Why would the NMUSAF have any interest in whether the IHL acquired a Cobra, an Army and USMC type?
Several of us remember AMB being quite vociferous at the time that the wrong shade of blue had been used, based on his interpretation of a 50 year old Kodachrome. Perhaps we just imagined it?
Plenty of pictures of it, from various angles, here:
http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?object=nasm_A19670111000
In some ways not surprising, in the context of Old Buckenham experiencing a fatal accident at their pre-airshow press event last year.
It means that you should have a Private Message from Bomberboy in your inbox.
…and many thousands of jobs in the historic aircraft industry
Seriously?
Metal Mosquitos too! 🙂
Apparently not
I wasn’t aware that the military insured their jets
The Lancaster has moved since 1976, to the Bomber Command Hall, which was not built until the 1980s.
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?137247
Actually it is not Midair themselves, but the Receivers, who have put them up for sale.
Just pray there is never a warbird accident on the scale of the one a Reno a few years ago. That would probably lead to the banning displays altogether…
If anything the Shoreham accident was on a larger scale than Reno. Whilst the casualty toll is comparable, at Shoreham they were passers-by on a public highway rather than paying spectators at an event where some level of risk is assumed.
Just to help Alan and others who are Googally-challenged:
It would be interesting to know how much a typical trade stand costs. Unless it’s another Duxford Secret.
I would guess £2,000+ for the weekend. Although that may be a huge under estimate ?
No conspiracy, no secret. It took me about 30 seconds to pull this up using Google – you should try it sometime!
http://www.iwm.org.uk/sites/default/files/public-document/2016-Air-Show-Trader-Pack.pdf