I have seen this bird wearing several different coats over the years but am curious to know how much does a different coat of paint cost to apply and how long does the respray take?

T6, Albert

I worked at Wallop with Aramark on Saturday and I was disgusted with how poorly arranged this day was!

The Aircrew Feeder is a small building usually used only by flying crew for their food and drink whilst on the airfield and has room for 38 people. 400 people had to use this on Saturday.

Can anybody recall the person who several years ago was gaining access to many military sites by wearing a high ranking army officers uniform? Suprisingly this person was caught and arrested whilst trying this at Wallop.

Security has been improved in recent months with the installation of a 4 metre tall barbed wire topped security fence around the airfield replacing 1 metre tall fence but most of the entrance points through this were left wide open with nobody controlling who passes through.

Security on military sites became very difficult when civillians were being increasingly used to fill many military roles on camp. And yes, I am saying this speaking as a civvie contractor!

As the Sea King fleet is getting a little long in the tooth, when can we expect a replacement and what would be the most suitable replacement?

Personally, I have no question that it should be the Merlin.

I can’t see how that would affect how it performs at SAR, I mean a number of Wessex were used for SAR for some years after they were withdrawn from frontline service.

I think you’ll find this better; it whistles, screams and growls – oh and frightens every cat and dog in a 5 mile radius along with setting off every car alarm and waking every baby from here to Vulcan, Alberta, USA

Video Link

You might need to adjust the volume (up preferably), click on the little speaker, bottom right.

9 minutes 25 seconds of the most incredible noise in the UNIVERSE!

Pity you couldn’t bring your wedding forward a couple of weeks.

I hope the weather’s good for you during your stay, I can see from my desk that the sun is shining here in St Helier at the moment and is forecast to do so for the next week or so.

Unfortunately the same can’t be said about Jersey’s 13th parish, Guernsey, where it’s a bit like the Midlands, lots of rain with the addition of a population that all share the same passport photograph.

Mind you their occupation museum is superb and not as commercial as the Jersey War Tunnels. If you do nothing else during your stay in Guernsey, make sure you drop in there, quite a bit of aviation content.

We had already decided to visit the war tunnels and occupation museum (her idea not mine suprisingly enough!) and also visit the war hospital on Jersey. We’ve seen on quite a few photos of the coast on both islands that there appears to be a reasonably number of WWII pillboxes scattered along the shoreline.
Are there any other sites (specifically aviation related) I, err we can visit during our time there?

Does anybody have a picture as I’m finding it very difficult to imagine this?

After Googling flyable Concorde I found that there are no plans for any British Concordes to be kept in flying condition but 4 French Concordes are going to be preserved in flying condition in museums.

What is the serial number of the very first Spitfire to enter RAF service?