Hatfield in Hertfordshire used for the DDay take off scenes and most of the series of Band of Brothers

East Kikby was used for the BBC film Night Flight using Just Jane

Anyone know what airfields are used the BBC series Dog Borstal and Discovery Channel Prog Wheeler Dealers?

Martin

I was on summer camp in July 1986 and there was very little left then I would be surprised if it is still there

Martin

There was a design in the 80’s for an advanced fighter that was similar to the Typhoon known as the A.C.A. It was supposed to enter service in the 1990s but due to political wrangling one of the countries involved pulled out (France?) and the design evolved into the EAP then the Typhoon. IIRC the original was very similar in design to the Typhoon but with a twin fin arrangement which the country that pulled out was to build.

I have a PR sticker of it somewhere which had the legend ‘ACA European Combat Aircraft for the 1990s’

Martin

Lee on Solent based Harvard out for a stooge yesterday at about 1400

The ‘Spitfire’ wasn’t the first Triumph to have an aircraft name. There was also the car the Spitfire was based on, the Herald which IIRC was an airliner built by Handley Page.

How about the Ford/North American Mustang admittedly both named after the wild horse. Also SAAB are always telling us their cars have an aviation pedigree as they are usually advertised with a Viggen or a Gripen.

Any other aviation/motoring links?

Martin

I like the idea.

Well, I like the idea of erecting a Spitfire memorial.

Although personally I would prefer something similiar to the Gloster E28/39 mounted on the roundabout, I would be glad to see a Spitfire themed ‘Angel of the South’ as opposed to some modern, unidentifiable twisted lump of ‘art’.

Just my personal view. Can be shared at no cost.

camlobe

Ther is already a Replica Prototype Spitfire mounted like ths at the roundabout for the airport at Eastleigh and can be see travelling Eastbound on the M27 past J5. Unfortunately I am at the other end of the country so I cant get a pic of it

Martin

Was RF398 later ferried to Cosford or was it dis-assembled and trucked there?

regards

Mark Pilkington

The article states she was trucked there. She was kept servicable at Henlow and frequently ground run and taxied until 30 Oct 63 where she was mothballed. Circa Aug 65 she had her tailwheel exchanged with PA474 then under restoration.She went into storage at Cosford in 1968 after being on static display at the RAF 50th anniversary Royal Review.

Martin

From Oct 06 FlyPast list the following:-

All B.2s

RF342 – Major sections in storage near Doncaster Nose section reported at Greenham Common

RF398 – RAF Museum Cosford -preserved

RF530 – Upper rear fuse section converted to glider trailer, Dunstable, Beds

RE351/B004 – Buenos Aires

B016 – Villa Reynolds Argentina as ‘B017’

A73-27 – Nose only,Camden Museum of Aviation, Narellen, Australia

A73-44 – Tail Section only,RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Australia

A73-? – Rear Fuse only, Sid Beck Collection, Cairns, Queensland Australia

Martin