I saw this Ken, but dismissed it as either a CH-53 or Merlin. I never even considered it to be a Mi-26? :confused:

Although I only live ten minutes away, after 20 years I stopped going to the Moth Rally a couple of years back when the enforced changes spoilt the atmosphere for me. Reducing it still further to a single day seems to beg the question of just how much longer it will continue?

Blimey, you must put your foot down – 8 miles in 10 minutes?? 😉

I was lucky enough to see this fly at RAF Gaydon’s ‘At Home’ day on 17th September 1966. It flew fairly slowly with smoke emitting from its flaps to show the ‘blown flaps’ and landed in rather a STOL manner. It was built in 1963 and was operated by RAE Bedford for low speed handling trials for a while then in 1969 was flown out to the USA inside a Belfast for trials with NASA at Moffett Field. It was returned to Bedford in 1970 but was never flown again and was offered to Cosford in April 1974.

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/hunting-h126.htm

Now are all you Auster guys going to bring your aircraft to Henstridge on 26th? I hope to be there in anticipation of seeing the Auster Crofton, Chrislea Skyjeep and Aeronca. :rolleyes:

Nice tribute Les – well done! Hoping all three will be outside at Kemble on 10th September for us mortals to pay homage to!

Oh dear, this looks ominous!!The mounds are encroaching on the VC-10 and the One-Eleven has been ‘speyed’!! 😮

This is tremendous Rob. Where did you get the ‘Red Tops’ from? Are they genuine or mocked up? A nice pair of steps placed strategically would ensure a queue of photographers eager to capture those stencils on top of the engine! :rolleyes: Well done!