I’m not sure about MW404. I think we have more chance of seeing Ezell’s fly many years beforehand.

Sad that a number of them never made it into preservation. Also, in this day and age, it always amazes me that not a single example has flown over 30 years since they were recovered. If they’d have been Spitfires or P-51s………….

I’m amazed they kept the Etendard, especially at the expense of the Skynight.

The prototype Ryan PT-22 flies from Old Warden

Or at least the paperwork does. According to the Ryan experts, this airframe bears late-production characteristics, so is not the prototype.

and then gives a broad overview of the Sea Fury as a type.
http://www.ruv.is/sarpurinn/frettir/14042012/gomul-herflugvel-lenti-a-egilsstodum

Thank you for that little insight into the Sea Fury Sigurjon, it really made my afternoon. I now know that, if you drop the tanks, the Sea Fury can easily exceed 550 kts (which is the speed of sound), and that there are only 7 operational ones left in the world.

The things you learn from Icelandic TV! 🙂

Five now. Cole, Griffin, Hite, Saylor & Thatcher.

All should be at Dayton next week.

If you’re talking about the IMAX that was filmed at the 2009 and 2010 races, then yes, it was released this week. It is titled ‘Air Racers 3D’

http://airracers-thefilm.com/

I attended a media screening in LA last week, and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone interested in the subject, or in flying in general. There are some great sequences of the racers on the course, and excellent in-cockpit footage of Steven Hinton flying ‘Strega’ which look great on the big IMAX screen.

If you’re talking about ‘Thunder over Reno’, then that one is probably best forgotten (and indeed has been by most) 🙁

Memories of Ray’s last display, a few days before he passed, leading Cliff Spink in Spitfire formation aerobatics.