Thanks for the link James, the shortstop site gives me some ideas for any future revamping of the AACF one.

Did you get your ‘Promota copy, I could use some constructive criticism before we emabark on the next one 🙂

Come on feel the noise…….

Better weather today, I popped in to do some interior decorating in the Twin Pin, and got these pictures… back where she belongs 🙂

Fascinating stuff, a common thread running through the histories of early aircraft seems to be adventurous/amateurish adventures after they had passed through the ‘second hand market’.

I remember reading about the Sopwith Camel, now at Hendon, that was bought by a bold private flyer who re-engined it with a small rotary (presumably whatever came to hand at the time) that had less than half the horsepower that Sopwith had intended- must have made for adventurously marginal flying 😮

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I just left the airfield an hour or so ago, if I had stayed for a few more minutes depleting Air Atlantique’s tea supply I would have seen it. Bugger!

I think it was one of the ‘sixes , there were some guys putting fuel in G-APSA earlier- the one that isn’t painted black underneath.

PS Are you going to be in on Saturday, you will like what has been done with the Dak 🙂

PS IF ANYBODY FROM OPERATIONS IS LISTENING I WOULD NOT BE OFFENDED IF THE ‘SIX WAS ROUTED OVER THE FOOTBALL GROUND, AT A RESPECTABLE ALTITUDE OF COURSE :p

Ta Daz, I was highly commended at school for the Stukas in my history book (quite what they has to do with cotton mills and the industrial revolution is somewhat debatable!)

I was quite pleased in hindsight with the Spitfire canopy…

… oh yes and if you want some line drawings for book illustrations… 😉

Had to have a go (I promise these were done without any pictures to hand to copy!!). My Spitfire is alright but the rear of the fuselage looks too chunky, the Hurricane has not got enough front end, my Sea Fury appears to belong to an air force that has dinosaurs in its roundels, and the Buchon looks like an anorexic Griffon Spitfire 😀

I found myself having to make the plan shape of the wings thicker at the end of the drawing on most of them :confused: