The main flying base for the RAN was HMAS Albatross on the NSW south coast some ~160km south of Sydney. Country looks similar with lots of ocean inlet lakes in the region.

Possible local candidates in this area include Lake Conjola and Narooma….

Thank you D9F.

Baj, I have worked in the industry for many years. I have many Spitfires under my belt, and have reasonable experience of other types as well. I don’t make my remarks lightly.

My point, quite simply, is that an aircraft not built to the original design cannot be considered as a replica of the original. I don’t dislike the Flugwerk aircraft, but they aren’t right. Every one is different, and has different solutions to a number of flaws in the design. Things like, in one case, an oil cooler buried in the gun bay. In another, a complete Tu2 power egg. It was a good idea, but it failed at the last hurdle.

It is of course, my opinion. There’s a lot of that on the Internet. In fact, naked ladies aside, opinion makes up 75 percent of what you will find!

I did write a piece on the restoration of the real thing for Classic Wings a few years ago.

Bruce

Thanks Bruce your gentleman

Thanks Dora.

It would be churlish of me to go quite that far, as I clearly haven’t tried it all!

The referenced article sums it up reasonably well.

Bruce

Aah common Bruce the definition of Churlish is “rude” or perhaps you meant as “impolite” or perhaps you meant it as “uncivil”. I just don’t get it Bruce. As a fellow hands on restorer I would encourage you that its not rude at all.

Myself and all the others are genuinely interested in in your “heavy involvement” in the “real” one. Please tell us all about it.

If only you could see the damage you are doing with those childish little snipes. I was interested until I read your photo footnote. Now I don’t care.
Time to grow up I think.

TT18Timbo he is exited and happy about the event. He loves photos. Please cut him some slack.He has a quirky sense of humour which some can find challenging.

Don’t you agree it is interesting news.

Can you explain a bit the differences, Bruce? Interested to know what major differences there are. So nothing from a FlugWerk fits a real one?

Ya common Bruce please elaborate a little bit more please…..
I’m also a practical hands on guy with experience on Sabres,Vampires, Catalinas, DC4, DC3, Caribou etc and where authentic parts are often not interchangeable between authentic aircraft. Its always interesting to hear from people with some inside knowledge and understanding.

Just a quick question but does this example still have engines? If so could they be restored to ground running on the Bruntingthorpe airframe?

The tender documents (See link on 1st post) talk in terms of -“Inhibited Engines”