The Hunters must be almost worthless until the CAA lift their grounding of the type
It is being advertised as a pre-order item, not as being in stock
Sadly I now put Aeroplane in the ‘trash mag’ category, which is a shame.
What do you see as the problem with Aeroplane?
My favourite bit ran along the lines of…
“What is it?”
“A brooch, still has it’s pin, got something written on it in Latin”
“What does it say?”
Lance gives it a rub and peers intently. “Status Quo”
I’m glad to see that there is a Christmas Special in a couple of weeks too
Viewable on I-player in the UK.
Mark
And outside, too, if you know how. 😉
I thoroughly enjoyed it, a beautifully-written and performed series, British TV at its very best.
By coincidence, ‘VT arrived at Duxford on June 29th 1975, the same day that the recently posted pics of T-33 and Spitfire G-AIDN were taken.
Didn’t the VT-29 arrive around then too?
Yes, a sad day indeed. Around that time I seemed to be spending far too much time going to funerals. Colin, Chris, Hoof, Larks, Mark 🙁
Like I said, it won’t be flying, neither will the third one (now at Pima)
I understand that Key are moving to staggered publication dates, so that FlyPast and Aeroplane will be appearing approximately two weeks apart from now on.
This is one of the ones recovered by Tallichet from “Million Dollar Valley”
It is indeed a static restoration. Many of the repairs done, and parts made, are not to airworthy standards. Nevertheless, a great job by the folks at MAPS.
We did this one a couple of years back: http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?120064-Camel-N6254
Bits of the triplane are spread all over the world. The IWM has the engine, the RAF Museum has several pieces
A slight correction, the new (and very impressive) NMUSMC is now in Triangle, not its previous location in nearby Quantico.