Looks as though it will be a good documentary to watch! You will have to post again when it’s about to hit our screens!

What is the reason for demolishing a healthy hangar?

All of these off to Newark?

Phantom Phil,

I’ve got: F-4J Phantom, FGR-2 sim, HS748, Meteor F.8, Meteor T.7 but as a part of the “NW Aviation Group” other chaps have cockpits including: Tornado F.3, Tornado sim, Sea Hawk x 3, Hunter and Venom – with a ground-up restoration under way of a Vampire FB-5.

Anon.

Maybe next year we will go either side of that date as would have been good to see a few cockpits… Anon, what cockpits do you have?

Phil.

Yeah, bad timing that as most folk with a cockpit will be heading for Newark – me included. Any other weekend and I would probabyly have done Eshott. I have family in Alnwick and am familiar with Geordy hospitality and beer – three good reasons to be going there and a fourth would be to attend an event at Eshott. It’s an airfield I have been past (on the A1) many times but never visited, heard lots about but which I would like to see – especially if it is full of aeroplanes. Is it too late to change the date for the event?:D That Norwegian chap, Rino, in Peter’s post is a sound bloke. He and his friend Karlsen usually call in to see me when they come over to the UK and are good chaps. I acquired my F-4M sim from him a few years back. Rino is a good example of single-mindedness in collecting. Who’d have thought someone up in Norway could acquire all that stuff? Maybe he is a good lesson to those who those who think they can’t. With a positive attitude and being bothered to get off one’s backside, it shows what can be achieved. Anon.

The rumour of the He.111 in the Tyne is actually in the Wear. Diving crews used to train on it until the structure became to dangerous!

As for the Shields crash in Beach road.. This claimed the first civilian casualty in South Shields of WW2 whom happened to be a fireman (Mr Purvis, a relative of mine) recovering one of the bombs out of the marine park lake when it detonated. I’m lucky enough to have a part of this aircraft in my collection as my grandfather, only a teenager at the time was one of the first on the scene scavenged a few parts although most confiscated of him at the crash site by the local constabulary! Regards, Phil.

Low Vamp

Not the lowest I have seen on here but never the less great footage of a single seat Vampire in Norway:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmXe3Rssz_g&feature=grec

Phoenix from the flames?

Are you wanting to re-build the now demoilshed tower:D:D:D

I have heard some rumours!!!