Why not just fly it in?

Last seen – sans tail – towing an Fa330 at Beaulieu, which was placed a caravan chassis. The only jeep ever with an ASI

Nice replica on show at Middle Wallop, using Westland Whirlwind rotor blades. The Rotabuggy itself was towed first by a 3 litre Bentley and ultimately a Whitley, although I seem to recall that the contraption’s pilot got an AFC for managing to fly the thing……

The steering of a jeep can be scaringly vague at 40 mph without a tail or a rotor attached – so goodness only knows what it was like at take off speed. I wonder if there was some way of locking the steering straight ahead

As for the Battle of Britain being a catalyst – I wonder if this is overstated. The CAF had bought Buchons before the film -there had been a number of films made in the 1960s’ using Spitfires before BoB and there was certainly a growing interest in civilians operating WW11 aircraft.

OK – but only in penny numbers and you must admit that a fair number of static airframes were reinvigorated for the film

Indeed Mike – largely rebuilt it has a ‘thin but robust’ provenance -some even suggest the new items will be cast from original 1940’s swings that children swung on whilst watching the Battle of Britain overhead!

No David = it’s a completely new swing with the original manufacturers plate riveted on……

Only one Typhoon left and thats in the RAF Museum. That will never fly again. I think there may be some cockpit sections around.

Dave

isn’t there also a rear fuselage section in the museum that Cees is associated with?

This one needs a little bit more than glass and a door……

http://www.metheringhamairfield.co.uk/restoration-diary.php

[QUOTE=David Burke;1891495]I think this is a machine that is unlikely to be traded to become a museum static. There are not many museums where a Hawker Fury would represent a serious gap in its collecting policy and the cost of rebuilding a Fury to flight must represent a £1 million plus investment. That means to my mind that a trade for an airworthy WW 2 aircraft would be much more likely. [QUOTE]

On the other hand, If I was a national museum who had a hankering for what is the archetypical 1930s fighter and I had a cache of Spitfires for swapsies, then I might seriously consider making a trade for one or more before the market was swamped with whatever is recovered from a hole in Burma.

The Bristol Fighter restoration allowed the enthusiasts to see three of them in the air together, on two separate occasions, something not seen since the 30s. It’s a private aircraft, the owner does what he wishes with it..

PS, the F2B was lovely 🙂

That display on a warm summer’s evening at OW was the stuff of Legends….