The amount of tooling required to do this is an enormous investment, so like the Mosquitos I would expect to see more than one, even if only one flies.

Steve

Are there any common airframe components with the Mosquito? I guess Bruce or our resident Hornet expert could say.

Steve

In the film they say they are going to climb to 2000′ over the beach, so I did some tests with a MK1 Spit in X-plane at Dunkirk and would say that the distance glided was not too far off of reality. at 110mph I got just under 1000′ per minute decent. The problem is the change of direction, let alone shooting down a Stuka!

Steve

I met Ken in the 1970s when my father’s school was building a Gyro Glider from scratch (yes everything), and he was very helpful and enthusiastic. He told us then that the hours on Little Nellie were way beyond any other Auto gyro he had and that it was in uncharted waters as far as fatigue life. He was considering building a brand new one and transferring the reg over. At some point after that he was involved in a car crash while towing Nellie between airshows, and a significant amount of damage was done to the machine. So like all historic aircraft, much has been renewed over Nellie’s service life.

Steve

Slow Motion?

Steve

Excellent photos Peter.

Steve

Welcome to the Forum Trevor G. There are lots of armchair experts here as well as lots of actual experts. Enjoy.

Steve