yes – I presume you knew 7 was a Seafire:D

4 doesn’t appear to have an obvious target in it, so maybe it’s a sub being depthcharged?
6 may well be Barham, don’t think 5 is as it was right over on it’s side when it blew.

Interesting pics! Looks like they were at the sharp end..

TV prog Monday

C4 20.00 Speed Machines

all about the race to break the sound barrier.

Re: alien!

Originally posted by plawolf
mine will have to be ‘alien’. scared the crap out of me when i first saw it. prob cos i was only 12 at the time, but still a great film anyhow!

Me too, although I was quite a bit older! I still find it hard to watch even now.
Aliens was a great ‘space marines v bugs’ shoot-em up, 3 was crap, 4 was the most thoughtful so far. But the original was definitely the scariest.

😮

and Reach for the Sky tomorrow, The Way to the Stars on Thurs. Haven’t seen either for years..:)

Originally posted by BlueRobin
whoever gave the Hunter throttle I won. Where did it come from and off what airframe?

That was me. Instructions for use:

1. Take it in your hand
2. Close eyes
3. Move hand slowly back and forth
4. Use imagination

😀

Seriously, I got it at the Tangmere aerojumble, the lever and grip/control unit as separate items. The latter may not be Hunter, but it fitted! No idea which airframe.

There’s a site about him. Aerobatic pilot who spun in while filming for top gun.

http://www.artscholl.com

Do you mean the last air combat victory of WWII? Two obs. aircraft (Cub and Storch?) fighting with sidearms. The Storch went down damaged.
A guy at Kissimmee told me that story during a hangar tour.