if you get up north try and get to elvington…it’s just outside york(the NRM is pretty cool to if you like trains)…and you can bribe your wife by going to Yorkminster.

no mention of the defunct NASMA project that was the original owner of the Connie..the restoration was done by HARS on a 10 year lease,and when the project was wound up the aircraft was donated to HARS.

maybe the newer versions are more reliable….they have done an upgrade on the engines of both FIFI and DOC because early R3350’s dont have a good reputation.

I would guess that any operator in the UK would think twice before buying any vintage jet at the moment, so it’s sort of good news that one of the Hunters is going to be flying elsewhere in the world. Lets hope the Canberra and other flight worthy Hunter can find new owners too, rather than rot away wasting all the efforts put into them.

I will never forget seeing them at Goodwood revival 2014, the only time I saw the team flying

Canberra and Two Hunters Goodwood Revival 2014 by Martin Stitchener, on Flickr

what day was this…i was there saturday and sunday..and i only saw the one hunter….so jealous of you seeing two.

The most feared Japanese fighter that the ” Tokyo Club “ encountered was the Kawasaki Ki-100, & not the Hayate.
It gave the P-51 pilots a hard time “the Japanese quickly developed a means of fitting extra Tony airframes with 2,000-hp radials. The result was a match for almost any American fighter in the war. Designated Ki-100, the radial-engine Tony never received an Allied code name, but was respected by Mustang pilots who suddenly found their speed advantage badly depleted.”

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Regards Duggy

duggy you might want to research abit more…….the Allies didn’t even know the KI100 existed till the war ended…and it only had a 1500 HP engine…yes in many ways it was a better fighter…but it wasnt as fast as the KI84(post war testing in the US gave the frank a top speed of 427 MPH)..the Goshikisen…….so in many ways it could fit into the most underrated fighter…..KI100 gave more than a fair share of it’s self in battle (it did a reasonable job against B29’s as well) and yet it wasnt even known about till the war was over…..it was simple easy to maintain and didnt have the mechanical nightmare the nakajima homare that hampered many of the late war Japanese planes.

the world is a much poorer place today,with the passing of cpt Brown,i met him for a few minute’s at legends in 2014, a wonderful man who could make anyone feel at ease..as some have said legend is a much used word but so appropriate when talking about Eric winkle Brown, may you always have blue skies and tailwinds sir.

and Panzer John if possible at an appropriate time can you please pass on our condolences.

As many may know this week marks an important date in history of Australia as it was when in WW2, the Japs came to bomb Australia at Darwin in 1942…with significant loss of life and materials.

But did you know an USAAF P-40 pilot was killed by the Japs just before the main bombing started at Darwin when shot down off the coast by a Jap flying boat…… See more here –http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-19/american-losses-in-darwin-forgott…

USAAF P-40 pilots went on during WW2 in PNG area to wrack up many kills such as the recovered USAAF P-40 wreck on display at the Classic Fighter Jets Museum in Adelaide which has 10 kills i am told.

thanks for the reminder…it really is an event that needs to be remembered……BUT do you have to call them JAPS ?….they were Japanese japs was a derogatory term…they were japanese airmen doing their job just like our guy’s were.

Paul

KI 21 and DAP beaufort that were stored in Canberra till at least the mid 50’s then scrapped…there is also rumors of other Japanese aircraft that were scrapped by the Australian War Memorial.