YOU can be The Stig! Just buy the T-shirt. No one is supposed to know you’re cheating….

http://www.officialproducts.co.uk/product.php?xProd=22&xSec=10

Tillerman.

On July 16, 2004 I found this Tu-134 snackbar (OK-AFB) in front of the the airport/airbase near Piestany, Slovakia: http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=48.611108&lon=17.833494&z=18.1&r=0&src=ggl

Tillerman.

I’ve always liked this song

Tillerman.

A bad-rocket-day….

http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=5148473612464092337&q=french+canadian+trops+afganisan&total=5&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Tillerman.

Mind you the car I have now certainly gives the 911 a hard time.:diablo:

So does mine, but only in the mud!

Tillerman.

I have ‘Air transport hulks’, by Nigel Tomkins. Airline Publications, november 1979. Bought it at Foyles in London for 4,95 pounds. It was one of the first attempts of charting the WFU and derelict aircraft worldwide in one book. Lots of data such as registrations, construction numbers and a lot of photos of exotic locations. Like a bunch of Caravelles stored at Tunis, or the Carvair (HI-172) “converted into a restaurant” in Santo Domingo. As far as I know this was never followed up. But now, we have the internet……….

Tillerman.

I don’t know if there are any A/C enthusiasts around there, but has there ever an offer been made to the owner from local warbird enthusiasts to clean the Swift up? It seems to me that everyone is feeling worried and having comments about the sorry state it is in now (and rightly so), but now it rots untill it falls apart. If I would live near such an unique airframe I would try to persuade the landlord to let me wash it down twice a year or so. It’s the next best thing as to let it accumulate dirt and grime which holds moisture and accelerates the rot. You might not like the man and actually do not want to do him a favour with your labour of love, but within 10 years or so there will be no more WK275, which is the least favourable option.

Just my two cents.

Tillerman.

A few seconds of footage of the Alvis Leonides engined Herald: http://www.avionvideo.com/ -> scroll down and click Classic Wings – Handley Page Herald.
I’ve posted this link before but I thought this a unique bit of footage.

Tillerman.