………….I believe Brooklands Museum has initiated plans to get all the aircraft on the Vickers Aircraft Park under a cover and, if successful, to include the Vimy……..

I saw initial plans for this building a few years ago (pre-Vimy and Concorde) and, I think, was to hold all the Vickers post-war types – Viking, Varsity, Viscount, Vanguard and VC10. Add the Vimy and Concorde (plus the Wellington?) and what a line up that would be.

Roger Smith.

Is it conceivable, as both airmen were ‘missing’ they were washed up/brought ashore in different counties??

Just a thought.

Roger Smith.

I saw, and will never forget, Charles Masefield win the King’s Cup in his P-51 at Tollerton in 1967(?) and not just because it was the first Mustang I had seen ‘in the flesh’.

The King’s Cup always seemed, to me, more of a fight against the handicappers than a race. Whatever, all the ones I watched were thrilling – but none more so than this.

IIRC all the other entrants were on their final lap when the P-51 was waved off. Masefield just seemed to put the aircraft in a bank and decimated the rest of the field. Fantastic it was.

Roger Smith.

Was there a proceedure on the likes of the Whirlwind or it’s Sikorsky forbear?

Roger Smith

…… They had a nice shot taken from the bomb aimers position as the Lancaster flew over the palace……….

That was to give our republicans (anti-monarchists) a cheap thrill :diablo:

Roger Smith.

As a matter of interest does anyone know where the name/word “Belfair” comes from, or is it made up?

Roger Smith.

If I’m ‘in the loop’ I don’t mind but, as far as this thread is concerned, I’m not and I’m now p*ssed off 😡

Roger Smith.