Leeming on maintenance.