Gaxan, that suprises me. Although knowing the square root of b**ger all about aerodynamics I would have assumed that, although heavier, the modern glider (or should we call them sailplanes?) was far more efficient/aerodynamic and, once on the move, would have been easier to tow.

Roger Smith.

Gordon, haven’t seen Jim for a while but hope to soon.
I remember him telling me years ago he was collecting surplus/scrap parts of the Rover/Alvis gas turbine engines and keeping them under his bench. Unfortunately when his employment with Alvis ended he had no means of transporting them to “the shed”

Roger Smith.

Are there two Vampires in the workshop?

Looks like it – and that workshop shot illustrates well why the population of surviving Vampire T.11s has dropped rapidly over the 35 years since Hawker-Siddeley almost gave them away to anyone who could come and fetch one.

Roger Smith.

Ah thanks, 25deg south – I’d forgotten Inpact’s pre-WW1 series.

Roger Smith.

I’ll keep this thread going for weeks – as I go through listing my album collection (about 1200 of ’em) :diablo:

First on my list is an obscure group called Bethnall – their album “Crash Landing” (1978) had a small image of a Dan Air Comet 4 on the front in ‘damaged’ condition.

Like john tixc I can’t reproduce the image here :confused:

Roger Smith.

I have a stock of kits and previously-built models in the loft originally intended as a retirement hobby. However with finances as they are they (the unbuilt kits) may well turn out more part of my pension-plan 🙁

I have some Merit and the later Inpact models. Merit did a range of 1/48 WW1 aircraft plus the Swordfish (on floats) and Walrus. Inpact, if I remember correctly, only did three kits (1/48 again) Flycatcher, Bulldog and Siskin(?).

Also have about 1/2 dozen Frog ‘Penguin’ models – can’t remember which ones though.

Must find the time to get in the loft and sort/list them.

Roger Smith.