Nabbing bits for yours eh Mark ? :rolleyes:

Sshhh, not so loud! 🙂

Er…. are you sure about this Mark ?

As this aircraft has just been listed by Phoenix on eBay with a start price of £3,500.

Did Mick not want it then ?????

Yup, quite sure. Mick rang me last Thursday night and we chatted about his plans for it then.

Better not say too much at this stage, but he’s aware of the auction and will be ‘discussing’ the issue with Phoenix in due course. 😉

There are a couple of recent pictures of Vampire XH313 at http://www.vampirexh313.co.uk

Nope. Just getting a blank page. Unless you’ve painted the Vampire white and took the pictures in the snow on a foggy day. 🙂

While we’re on the subject of Vampires, I’m still desperately seeking pictures of my own Vamp project, XE985, while in service (with 32 Sqn. and 5 FTS). If anyone can help I’d be most grateful.

I was looking for confirmation as the poor old Nav seemed to have no room for his legs. Must have had to sit hunched over the radar boxes.

Don’t forget though that, unlike the T.11 trainer, the seats in the NF.10 were staggered as in the Mosquito, so the Nav sat slightly further back than the pilot. (I think?!)

So Albert and Mark, can we assume you’ll be heading up the A17, paint brushes in hand, to correct the “mistakes”. Come on guys, at least they are making a go of preserving the airframe.

I wondered how long it would take before a reply like this appeared.

ozplane, perhaps you’d like to re-read my post. I said…

I’m delighted to see ‘680 being so well looked after

…that means that I’m delighted to see that ‘680 is being so well looked after! I’m complimenting the owners you see, not knocking them.

However, if you have a Hunter F.1 (a mark that was relatively short lived and out of service long before the mid-1960s when this camo scheme was introduced) and you are going to spend a lot of time and money repainting it, then it makes sense to me to paint it in the correct colour scheme for the aircraft and time period. I doubt it costs any more to get it right than to get it wrong.

My humble opinion is that this aircraft seems to be pretending to be a much later mark of Hunter than it really is and a Dark Green/Dark Sea Grey/Silver high gloss finish colour scheme with hard-edged camo pattern would be more appropriate.

Now the owners may have a good reason for deciding to paint it this way, but wouldn’t it be a shame if it’s ended up painted like this because of a lack of proper research? I think so.

The great pity is that, face to face, rather than by email, much of what has just gone on would never have been said. Emails are just too open to misinterpretation. I see it all the time at work and it is a great shame that it has to taint this forum, where we are all on the same side after all.

Absolutely right. I hold my hands up to a stupid misunderstanding on my part. My sincere apologies and a Happy New Year to all.

Does anyone know if the cockpits of these two were salvaged when they were broken up at Llanbedr?

David, I heard that Crash ‘n’ Smash from St. Athan removed both cockpit sections a few months ago. I’ve got no info on where they went though I’m afraid.