Thanks J – that was a great weekend at Boscombe back in June 1990 (and I recognise the bloke at the rudder of PT462 with the screwdriver 😀 ).

Originally posted by Ant Harrington
The Walrus is another I’d love too see-what about Shuttleworth taking her on?I have to admit I don’t see the sense in the Shuttleworth guys messing about with a Bucker Jungmann when there’s a Walrus out there in need of a good home.

I can only agree Ant.

Firebird, please do not consider that the Walrus flying is in the land of fantasy – it will fly one day. Many thousands of hours have been expended to get this far and it has all been done with CAA approval and all the right paperwork.

The Seafire 47 will look awesome, as will the Seafire 17 of Kennet if we have anything to do with it.

He always is 😀

It will not be at Chino with the Spitfire IX and the Hurricane but based in Texas (according to theTFC website). Would make an interesting pairing with the Seafire FR47 also in the Lone Star State.

well that is good news. Bear in mind that some aircraft may not be there (gone to an airshow) but the chances of seeing departing/arriving aircraft will be higher.

My understanding is that the B-17’s are, sadly, ecconomically unviable for a speculative recovery, particularly due to their known poor condition. Early P-38’s, complete, albeit a bit crushed here and there are an entirely different proposition as their end value could justify recovery, particularly two or three machines in one expedition.