Wonder whether we will see the continuation of FlyPast and Aeroplane as separate titles – and Classic Military Vehicles and Military Machines for that matter – both sets of magazines complement each other but go for the same market.

Reminds me of the story of the British Army having to buy back 200 Humber Pigs from scrapyards – some as far away as Libya – to refurb at the height of the troubles in Northern Ireland

[QUOTE=Seaking93;What’s a bus? 🙂 [/QUOTE]

It’s a big metal box with an engine, four wheels and lots of seats which carries people from one place to another.

In London apparently you wait ages for one to arrive at the place where it stops – which is called a bus stop – but then three come along at the same time

Take the cafes out of the aircraft display spaces for a start, reinstate the galleries with small exhibits and some sort of chronological thought to the display, kill the ridiculous “Beacon” idea off once and for all, and instead use some of the money to restore some of the exhibits and accellerate the restoration programme.

OK – simple question here – I honestly just don’t know the answer

If I was constructing an airworthy reproduction of, say, a Martinsyde F4 Buzzard or a Blackburn Botha or even restoring, say, an Albacore, at what stage would I need to discuss the project with the CAA and when would a registration be allocated. If I wanted to surprise everybody by announcing to the world that I had competed the restoration by doing a run and break at Duxford one morning, would it be possible to keep the registration “secret” until the morning of the grand reveal?

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We have now been hit by a huge bill for import duty – any ideas?

Jason
Bottisham Airfield Museum

I face a bill from the carrier (they pay duties to HMRC -and also take an additional cut for handling/administration as well) every time I import parts for the jeep from the States. I think these are the regulations regarding reduced VAT. Might try this next time

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-notice-702-imports/vat-notice-702-imports#definition-of-articles-which-are-eligible-for-importation-at-a-reduced-valuation-giving-an-effective-vat-rate-of-5

Para 11 refers

and here – although i suspect this wouldn’t apply – depending on the source of the item

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageLibrary_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000275&propertyType=document

But which Swordfish?

Given that the Manston Spitfire and Hurricane are technically both on loan from RAFM, and the RAFM has a Swordfish IV (HS503/BAPC.108)- ex Canada – in store, I wonder whether we could make a connection? – (edit Snap! David)