Getting slightly off the original topic, but what was done to convert the single seat spit into a two seater? I take it the fuselage wasn’t extended at all, and the front pilot was moved fwd and the rear seat put in behind him to keep the Cof G in the right place. Was there a fuel/oil tank in front of the pilot that had to be removed or shorterned?

Yes. Once the Vanguard is moved it will not be taxied again. won’t be able to taxi in the new position, and the old concrete runway will be dug up when D-C move in.

No decision has been made as to whether engine runs can take place once the aircraft is moved. Most of the airliners will be going in the car park so it depends how close the other aircraft are and what is directly behind it. Detailed plans have not been made yet, but it is hoped they will put it somewhere where engine runs can take place.

However, there it still a couple of months until the aircraft is moved (probably April sometime), so hopefully we can do a few engine runs before then.

In answer to earlier questions, Vanguard is still run up quite often, every month or so, last time was 13th December. Hope to run it in the next few weeks, if anyone is interested I can post the dates on here. Hope to taxi it up and down the runway as well before it is moved across the river into the car park.

Bleriot is still on its trailer after being at Fairford and Halton earlier in the year. Has been taken off a couple of times and the engine run, but lack of room to display it means it is stuck on the trailer at the moment.