Is there anything to replace it in its position by the cafe at Culdrose?

Good morning Tom 🙂

Did you paint the Air Atlantique titles and osprey on, or did you make your own transfers? I have got some ‘Jetcal’ printable waterslide decal paper on order for my university project and was wondering if anybody has any experience using it, have any of the modellers out there tried this method?

That is a really beautiful model by the way, can’t wait to see the Twin Pin! I remember having the 1:72nd Matchbox kit of a Meteor NF11 whan I was young, but swapped it, unmade, with a friend for something else, now I wish I had kept it so I could have tried my own mini-classic flight!

Is it right that the owners at Sheppards would consider a swap for a Harrier? With all of the Sea Harriers coming onto the preservation scene there might be scope for a deal.

Maybe the FAAM museum could offer one of the less significant Sea Harriers (one without combat history etc..) to save a direct relative of some of the interesting Supermarine jets stored at Yeovilton. Did the Swift have any naval history ? (not that I’m aware of but it is not a subject I have much background knowledge on)

Alternatively could the Swift form an exhibit in nearby Cosford’s new cold war exhibition? Conserved in its present condition (but kept indoors with steps taken to stop further corrosion), it could demonstrate how the rapid pace of change during the cold war led to ‘high tech’ aircraft with very short service lives….

…the fact that it has SURPLUS painted down the fuselage in big letters would make it an interesting exhibit in this context!!!!!

PS. ~Suddenly feeling rather guilty~ Sorry about hijacking your thread Mark12 😮

Some great pictures here, they really sum up the hive of activity! My dad has just emailed me this picture from his birthday Rapide flight, which makes an interesting comparison with the Prentice one…

Slightly off topic (but next door), the adjacent surplus/outdoors/garden centre for a long while has been home to a Supermarine Swift. I haven’t visited for a couple of years, is it still there? I have not heard any news about it lately.

Presumably one potential avenue for proper preservation has closed off now that ‘Solent Sky’ have secured a Swift in better condition.

Some more pictures from yesterday, including some interesting visitors. The event went very well and we really look forward to the next one 🙂

For starters there are some nice pictures here:

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38699&page=3&pp=30&highlight=dakotas

If we call that thread part one, this can be Daktacular part two!
There should be some good pictures for this part of the thread coming up tomorrow.

Fingers crossed for good weather 😎