Nice RAF scheme might be worth considering….

The IWM made a direct appeal to AAM supporters in the US for donations to cover the cost of transporting the P-51 from London to Duxford to incorporate it into the AAM. It is therefore likely that it will retain a USAAF scheme in some shape or form.

P-40s are not fitted with ‘cannons’

Don’t hold your breath…………

P-47 recovered? It seems to me as though all that they got was a cartload of muddy, corroded scrap metal and a parachute buckle and piece of leather jacket. 🙁

Hopefully 3 or 4 of these will fly by March…(still looking for a pair of time-ex Bell206 helicoptor blades)!

That sounds a scary combination! 😮

I’m not sure where you get that impression from. There’s a huge amount going on, with plenty of exciting projects in progress in the UK (numerous sundry Spitfires, Seafires and Hurricanes, Proctor, Percical Q6, Comets real and replica, Blenheim, Camel replica, Archaeopteryx, Dragon, Gemini, Rapide, various Moth types, Swordfish, Beech 18, S.E.5, DH.9, to name but a few. Not to mention some interesting ‘under the radar’ projects whose owners shun publicity. Plus there are several of those tin blow lamps that have a funny smell of paraffin about them being restored too, so I’m told. On top of that are the various ongoing static restorations of rare and interesting types, either in progress or waiting in the wings, such as Newark’s Monospar, Rochester’s Scion, the prototype Mosquito at Salisbury Hall, Yeovilton’s Gladiator, all the various projects at Cosford, the Assault Glider project at Shawbury.

Most of these are reported on here, thanks to the Internet information and updates have never been more easily available. Many of them can be viewed at museums or by sending an email or two. Or you could always buy a magazine occasionally! 🙂

We’ll, the RAF Museum have done a pretty good job of preserving every type that has left RAF service in the past 3 decades or so, up until the recent VC-10 fiasco.

The Miles Mohawk was not impressed until late-1941 and was little used due to issues with its various Menasco engines (needing several changes of powerplant IIRC), so this would have been the Curtiss fighter.