Aren’t they looking for more money, just to keep it on the ground ????

It’s becoming another Spruce Goose, one short flight and then laid to rest.

It’s basically the same with all rebuilds, very little original material will be re-used. This has been debated to death in the past.

Peregrine produced 885hp IIRC, and was basically a modernised Kestrel with many features from the Merlin such as a downdraught carburettor.

Oddly enough under the F.37/35 specification, Westland also proposed an alternative design powered by a single Hercules engine and twin turbojets.

Contrary to common belief the design was not a failure and was loved by the majority of its pilots. At times the Whirlwind was the only type capable of flying in weather conditions that kept other, and certainly single engined types, on the ground. Most of the problems with the engines were ironed out and certainly below 15,000ft there was very few aircraft who could touch it for speed. Admittedly it was not a great match against single seat types such as the FW190, but there again how many twin engined types were?

Its remarkable to think that it remained in service, basically unaltered, from late 1940 through to late 1943. When it was finally replaced by the Typhoon on 263 Sqn, the Sqd Ldr at that time, Geoff Warnes, considered that the unit had lost its elite status within the RAF.

Didn’t I just post that link ????

That Spitfire with the Daimler engine just looked scary. I’ll have nightmares now…great. 😀

EN830 no less !!!!

The camera was picked up at Hendon and a couple of shots taken….I will post it to EN830 once he pms me his address!!

Geedee got some good advice on using it at Hendon!

PM sent.

This is the first successful forum disposable and goes to prove the old saying 3rd time lucky.

I find it quite upsetting that he maintains a reference to our friend Steve Young all this time after Steve sadly passed away in such tragic circumstances.