How safe would it be ground running a Vampire that is stored outside for the majority of the year?

Although you could put covers over the pod to keep direct water off it would the damp not store within the structure weakning it somewhat ?

would a slightly slimmed down B.B.M.F. with maybe P7350, AB910, PM631 staying alongside the rest of the flight because of their individual historical statuses and to represent Spitfire development, and MK356 or PS915 or TE311 sold off to appease the bean counters, with a small reduction in flying hours? They had to sell PS853 to defray the costs of rebuilding LF363 a few years ago. . .

Equaly would selling of some airframes mean that if aircraft went u/s the BBMF wouldn’t be able to fulfill its display commitments because of a smaller pool of airframes to use?

That would Im sure then give the politicians another way of saying that the BBMF isn’t offering value for money by being able to perform its role.

Altrite its only a model of a Wyvern however…………………

This is now down under ?

Perhaps Matt Wilkes will be using the funds from its sale to start re-imbursing the Black Mike monies once he’s done eating Porridge ?

What happened to the Victor and Sea Harrier owned by him ? Are they still his and will they be used to retrieve misappropriated funds ?

Good luck with the Chippie. Looks a lovely project 🙂

I purchased a copy of Lancaster survivors just before Christmas and was terribly disappointed with it. Nothing in it that can’t be sourced very easily on the www and in better detail :apologetic:

Jesus, I often wonder what they are going to get up to next to scrape some cash in.

For those unable to afford the unique hands on Vulcan experience there is a cheaper option. For a payment of £50 you get the privilege of dispensing morning and afternoon cups of tea and the ultimate honour of making dinner for the VTTS team.

I have no desire to own a replica Spitfire but what kind of price do they go for ? Is there much of a demand to own a fullsize replica Spit by anyone other than RAF stations that want a gate guard. Apologies if it seems as though I’m trolling just genuinely intrigued by something that I perhaps wrongly view as an oddity.