How can it be a “replica” if it has different wings?
Package received, Mike, thank you.

#15 – Steve, aren’t you thinking of the centaur? Pegasus was all horse!

The prototype XP-80 had a pre-production Goblin (shipped over from the UK) installed and powered up on November 17, 1943. On its second run on the 18th, the intake ducts collapsed and cracked the impeller so the engine was too badly damaged to run further, so it was sent back to the UK. A replacement Goblin arrived and was static tested in the aircraft on December 30. It was used for the first flight on January 8, 1944 and subsequent flights, being replaced by a more powerful new H-1 engine in May 1944 which was also used for flight tests in the prototype. This aircraft continued to be used for testing with a Goblin until the end of its military service on June 10, 1946.
(Summary of information on pages 20-22 of “Lockheed’s Skunk Works – The First 50 years” by Jay Miller.)

Merci beaucoup! La belle France!

A.V.Roe left the company in 1928 after selling his shares to Sir John Siddeley. In July 1935 A.V.Roe & Co. Ltd. became a subsidiary of the newly created Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Company.
Avro stayed that way until 1963, when it became the Avro-Whitworth division of Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd. The Avro 748 then became the HS. 748.

Six Kestrels (XS688-XS692 and XS694) were shipped to the USA for evaluation by the USAF, US Navy and US Marine Corps, including shipboard trials. This was after return to Dunsfold from the tri-partite squadron for inspection and overhaul.

iws, have you first reduced the size to max. 800 pixels wide? And set the resolution to 72 pixels per inch? It should then easily compress to less than 100 kb.
I am getting really tired of giving this advice to people after asking it to be put on the FAQs so many times!

What about a Forum meeting in his pub to discuss the matter, since a lot of people here have shown interest in his new purchase! At least an offer of help might be gratefully received, even if only to let him know which companies deal with aircraft recovery.
Where is Duckenfield, anyway?