sent an email to Richard Simpson, the keeper of aircraft and exhibits, regarding the typhoon and the lanc, this is what i got back. :-

Thank you for your e mail. It is neither beneficial nor detrimental to
the
airframes to put them up into rigging position. We do not see them
perched
up as you describe it but rather an intelligent way of using a
perfectly
natural position to provide a more dynamic exhibit. The only change we
have
made is to provide a tail stand rather than retain the aircraft on a
rigging
trestle. There are two reasons for this. The first is the need for
the
trestles for our everyday work. The second is purely style we think
people
will prefer the most discrete stand we can design.
At the moment there are two more aircraft up on rigging trestles for
operational reasons and they will come down when the work is complete.
The
DH9A is not actually at rigging position but is up on a low stand to
facilitate floor work underneath the aircraft. The Hanriot HD1 is in
rigging position as technicians continue to work on its moving surfaces
prior to the opening of the GW Factory building.

Richard Simpson
Keeper
Department of Aircraft and Exhibits
[email]richard.simpson@rafmuseum.org[/email]

Hope this helps

I think the Corsair pics look about the best. The Beaufighters are too obviously models and either v.poor CGI or superimposed on a photograph. whoever did them needs to try harder to fool anyone.

Thats the one my mind went blank, thanks for that

I have this documentary on video it was released by DD Video some years ago and was one of the first videos I bought along with a vid about the Shackleton. Im not sure if it is available on DVD, there is nothing on amazon or the DD Video website but you could try e-mailing the customer services manager at [email]jbooth@dd-video.co.uk[/email], hope this helps.

martin

Re: Best Warbird

Originally posted by black6
Let’s bring on some Axis muscle. If money were no object – and to balance out all these Allied Fighters with nothing to Dogfight with over Greer’s back garden……………………………………………

BLACK 6 (with me at the controls – of course!)

Anyone know what happened to the other 109 that was flying around the same time as Black6, I think it was a G10 and was it Hans Dittesthat owned it? I’ve not heard anything about it for ages, does it still fly? Or is it now grounded?

Originally posted by andyxh558
obviously bae couldnt give a monkeys. history doesnt matter for an example see concorde!

I would add Nimrod prototype XV147 to that list of examples.As for Vulcans that are gone in 5 years definately XL391 here in Blackpool I would even shorten that to 2-3 years, bits are coming off already

Thanks for that info daz, I will see if I can find one