Been to midland counties today as i only live a few miles from there warehouse . killed the wallet though great place to go if your ever in the area . took my father and treated him for xmas as hes a big steam train nut he enjoyed it got a him a few books and a few steam train videos . got my self at last the the last of the lightings by ian black so got a good book for over the festive season . thanks midlands counties

merry christmas everyone on the11th dec xs458 had two high speed runs in reheat which was very spectacular being that it was a very dull day dennis brooks was in the lh seat for both runs sadly brian carroll our other pilot died of cancer his last run for us was at our 50th with jimmy dell in the rh seat. only stactics and retractions now untill april when we start our runs again.rmc

any pictures of the runs would be nice to see . wish i had known about them just got a new lens and have been of work all this week would have been nice to have got there for a few pictures .dam maybe next time .
happy xmas to you and hope all goes well for you next year .
all the best rich .

may as well put a few up here . none taken at airshows just of base visits.
my airshow pics will be the same as all the others . enjoy. 1st ones was taken at raf cottesmore 1/12/04 and my last aviation pics i took this year and the 2nd is from raf coninigsby.

some great work there . got to give credit where credit is due . dont think my match stick men artwork would do me any favours

bedworth town just outside coventry hold one of the biggest armistice day parade in the country and over the last decade have had a poppy drop by dakota each year also in the past and special guest to most who visit this event was the late and much missed mark hanna who every year did a super display in the spit or 109 over the town also in the past have had 3 tornados from the TTTE . raf gaf and ita .heres a few more of the popy drop from today .

Very nice to see this lightining being so looked after its been there some time now and kept in tip top condition ,
So my question is what is the long term plans for this airframe as anymore approaches been made to the CAA. or is it going to be sold off or just kept behined closed doors so to speak .

im sure there just going to be called taxi days . bit like this year just gone it will be pretty much the same as this year .
as dave walton told me these jets have to run so let the public in and it may pay for the fuel if the right numbers turn up the cost for insurance just for the taxi runs with the public present is £5000 .unless the insurance as leapt up higher or the gate sizes have not made the target then it could be true .