ITV Sunday 9pm

Just a reminder that there is an hour drama re-enactment of the Greeks planespotters’ dilema on Sunday at 9pm on ITV. I just hope that ITV helped them recover their losses.

Just out of curiousity, how many races did the plane participate in? I see we got three different race# here. Did it win any races?

T J

Interesting question, not quite sure? All I know is that it participated in the 1950 and ’51 races, but not sure about the third. Don’t think it won any, or we would know that fact.

Hurricane G-AMAU

There has been a lot of debate about the authenticity of the colour of the Corgi model of this and I am most surprised that no one has yet to post a COLOUR photograph of it, considering it lasted in this scheme until 1960.
Anyway, here are some very accurate profiles showing the CORRECT colour blue and all the marking variations that G-AMAU wore! This is as good as you are going to get. 😉

Who (which “hard” source) can confirm that it was the “XV179”? And if there is so which kind of C-130K was the mentioned Herc, a C1 or a C3?

New AFM confirms it was C-130K C.1 XV179. Even more sad, as this was the second oldest RAF Herk still in service and was one of the few ‘all green’ ones used by 47(SF) Squadron with ‘lumps’ on the rear fuselage.

Grumman Albatross…of course, followed by a Spitfire and Kermit Weeks’ Short Sunderland.

Ditto to Iceland also! Heard she will be repainted as one of the original aircraft operated by Icelandair.

Ah Mr Ross, long time no see. Where ya been?

Who dat wid the noo avateur? Why tis t’old wizard hiself! Do we no longer want to do air-to-air with a Sea Fury for food, then?

Lovely stuff, but what’s all that ‘blue stuff’ above the aircraft? Where are the clouds?? Ooops, forgot this is not UK!!