True, but i took “This aircraft is not currently flying.” to mean, that it could be made airworthy without a huge rebuild.

That could mean a whole lot of things – Has the airframe been completed to flying standards, but no avionics etc – As someone very knowleagble on Spitfires says – When the airframe finished only 50% complete

Does it have an engine that has been re-built

Anyone serious enough to want this will send an expert in to validate what needs to be done to make to take a ‘not currently flying’ machine to a flying machine

remember thsi aircraft last flew in 1957, has been on static display and under restoration by at least 2 individuals in the last 10 years

Paul

Did hear a rumour that someone (don’t know who) was doing a ‘The Hurricane The History’ Type of thing but it may just be that….. a rumour

This is definately the one your mum remembers as this particular aircraft crashed on the playing fields of Bishop’s Stortford College

Not only pay rise – Promotion too!

Thanks to AB-IX

“
26.6.39 G-AELE c/n K.26 Vega Gull Ditched off Le Touquet,
on mudflats in mouth of River Canche [pilot Robert Morrison & 2 pass inj]”

The plane was first registered on 21.05.36

For extra browny points you can order a photo of said aircraft from here

http://www.ajjcollection.co.uk/details.htm

The Times, Tuesday, Jun 27, 1939; pg. 14; Issue 48342; col D

British Aeroplane Crash In France

M.P and Wife Hurt

From our Correspondent

Le Touquet June 26

Mr J R Robinson MP for Blackpool, Mrs Robinson, his wife
and Mr Robert Morrison, the pilot were injured this morning
when the plane in which they were flying to London crashed near
Le Touquet airport.

The machine had taken off shortly before noon, but as it was
passing over the River Canche at about a mile from the airport
it nosedived and crashed into the mud near the racecourse.

Mr and Mrs Robinson, and the pilot Mr Morrison were taken to the local
hospital and later in the afternoon were transferred to a Boulogne
nursing home. Mr Robinson has a broken leg, but none of the party was
seriously injured.”

All we need now is the Type and Registration – Date date ought to narrow it down

I hope you get that pay rise now 😉

Ant I think these are the two that are going to France over on Wixs there was a thread a few weeks back if you type in P-40 going to France you should find the thread.

I don’t think so

these 2 registrations were first reserved back in October 2004 to C. Munk

PH-PLI P-51 Mustang to C. Munk reservation on 22.10.04
PH-PXL Curtiss P-40 to C. Munk reservation on 22.10.04

I think they must have been missed the first time around in Aeroplane – I know who the owner is but not what the previous identities are! – Anyone else her have an idea

🙁

Where is she headed, back to Russia?

Will she NOT be at Legends then? :rolleyes: