how is joe public ever going to gain a better understanding of ‘what it was like’ watching uninformed drivel like this? I have to agree with comments above. I am no expert by any sytandards but i still know enough to pic holes in this long winded clap trap! It looks like it was made by the makers of big brother and is just about as entertaining! i was so bored i gave up!

Its a new aircraft type in effect and as such would require complete type authorisation as its too heavy to be placed in the homebuilt PFA catergory. Such an excercise would be very difficult, time consuming and costly to justify for one example. If the aircraft was a restored original with a BMW engine it would qualify for Permit operation being an ex-military aircraft but in the case of the Flugwerk replicas, not so.

Mark V has made the point clearly regarding this Flugwerk replica – readers of this thread take note! The CAA may be seen as the ogre stopping airshow attendees photographing something exotic in the UK skies, but they are acting in everyones safety. Its a new type, that just happens to resemble a German Warbird. There may be a large amount of commonality in the design and construction between old and new, but the rules are clear – if you improve, redesign, or make a make a new type you need to do the (paper)work and this costs time and money.

These are great looking replicas, but in hindsight to sell one in the UK Flugwerk should have either created these as re-builds from existing wreckage, or only aimed them at the US market under their experimental category. Even if they had been classed as re-builds/restorations of originals, putting a different engine onto this would still have required new certification in the UK.

I have read the interview and it clearly states there is a president in the YAK 3 and 9 these aircraft are new biuld and have been re-engined with allisons fitted with hamilton standard props? G-CDBJ is an example. It operates on a permit not a C of A. I am not aware of anyone on the forum having first hand knowledge (please enlighten me if you do!) of what either has of hasn’t been done with view to getting the aircraft on the UK register. So it seems a little presumptuous to blame the CAA?
what does confuse me is that if an aircraft is required to reach a certain standard for flight within the UK why was the french based 190 allowed to fly at Duxford? The same applies to N-reg experimental category aeroplanes. clearly if the CAA have given permission for those aircraft to fly in UK airspace (as indicated in the interview) they bear some responsibility and one would assume liability so that cannot be the issue? That creates a real contradiction for me.

what is the diameter , 15 or 19? Are the wheels cast in one piece or do they have a seperate rim? Aussie demons had quite a few upgrades and mods so they could have been fitted with 15s and/or 19s?

re dewoitine replica

the link seems to be dead? Do you know if this is a full size replica? What engine it’s using? It looks from the prop that it has a modern engine. Someone should build a full size accurate replica! Does anyone know if any plans exist? If they needan engine i can point them in the right direction! 😉

dewoitine 520

what happened to the rest of the aircraft after the accident?

I think i am right in saying (please correct me if i am wrong!)that there was no fighter cover for the attack on the scharnhorst. Spitfires were supposed to fly escort, which was the only reason that it was thought worth trying in daylight. The spitfires, for reasons i cannot recall, did not make the rendevous. The volunteer crews then carried on with the attack, with enevitable and tragic results. I believe that the bravery of the attack was also commented on by the captain of the scharnhorst.
As for the effectiveness of the Swordfish as a torpedo bomber i think it’s record speaks for itself. The fact that it was slow and vulnerable does not detract from the fact that it was very effective. If you ask me if i would like the idea of a torpedo run in daylight on a heavily defended target i would definately rather not! Clearly a very dangerous proposition in any aircraft however fast and well protected!
SBD’s would make a good comparison they were faster than the swordfish, very tough and manouverable. I suspect in the the torpedo role they were just as vulnerable.

hart series

you are quite correct! That is who i meant, i think i am having a senior moment!:rolleyes:

ow like life!!

just got back from Legends after not having been for a few years. I had a great day out, but with TFC grounded it was not the best Legends ever. As for the commentary I was immensly amused and appalled at the same time! All the criticism that has been leveled i think is more than fair. As for zenaphobia I think you are missing the point! Much as i was entertained by his Robin williams esk inane ramblings, I dearly wish he had shut up so that i could listen to the sounds of aircraft! Having said that i was still laughing at some of his comments half way home on the motorway! He is obviously very well informed and i have to say i learn’t a few things from his commentary. Perhaps next year we could have someone who can mute his commentary at crucial moments so that he can wax lyrical and we can still hear the aircraft. I would like to take issue with a couple of his ‘facts’. The Hawker Hurricane is not just another aeroplane. It fought in the ‘first alf’ with great distinction with the French airforce and in the ‘second alf’ destroying more enemy aircraft than any other form of defence combined. It also bolstered the russians on the eastern by the thousand. Served in every theatre of operations in every climate and was a quite exceptional weapons platform for all forms of aerial combat. It may not have won the war single handed but it certainly did more than it’s fair share of (in conjunction with the brave pilots who flew it) saving the free world from defeat so that the ‘sexier’ ones could win it. I’ld say that makes it quite a bit more than just another aeroplane mssr Chabbert!!!