Interesting in the videos to see the undercarriage come down, then up, and then down again just as the plane touches down. Note as well that the port leg is not locked down either as we can see it move back before touchdown. Very well done to the pilot though.

Steve.

[QUOTE=Mark12;2099096]Merry Christmas.

Very good to see you back Peter. After our chat in Adelaide at the South Australian Aviation Museum I wasn’t sure we would see you on these pages again.

All the best,

Steve.

Very pleased to see that everything is returning to normal. A most agreeable result.

All the best,

Steve

More tangible than a buried Spitfire!

All the best,

Steve

More than my 2 cents worth.

Good morning from a wintery but warmish South Australia,

Nothing happens on this thread for days and then the whole can of worms opens up again. Now Matt, I was expecting Stu to call me since I sent him my phone number but maybe the time difference is causing problems so I will detail my concerns here.

Firstly the website. All of the above comments in this thread contain issues but I think that there are more.

The use of the term membership is misleading in this case because it implies something in return and frankly there is nothing offered here. Supporters might be a more accurate term to use. I conducted a report on the website for my Masters Degree detailing what was wrong (in my view) and how it could be changed. I even produced a redesigned dummy site to show how some of these changes might work, and no I don’t want the job, but I can send you the files if you like.

Now the project itself. I feel that the project is becoming a rather exclusive affair with an inner circle who know everything and the rest of us left waiting for any snippet of information that leaks out. Take news for example, one tiny post at the start of the year and then nothing for months until this thread, and notice that this thread is on a public forum not the project’s website. If this thread had started with a link to the news on the website that would have been fine. Six months with no news posted is a rather poor show though.

Last October? Some members of the inner circle were allowed into the Holy Grail of Whirlwind lore, the AgustaWestland archives. They apparently retrieved a significant amount of new information about the aircraft. I use the term apparently because in the following nine months none of that information has been made available to anyone in any form as far as I can tell and I wonder why? Members of the inner circle allude to these findings in forum discussions amongst themselves but that is the only public admission. The Whirlwind ceased to be on the classified list in 1943 so what is so secret about it now. There could be reasons and l think they need to be stated quite clearly.

Projects like this rely on the goodwill of members to raise funds and support the project if and when they can. Goodwill is very easy to lose and almost impossible to get back, and I think that this is showing already on the website. When the news on this thread was eventually posted on the site only one member commented.

I could go on, but frankly it’s a Sunday and I have better things to do.

Steve.

Morning Folks,

Perhaps it’s just me, but I am rather disappointed as a member of the project that this important information has been published here and not on the project web site first.

Steve

Hi Andy, and other readers. Just got back from France about an hour ago and spending a few more days in the UK before returning downunder. Great to meet you Andy albeit rather briefly, although I understand you were around in the afternoon as well. I was given your card and emailed you (which I presumed you got about using the image?).

The whole event was very impressive and I have to again say a big thanks on behalf of the family. You mentioned in an earlier post about the size of the Australian response and I have to say that since moving there in 2005 it is very obvious how highly regarded the Defence Force is by the population as a whole and how the concept of service is a very respected one, very different than in the UK as I remember it. I think that goes some way towards explaining it.

More when I think about it.

All the best,

Steve

Hi Folks,

Sgt William Smith turns out to be my wife’s Great Uncle! In my years of rather infrequent posting here I never thought that I would find a family link like this.

Thanks to all concerned.

Is there any info about the documentary?

All the best

Steve