less if you can figure out how to connect it the A3/A4 printer inside.
If you do use a camera

Most of the drawings look fine on A3 and that size is 40p a pop. Just go in to ‘print set up’ when you are using the MAC film reader and selct the Xerox printer on the other side of the partition and A3 paper size – (they will show you how – very helpful staff).

Anyone know if any of these are available? Would be ideal for our needs.

George

They do come on to the market – I just had one shipped out to The Military Aviation Museum in Va, USA a few weeks ago.

Looks like your gonna need a bigger tent!!

But what do i know. :rolleyes:

Usually more than you let on! 😀

and have you tried to find somewhere within easy walking distance of the museum?
Edgar

Some good points there Edgar – although now there is a very nice bar/pub that does good (although not cheap) food just down the road – five minutes walk.

I agree with you on the archive staff – always very helpful to me on my frequent visits.

I think a good parameter for a current list of flyers would be to pick a point at the end of the last show season and any spits flying then to be included, also any on annuals or majors as these will be returning to the skys this year , hopefully !! maybe this could sort things out ? Or just confuse it more !!

Steve

Good idea Steve – along those lines maybe a website that has a chart/diagram with every Spitfire that has flown in the last ten years (OK thats a bit arbitary but a good round number to start with) and next to it its current status (A/W, Resting, Under Repair, Stored etc). Each one can have a link to pictures and a brief history. A committee of keen forumites (you know who you are John and daz) could maintain it – under the watchful eye of Mark 12 of course, and keep it up to date. This would not rival any Spitfire Survivor sites as it would be limited to the flyers only (you OK with that G-ORDY?).

I maintain a database, which a few folk on here have seen, where I list every single Spitfire/Seafire that exists today and a large smattering of others that didn’t quite make it as well.

There are one or two of these I suspect – apart from Mark 12’s and G-ORDY’s (which will be published this year).

The website idea is interesting – but i suspect the secret is to somehow keep it up to date. If it was just the flyable examples this would be manageable – but quite a job for all 200+ known survivors!