BUMP . any more photos of her Setter ???

I think this flew at East Fortune about 3 years ago , does anybody have anymore info about her and any plans for her ???

Hi Dave

The Kermit Weeks A/C is one of the Ex Ansett Airlines machines that went to Antilles airways thence to Ryanair and thence to Kermit. So I can’t remember it’s history with the Kiwis but I will find out and Post.

The other Ansett machine is on display at Southampton UK.

I can’t remember the history of the other UK Sunderlands you mention but I don’t know if they were RNZAF or not – I think not. I am sure a sooth sayer on this site will beat me to a post but I will look it up.

Kindest regards
John P

The Kermit Weeks machine never actually made it to Ryanair , Sir Edward Hulton rescued her and she was based at Calshot Water . There was a deal which would have seen her based just outside Dublin operating tourist flights around Ireland , she got as far as Dublin and even sported the Ryanair name , but she never operated any flights for Ryanair and was flown back to the UK , then sadly further on to Mr Weeks .

Vigilante , the Spitfire against the cloud backdrop is absolutely superb .

Well done Steve 😀 😀 , how long before the MG gets swapped for a Chippy now ???? ( I thought you would have blagged the one on Ebay recently ??? )

I usually enjoy a Dingo’s Breakfast this consists of a look around and a ****.

It is, on the face of it, quite a generous gesture. But it is simply a small part of the debt we all owe.

Forget, the Aces, the V.C.’s, men with more ribbon than chest space to display it. And think about what the debt actually is. From the greatest ace to the humblest erks we owe them. And what we do owe them is the opportunity to live the lives we lead today. We owe them our lives pure and simple. Now, if we have the gall to believe that our lives are not worth a donation of £8, what is it all about? Europe, North Africa, the Far East, all the seas and oceans, even our own fields hold our dead. The War Memorials that our drunken and callow youth choose to defile by using them as a toilet name those who made the supreme sacrifice. If we’re now struggling to Honour the dead, for God’s sake let’s do what we can for those who are still with us.

Andy in Beds is right. Free entry to the over 70’s, let’s all pay a bit of the debt while some of them can appreciate the gesture.

Regards,

kev35

An excellent eloquent post , good to see you back Kev.

Al

No matter what they put on surely it should be free to the people we are commemorating , do we pay our debt to them with a free marquee , a few sannies and a program ??? – surely we owe them much more than that , these heroes are few and fewer between every year – but the sad fact is that fewer will visit by being insulted to be asked to pay an admission fee .
We are in their debt – lets prove it by treating them in a befitting manner. 😡