Nice selection, thanks. Good to see the Turbo-Mentor there and still in original paints

I beleive the Fw can fly as it is certified/registered in an EU country, and the standards are supposed to be harmonised across the EU.

As for HAA’s Buccaneer, it’s more likely to fly under an MOD serial as a civil-operated military aircraft if it gets any contract work (like their Hunter F58s), neatly side-stepping the CAA – but I think the conditions of that don’t include airshow work.

I only worked on the 2’s for a couple of years at Lyneham as they were phasing them out of service (can’t remember why though :confused:) I know there was talk of polished metal thinness due to the RAF polishing the aluminium bodies up too often but that could be a load of bull….t but having said that the remaining 4c’s in RAF service were resprayed on the shiny bits to avoid corrosion and thankfully….. polishing.

Was certainly a problem on the Queens Flight Herons at one point, so it could be on the Comets.

Weere the wings on the 2s bare metal ? It always looked less ‘shiny’ than the fuselage, and I wondered if they were painted Aluminium/High Speed Silver.

Shots of the T/C2s on delivery look like the fuselage could have been painted as well.

Well it was at Coningsby in the early 1990’s and isn’t now so it’e either been ‘recycled’-‘scrapped’ or ‘lost’ and I know from experience that is pretty difficult with Mod property!

Are you fishing David? What happened to TB382 is (reasonably) well known (and much still survives), however regrettable. My own view is it would have been a better historical choice for Kelvingrove than LA198.

I suspect it might be a Greek mk V -Is it just me or does it look like it has the later style elevators?

Also, don’t forget the K is still in service, and likely to be for a few more years yet (If they don’t fall apart before then)

There were a few T7s with the F8 tail (Unofficially called T7 1/2)

Both Martin-Baker’s aircraft have them – beleive the Prisoner aircraft is one of them (Shot at Chalgrove) – note that inspite of having the ‘framed’ canopy, both cockpits appear to have ejection seats fitted – I beleive MB used ain interchangeable canopy

http://movies.apunkachoice.com/names/mar/martin_baker/cid_131746/videos/ceytid/BH7eMdLVoeY/gloster-meteor-from-the-prisoner.html