


As long as they film towards the (new for the film) control tower they’ll be fine as it’s right up against the boundary with Dry Sandford Pit nature reserve. I’ll post a piccie a bit later if I remember.
Just the first of the many irregular posts this year advising that I’ve seen a Skyvan over North Oxford…
I can’t tell you whether it was a standard RN colour, but the red tractors in the photo look very much like David Brown’s standard “Hunting Pink”. What is the third vehicle back? It doesn’t seem to have a driving position.
Where’s Merlin Pete these days, I wonder? He’d have been the chap to ask.
Total guess – OK to run at low speed without a prop? I kow most ground display engines are fitted with something called a test club, which is pretty much a stubby-bladede propellor, but I forget the whys and wherefors.
NZ looks like a happy hunting ground for old British kit – Canadian Chipmunk, Series 1 Land Rover, Massey Ferguason 35, Mosquito….
Wonder what the odds are of seeing one in the air in the UK again are? I fear not high.
Thanks for letting us know the sad news. I remember when he was a fairly regular poster, usually very interesting.
Yep, TD248 in her red and silver Cross of Lorraine scheme. I’ll be honest – I think it suited here much better than the camo scheme, there’s lots of camo spits, but that was special!
One wonders where the Skea Brae wing has got to…
My apologies, 24 threshold 2, I’ve only just seen your post above, and had a good emotional nostalgia trip as a result. Thank you!
Now, wouldn’t it be nice to see a P51B painted as “Kidd” Hofer’s Salem Representative – even if Wyvern fan might not like the white wall tyres!
That was well worth a watch, thank you!
I remember the piccy in Flypast back in the ’90s – IKEA couldn’t have packed it flatter!
Oh no! Old aircraft conking out is hardly unexpected, but the collision sounds suspiciously as though pillockry might have been involved. I do hope not.
Agreed – I would dearly love to see a Shagbat in the air!
The header’s been mailed down, and the pages look a it more forum-like, but it’s been like that for a little while now.