The ex Irish two seat Spitfire 159 (RAF serial MJ772) of Doug Champlin, was reported in April 2004 as moved to the EAA Museum at Oshkosh on a two year loan arrangement.
Can anybody confirm?
Mark
Yes I have just had confirmation from a fellow EAA member in Oshkosh that the Spitfire is in the EAA Museum positioned next to the (prototype) Mustang.
Interesting that the standard B-29 has the logo, “no smoking within 100 feet” om the nose gear doors, whereas the B-50 tanker (which may be considered a greater fire risk), reducuces the distance to 50 feet!
I’ve been looking for info about Radlett post war to closure but there’s nowt about. My father gave me the negative for the plans he submitted to redevelope the airfield site but there are not any photo’s that i have come across other than in books of aircraft, which are not of the airfield and buildings.
Only the one P51??? I was sitting in a field in Norfolk only to be treated to the sight of 2 P51’s which flew overhead and landed for display at a local museum open day.
Consider yourself lucky, I suppose you did not get soaked to the skin either? 😀
Fantastic Chinook display (never thought I would say that) plus elegant presentations by BBMF fighters and the P-51 Mustang. Very pleasant afternoon, apart from the rainy bits.
I looked at Kevins book earlier this morning and as M12 says the vestige of a serial is visible. My eyes were not quite up to speed at that time of the morning though.
No, I was being a bit factitious! I was talking about how the CAA grants a DA (Display Authorisation) to a pilot. The actual ‘test’ if you will, in front of a CAA examiner would be the display the applicant intends to perform and the excersise might well take only 10 or 15 minutes. Obviously there will be a possibly lengthy period of practice and working up of the display prior to performing before the examiner. The amount of time to ‘work up’ will obviously depend on the skill and experience of the pilot in question.
Not sure on that one. Depends how ‘similar’ the authorities would view two types, such as P-39 and P-63 for example, to be. It would be an interesting discussion.
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