If you asked the general public, I would think Bader – and Gibson as a distant second – would be the only names that many could come up with.

I think I agree – if you could fast-forward a hundred years there would be but a few battles “that saved England/Britain” that the general public could quote: Agincourt, Trafalgar, Waterloo and Battle of Britain and for the latter I reckon Bader will be remembered easiest.

Roger Smith.

……and the DC-6 Diner 🙂

Roger Smith.

You’d need a lot of balls to do that “OY”

Unless you can find a spring exactly the right diameter I would have thought sand would be best. It would need to be totally dry though – one of the few things I remember from college is that the volume of dry sand increases dramatically with the introduction of even a slight amount of moisture.

Roger Smith

The only confirmed appearances so far are September 2nd at Old Warden and September 8/9 at Duxford

Will the weight of CAA paperwork have matched the weight of the aeroplanes by September 2nd? Will Shuttleworth pilots need conversion to type (or is there a pilot coming from NZ)?
I also find it difficult to believe that TVAL and Shuttleworth would go to all this trouble for just three days flying.
Anyone know why the Snipe is, apparently, not to fly?

Roger Smith.

Short answer – no……….Fibreglass on Vampire cockpits annoys me too……….

When we originally restored Vampire F.1, VF301, I remember being suprised at the amount of filler that had been applied to the wings – obviously during construction – lbs and lbs of it.

Roger Smith.