Woohoo,I,ll buy two!!!Yes the thrash Pearl Harbour film has been,err thrashed to death by now.For a jolly good mindless romp around the screen for a few hours watch Pearl.For an entertaining tension building movie watch Tora x3.Almost as good as “Battle of the River Plate”.

Always wondered why the uni wing couldn,t have both B and C wing armament.Would have really given the Butcher Birds something to worry about.Was it structural integrity under load for the wing,hassles with gun warming or positioning of ammo.Just curious.Cheers.

Welcome mate and hope you enjoy your stay.Someone around here will maybe have a pic of the two French fighters your after.It usually takes a bit of time to scrounge through years of hoarded info to find the plane or planes your after.Anyway,sit back and enjoy the view.Cheers mate.

There are a few guys here in Auss that muck around with Merlins.Dunno if you would be lucky enough to find a Merlin that early here though.Maybe Bob Eastgate would have an idea down at Point Cook.They are a bit busy though but a quick enquirey might get you a lead.Good hunting mate.

Don,t we all Dave!!!Good luck and good hunting mate.Will keep our ears to the ground up here for you.Cheers.

Why don,t the unairworthy ,unused spit parts be sent down to Australia where a nice bunch of blokes can use them for patterns for the one they are building. :p .I can vouch they are really nice bloke..(please they are making me say this and have a gun to my head!!!!)

Aerotechs on my way to work (only a block away in fact).Lynette Zuccoli has done a great job keeping her late husbands collection going.Been quiet these last few years but I do get to see the odd exotic plane visit every now and then.

I have heard a story of a radial engined plane being picked up as a stray from over the coast of France and escorted back by 453 Squadron Spitfires.During the landing run the radial engined plane began firing,shooting down one of the helpless Spits.Have heard reports it was either a P47,Brewster Buffalo or a Curtis.Does someone have any info on was it a friendly fire accident or an enemy intrusion.