That big fan on the front seems to have blown away some of my hair.

B****r!

Whilst simultaneously inflating Chris’s overalls…….:p

Just to clarify one small point. In the UK, the CAA grant an exemption from wearing the civil registration i.e. G-ASJV. Permission to wear a military scheme is granted by that schemes originator i.e the RAF. The two are tied together but there is a difference.

You have to demonstrate permission for the latter for the former to be granted. Whilst the scheme does not have to be original to that specific aircraft, G-MSTG for example, it is supposed to be an accurate scheme.

According to the book, it is VZ568. It’s not a bad book but many of the captions are wrong.

Jim, thanks!

I can invite you to Horham, we fly from the old runway. I’m also a trustee of the Red Feather Club, a museum in the former NCO club buildings, now restored. We would love to see a B-17 with the big B flying over!

I know the owners of Parham, Debach, Metfield and often fly into many others. I would imagine permission would generally be forthcoming.

Adrian

Thank you for confirming my suspicion. I figured they would be. If I’m not mistaken they’d also be fitted for different trigger systems.
By the way Tankbarrel they could .be .303 as we had the same style guns in that calibre in our Ferrets.

I doubt it, the Ferret Browning was originally .30 cal (.30-06) and later on 7.62mm (.308 Winchester) .303 was only used in rifles, Brens and Vickers in the British Army.

Those are both M1919A4 .30 cal Brownings, the standard US ground LMG. Not the same as the .30 M2 aircraft gun and very different to the .303 Browning fitted to British aircraft.
Graham, Witham specialist vehicles have had a couple for sale recently, might be worth a try.

Adrian

Wasn’t (isn’t) Rare Bear an F8 Bearcat?

Adrian

heres a pict of my old MKXX the Meteor faces the wrong way.:mad:

Err, no it doesn’t. The wheelcase is at the back in the aircraft. It’s only in the vehicle installation that it’s the other way round. The exhaust studs are symetrical about a vertical axis so the stubs should fit pointing forward as well.
Adrian