Love it, then my car broke down to boot, just spent the last 3hrs in a recovery vehicle on the M5 :rolleyes:

That will teach you to go off without a flight engineer 😀
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David

Only bits I unconditionally believe in in any paper is the date and the horoscopes !!
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David

Are there any other such collections about in Europe. (Sadly :() I had never heard of these before this thread.
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David

Politics apart militarily I don’t doubt that the Israelis have the skill and fire power to carry out the raid into Iran and destroy that nuclear facility. I’m not at all sure they would advertise their intentions in such an obvious way. I think it is a smokescreen for an attack closer to base (Syria ?). The Israelis are cunning and shrewd ( and perhaps a little stealthy) having visited Iraq, Uganda and Syria to protect their interests in the past. Why advertise their intentions in this manner. The Iranians can do the maths they know the range of an F-16I ITIRC about 1500 nm with conformal tankage max. Unless the IDF/AF has a stunning trick up its sleeve they are going to require tanking some where along the way and that mitigates against surprise.
Perhaps the stunning trick is a Lavi / Lampyridae hybrid project based on the missing Lavi number 3. Didn’t a significant number of MBB technicians from the very top drawer join IAI some years ago. Lavi 1 is in a museum 2,4 & 5 were scrapped. 1 & 2 were stripped to complete number 3 as a technology demonstrator, where is it now? Not too sure on just how the timelines fit for this but it is a thought.
Just my thoughts.
Your comments and observations much appreciated.
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David

I too was there that day & agree with the description of all previous posts…………………………………………………
There are 2 other things I remember with great clarity.

Firstly, the Invader was parked near the entrance to the Air Fair, nose into the crowd. When we walked past it the person who I believe was the pilot was sitting in the nosecone drinking from a can………………………………………….

Jeremy

Coke or Pepsi ? Unless you are certain it was alcohol why raise the inuendo?
I don’t recall any mention of alcohol from the post mortem examinations.
Please think before you post.
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David

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Anyone know if there are any Fieldmasters still in service?? Last I heard some years ago was that a couple were in use in Turkey?

Done a bit of digging on Fieldmasters and found out that
1 G-BNEG D 6001 NAC-6 FIELDMASTER
2 G-NACL D 6001 NAC-6 FIELDMASTER
3 G-NACM D 6002 NAC-6 FIELDMASTER
4 G-NACN D 6003 NAC-6 FIELDMASTER
5 G-NACO D 6004 NAC-6 FIELDMASTER
6 G-NACP D 6005 NAC-6 FIELDMASTER
7 G-NRDC D 004 NDN-6 FIELDMASTER

Of these c/n 6002 G-NACM and G-NACN c/n 6003 were exported to Turkey.
The others are temporarily WFU except G-NRDC which was canceled by the
CAA.
Who is or was EPA Aircraft Company Ltd. of London SW13 they were the
last owners of ‘CL ‘CO & CP?
Total times to 31/12/97 were ‘CL 814 ‘CM 1403 ‘CN 1280 ‘CO 279 ‘CP 543
So they were out and about does anyone have any photos of them?
I thought the water bomber version was called Firemaster, but it was a long time ago.
Your time and trouble, comments and observations much appreciated.
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David

It looks like the prototype G-NDNI is still registered in America as N182FR

N182FR is Assigned

Aircraft Description

Serial Number 001 Type Registration Corporation
Manufacturer Name NDN AIRCRAFT LTD Certificate Issue Date 08/06/2004
Model NDN-1 FIRECRACKER Status Valid
Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Single-Engine Type Engine Reciprocating
Pending Number Change None Dealer No
Date Change Authorized None Mode S Code 50244247
MFR Year None Fractional Owner NO

Registered Owner

Name FLIGHT RESEARCH INC
Street 702 PONDEROSA DR
City STARKVILLE State MISSISSIPPI Zip Code 39759-3548
County OKTIBBEHA
Country UNITED STATES

The others still in the US are as follows

N2157C has multiple records

Aircraft Description

Serial Number 005 Type Registration Corporation
Manufacturer Name NDN AIRCRAFT LTD Certificate Issue Date 08/20/1993
Model NDN-1T FIRECRACKER Status Valid
Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Single-Engine Type Engine Turbo-Prop
Pending Number Change None Dealer No
Date Change Authorized None Mode S Code 50347545
MFR Year 1983 Fractional Owner NO

Registered Owner

Name FLIGHT RESEARCH INC
Street PO BOX 1142
City STARKVILLE State MISSISSIPPI Zip Code 39760-1142
County OKTIBBEHA
Country UNITED STATES

Airworthiness

Engine Manufacturer P&W Classification Experimental
Engine Model PT6A SER Category Research and Development
Crew Training

And two in Oregon

N-Number Serial Number Name Address

50FK
006 FIRECRACKER INC 2923 FLINTLOCK ST
EUGENE OR 97408-4660

70878
007 FIRECRAKER INC 2923 FLINTLOCK ST
EUGENE OR 97408-4660

So that is c/ns 001, 005, 006 and 007 accounted for what happened to 002, 003 and 004 One of these was possibly a static test frame, which may still lurk somewhere. Any info folks? I am sure I saw Firecrackers, Fieldmasters and Firemasters in packing cases at Cardiff half a lifetime ago with c/ns into double figures.
Comments and observations much appreciated.
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David