That is an impressive bit of flying. I hope JR will write a report on it for the warbird aircrew out there. In modern military aviation, such reports share experience that can (obviously) help others learn.

2006 was not a good year for them. I have shots of the Mustang after the ground volunteer/units mishap. He and his whole family are top people.

very funny aeronut!

Hope she is back in the air soon. Speaking of Lyle and therefore Reno, I watched several dead stick landings in 2006. I missed P51 Merlin Magic, luckily, Stu E brought her back onto the ground. The engine had a mis-detonation and threw a rod which then decided to chop thru the crankcase

Totally concur…..the skill required to pull off that kind of landing is awesome – let alone in a Buchon with its narrow track, propenisty to ground loop and terribly landing record.
Lovely chap to boot too! I was reminded of my age when I saw him last month – when I first went with my grandad to Duxford (who translated Yak manuals for Robs/Graham) he was a hangar rat.

Thanx Oliver for the update and welcome to the lions’ den!!!.I am sure I have chatted to you over the years! Good luck on these worthy and imaginitive projects.

The seats should be deactivated. To ensure would need an expert. The Hunter cockpits we have in our museum have the seat barostats set off. They are not explosive but have a very strong spring. These are on the BTUs (Barostat Time Units) – they were used so that if the aircrew ejected >12000ft (where the air is thin) the seat would freefall (quicker). As the aircraft went below 12000ft (or whatever the capsule was set to), the BTU clockwork timer would run for 2-3 sec and then set off the plunger. The plunger would release the harness allowing the pilot to fall free of the seat.

If you set off the plungers, keep fingers away from the unit – best to get someone who knows seats. You will need to later modify the plunger to allow the seat harness to be refitted.

Getting an armourer/seat specialist to check the seat is best. The carts (its a Mk4 family seat) are on the back in the ‘gun’. Extremeley unlikely they are still fitted.

Other hazards are sharp edges, nothing is radioactive unless you have an early E2 compass and early GM4 compasses/HSIs.

sorry for late participation to this thread. Great work there Ross!! I have quite a few drawings so if you havesome specific wants shout out. I am a bit slow at mo due to lots of other commitments. But I get there in the end. I need to sort my labels!! I have some original crash parts