That’s a pity. Perhaps the Boscombe Basset could supply some bits?

Thank you very much for this intriguing thread. I always wondered how a Prentice got in to the Wanaka museum and now I know. I used to live in Blackpool and remember the EP9s being assembled. It was a slightly ill-fated design wasn’t it? I also have a connection to the Provost as I own and fly an NZ built Airtourer. The connection is that Henry Millicer was the designer of both aircraft and looking at the Provost in the Shuttleworth Collection recently it was clear to see the similarities.i.e the wing planform, the “straight” fin and rudder and the tailplane placement. It’s as if the Airtourer is a 75% scaled down version of the Provost. One final comment is do you have any idea why the Prince “DYO” had a Pembroke nose? It doesn’t seem to have the Pembroke wings so I wonder why the nose was fitted?

Thanks chaps, that was the Robbo I heard on the radio. From what he said he’s a regular in to Stow Maries By the way what happened to the ex-Booker WW1 aircraft that were due to move to Stow Maries at one stage?

I believe the P-47 is going to join it “in the air”. If that’s true it seems odd that the two most relevant American aircraft to Duxford’s American heritage will be suspended.

Earlier in this thread you mentioned the problem with re-painting the Dornier in German colours. I was at Duxford a few weeks back and Tony de Bruyn came in in his OV-10 Bronco and it was in German military colours. Maybe worth a chat if that’s the way you’re going?

That’s a really nice tribute to an important aircraft. I’m sure everybody has done the research but wasn’t there an earlier Vampire flying in the USA. I vaguely remember that it had a forced landing and so is probably not flying. Just a question but which is the next oldest airworthy jet in the world?

Amen to that. A pal of mine has an Airtourer light aircraft manufactured in 1968. Corrosion was found in the tailfin attachment brackets and fortunately drawings were available but the correct spec material wasn’t and remember this was built as recently as 1968. To cut a long story short Boeing came up with an acceptable replacement material with the right section but he had to buy 10 metres of it for two brackets 15 cm long. You ain’t going to build a Stirling any time soon.