Thanks Neilly….. and well done for avoiding the flash bounce off that gloss paint :rolleyes:

Yes Tom, they look better cared for than certain airframes here.

Yep – Daz is spot on with those.

Good luck David, the Hornet was a truly awesome machine. The prototype had a top speed of 491mph and a range well in excess of 1000 miles. Just reading the Warpaint volume on the Hornet at the moment and amazed at the complexity of the composite structure.

Yes, they are nothing more than scale replicas with names poached from illustrius forebears.

“swamped with eng”

Surely he means “swamped with egg”! 😀

Its possible. But as I understand it you would need to go through a company with a CAA A8-20 E4 (design approval) as only such a company can apply to the CAA for a Permit to Fly for the finished aircraft. This only applies to ex military a/c over 2,730 Kg all up weight and includes most of the fighter types such as Hurricane Spitfire P-51 etc.

Any company taking on responsibility for work done by another unapproved company or individual, with no way of checking the source of materials etc, would probably insist on re-doing much of it. That would make it rather expensive.

Ant, the absence of ‘historical’ paperwork would not prevent this aircraft flying after restoration in the UK but any deviations from the original design amounting to ‘major modifications’ might cause problems. This is why certain aircraft restored overseas and operated over here depart our shores after a relativley short time. Our CAA does require a very detailed ‘paperwork trail’ with regard to the work undertaken in the re-build of a historic aircraft.