The items stored at N Weald were moved to Greenham Common about six years ago, including containerised aircraft such as the P-40 and Spitfire NH238. A few have emerged and moved on since then including TFC’s P-47G and Spitfire RW386, now in Sweden.

Thanks all. In my ignorance i thought it was some kind of sand paper glued on.

It can be – I have used that kind of material in the past – but on a P-51 – worked well.

Graham – its wing walk compound (paint on) and you can buy it from LAS Aerospace.

http://www.flightstore.co.uk/prod/X1567/DEPT-AIRM/AMCLP/

Very nice Graham – how was the grip binding done please?

Has she flown it often, then?-i had no idea Europe had 2 female warbird pilots

Yes several times at least – IIRC Anna did her initial conversion to type when the Friedkin TF-51 (in 78th FG markings) was over here for Legends a few years ago.

My assumption was that individual displays were about three minutes long…..but I must admit I’ve never timed one.

I was actually advocating longer, not shorter, displays.

A commercial solo display from one of the aircraft I am involved with (Spitfire, P-51 etc) is normally 8 minutes duration. This is a practiced routine and is comfortable for the pilot and long enough to present the aircraft to the audiance in a variety of angles etc without them getting ‘bored’. The routine can be extended to 12 minutes but in fairness I feel that 8 mins is just about right for this type of airctraft. The implications of requiring a longer display are obviously its more expensive as more fuel is consumed at display power settings and its in the long run harder on the aircraft and the pilot (plus not really being necessary for a solo routine IMHO). On the other hand anything less than 8 minutes and the show promoter would not really be getting his moneys worth as he has slots to fill and of course a significant element of the cost of the display is transit time (and this is the same for a one minute fly-by or ten minute display).

Hi ,
Does anyone know if any bits of these aircaft survived.

Two big flat bits with an Attacker bolted between them somewhere I expect!

Nice shots GS – it was great weekend – lovely and hot and some excellent flying from a really varied set of participants 🙂