Thought I remembered one, but a little digging find that it was neither Guinness, nor aerobatic!

Well, I knew it wasn’t aerobatic, because it was a special scheme on a Ryanair Boeing 737-200. In fact EI-CNY was promoting the ‘Kilkenny’ brand and painted in dark brown and cream representing a half poured glass of Irish Stout, but not a ‘Guinness ‘. Time period would be at least early 1998 until a /c sold late 2005.

Not too many aircraft have been in promotional scheme for drinks manufacturers, one I do clearly recall was half a Concorde in Pepsi blue.

Well that wasted half an hour chasing a total research ‘red herring’… and now it is too late for a drink!

I agree that a wing walker Stearman rings a slight bell in the fading grey cells, though it must have been quite short-lived in a promotional scheme.

Confirmation of the Guernsey plans for 2- sequence:

http://www.sgiaviation.com/site/ID/ciar

Peppermint Jam,

Interesting site, but what exactly am I looking for? Which aircraft am I being directed toward, as I cannot find ‘Sandtoft Aerodrome’ in the listing, no matter how many times I look through.

However, hopefully someone will be along shortly with an informed answer. I can recall a time, some while ago that there were a number of older RAF aircraft types at Sandtoft in storage eg Vampire, Jet Provost and even a Gannet ( I think), but don’t recall a Lightning, so am as little real help as the post above.

Ken Ellis’s ‘Wrecks & Relics’ editions 6 through to 10, covering the late 70s to mid 80s don’t feature Market Rasen as a place name in the index. A look through all the entries in each edition for Lincolnshire county comes up with no candidates, apart from those on airfield at Scampton and Waddington and a nose briefly at Tattershall Thorpe 84-85. If anyone has a ‘W&R’ Ed.11 or 12 sitting on their bookshelves it might be worth a scan through the entries. So surprisingly, I therefore don’t come up with an answer. Sorry for the negative reply, but might stop others being frustrated looking up the same source!

Sorry nothing like such a great photo as the one above, the first P-40E Kittyhawk 1A I recall in the UK was N94466/SU:E, here seen displaying at the last airport based Air Show at Liverpool in August1984, complete with (what I suspect is an American version of RAF) desert camouflage and ‘shark’s teeth’. Suspect this could be the ‘naked lady on the rudder’ scheme referred to above, but the rudder is coyly hidden on my poor photos.

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Can someone PM me to tell me (or link me) how to post pictures direct from Photobucket at full size without going through thumb-nail size stage please.

While the use of the possessive apostrophe is technically erroneous, it is more than one Avro 748, but less than two! The complete, but partly dismantled Avro 748 G-BEJD under rebuild and restoration by SAHG, and Mike Davey’s considerable HS.748 cockpit and nose of G-ORAL.

The ‘flight simulator’ is located in the Jetstream 41, so that aircraft does effectively get a double billing!

I can immediately think of 5 active forumites who will be there and involved, wont state who so as not to upset anyone I miss out! As stated in the initial post should be a good day out, with the opportunity to take a very close look at the Avro 748 and Britannia restoration projects while both are still at ground level. It would appear that the event is about raising funds for the projects and highlighting the heritage of the site and the aircraft, rather than providing a family entertainment day out, as the ‘Air Fair’ was last summer.

Simply Google search the IP number yourself. If the owner of that IP is making a nuisance of themselves then there are likely a number of links.

My ‘Military Aircraft markings 2012’, Howard Curtis, Midland, has XT469 (8920M) Wessex HU.5 as “MSS Holdings, Kirkham, Lancs”. They also have/have had Lightning F.1A XM173/A ex Bentley Priory since 2/08 (good ‘spot’ that David Burke!).

‘Wrecks & Relics 23’ 2012, Ken Ellis, Midland, lists both XM173 and XT469 (ex Stafford) as on a private location, in the general area of Preston, Lancs in the premises of Submarine Manufacturing and Products Ltd.