It’s not a problem to cross blog / thread boundaries is it?
I don’t blog so welcome any unusual threads. Makes the forum more interesting.

What would be the purpose of wearing a parachute for a warbird display flight? I’ve seen pilots wearing them (Ray Hannah for example) and guess they would be for a manageable aircraft failure rather than a catastrophic incident.

I’ve flown in various warbird and civilian aircraft (including gliders) and never been given a parachute. Either I wouldn’t be able to get out (P51 back seat with not enough room to bail out) or would have the ability to bail out. By the time I’d realised something was wrong and worked out what to do it would probably be too late.

I found it amusing being given ditching instructions for a helicopter pleasure flight over New York. Strapped into a harness in the back of a civilian Gazelle type helicopter I doubt I could get the harness off let alone get out!

How about thinking outside the box a bit and doing something more interesting, interactive with the aircraft.

If the airframe is in poor condition with spars needing expensive replacement how about sectioning the airframe or making it an interactive walk through. By using a prefabricated structure to support the restored components perhaps in an open or exploded view. Imagine being able to walk through the aircraft, hearing the sites and sounds of it in flight. The crew talking. Hear it on it’s bombing run. Listening to fighters engaging etc. If the airframe is too small then just display in exploded form a bit like the U-Boat museum example in the North of England.

If you think about the Helicopter at the FAA museum (or indeed the carrier itself) or the B17 in Kermit Weeks museum they use a similar idea. Sometimes a collection of dusty old airframes is boring and needs something else to make it come alive.

I think this would be a great hit with kids.

To those purists who think it’s a good excuse to destroy a good airframe remember it’s in a dismantled sorry state and not very historically significant. A BoB Battle Weary 1-11 you wouldn’t do this to. But a knackered ex Spanish version with no hope of restoration I say go for it.

Isn’t the trick with formation flying to make it look `excitingly close` without it actually being that close. I notice warbirds in close formation fly slightly stepped in altitude.

Over the last 30 years I cannot remember an incident involving warbirds that was related to close formation flying. Incidents with passing manouvers or aerobatics yes but not pure formation flying.

What was the problem with the engine ?

Two things I’ve always wondered. If you go back in time one day and meet yourself, then live that day again to the point where you go back in time again will you end up with an infinite number of you?
Also if you go back in time to the exact moment you started going forward in time will you be stuck in a loop?
Finally at what point does all this start happening?