Just catching up on this thread since my last visit and noticed with some joy on Duxman’s second photo in post #2204 there is Torquil Norman’s DH90 (G-AEDU) in the background presumably nearing the end of its own restoration. Just the cheat line on the fuselage side missing?

My interest in this aircraft is only that I made a sport-scale model of it a couple of years back but nice to catch up with old friends!

It was the ‘Norwegian Wings Over North Weald Fun Day And Fly-In’

You must have stumbled upon the ‘fun’ part!?

I have a 60″span Meteor F3 for sale, but I wouldn’t think of it as being to museum standard. It is a lightweight RC flying model, powered by two pusher props on electric motors in the tailpipes.
You say no internal detail is required, but what about the detail in the rest of the model?
I can easily take the radio equipment and power system out if you want the model.

WOW! I bet that sounded phenomenal!

When I tried to see what was on the events page all I got was
“Our events pages are currently undergoing some updates and maintenance.

We thank you for your patience whilst we carry out this necessary work
and hope to have the pages back on-line as soon as possible.”
– Nice timing.

From dark rumours I have been hearing recently it seems that the words ‘Military’ and ‘logic’ are not particularly good bed-fellows T-21. Not to us ordinary human beings anyway.

But if other rumours are correct there should be some flying of LMA B-17s going on at some stage.

I would welcome a little feedback on the OW meet T-21 – I was going to go and fly there yesterday but the gusting with that wind direction makes for uncomfortable flying for lightly loaded models in the lee of the trees so I saved my money. (Shuttleworth charge we who provide the entertainment just the same as those who go to spectate – maybe they just don’t think they can afford logic?)

Thank you Haavalds. Nice to see the progress… but rivets? I haven’t the patience!

So one model approaches completion and another gets retired… and I’m STILL building the Stirling!

What is going to replace the B-17 Steve?

Here’s an idea of the size of the beast – it’s hard to get it all assembled in my workshop and still move about to work on it. Should have built a bigger workshop!
Tail section is 72″ long (from main spar back) and tailplane spans 47.5″.

Looks like it should be captioned ‘You should have seen the one that got away’!

Thanks Elliott, a good day indeed.

I was slightly thrown off balance because neither aircraft were turning left over Ware to go cross country as most bound for Harlow do so I assumed ‘from DX’ rather than ‘to North Weald’. Neither was the course of the Vampire suggestive of it having come from Old Warden. Both seemed simply to be VFR on the A10.

Both aircraft have very easily recognisable and characteristic sounds though.