You’re a braver man than me XH 668, but I understand what you say. Just to put it in to perspective though, I said something similar to an Ozzie mate of mine about one of the shows last year and his response was along the lines of “You don’t know how lucky you are in the UK. We’d give our back teeth for a line up like that”. I hope it’s not just the loop, roll and fast run and break routine which must be fun for the pilots but a bit tedious for the public. How about some pyrotechnics and live cannon firing like they did at Wanaka?

A quick glance at Hugh Scanlon’s book “Winged Shell” mentions 2 Geminis on the British register. G-AMGF belonging to Shell International and G-AKHZ belonging to Shell Mex. The latter was described as having a Cream and Grey colour scheme. The Twin Comanche that followed them was silver, yellow and white but the pre-war aircraft were green and red. None of which really helps you does it?

Ex-USAF chap in the AAM at Duxford said the ECM F-111 was called the “Sparkvark” by those in the know.

My decaying memory has an inkling that there may be some remnants at Blackbushe?

Thanks “low and slow” I was fairly sure I had seen one in RAF colours in the recent past. I think your photo was taken at a fly-in at North Weald and the other Ercoupe in the picture may have been Belgian-registered. The memory fades!

I’m by no means an expert on this subject but the Royal Air Force had one on trial as a basic trainer. I seem to remember it was serialled VX 147 and was silver all over with RAF roundels. I believe it was rejected as being too easy to fly. There was one flying in the UK a couple of year’s ago in this colour scheme but whether it was the original I don’t know. I hope this helps.

Excellent photographs and thanks for sharing. That must represent a large chunk of the RNZAF. I met the guys at a show at Ardmore about 5 years ago and they were really helpful, especially when I told them that I fly an Airtourer here in the UK. It is one of the Hamilton-built ones so it’s a Kiwitourer!