Sitting on ther end of the runway .
departure time is i understand 2pm.

At least my bit of TV licence fee as gone towards something decent for a change.

One thing can be said about top gear they allways mix Aviation in to the series they produce.

Cannot see anything wrong with what Clarkson and May & the Hamster do .
allways good entertainment .

Saw ‘558 heading out toward Peterborough yesterday, then doing a circuit of Corby later. What was the chase aeroplane? Really made my day to see her at last!!!!

Well done to all!

Dean

Chase aircraft was a Baron 55.
this was up doing some air to air pictures of 558. looking forward to seeing them as soon as they are out.

Haha at RIAT last year i felt the heat and we were quite a way back 😀

Was just as hot at Waddington 2007 , despite the constant rain the heat was felt and very welcome it was to along the crowd line,
a few images of the scale of the bomb run.

I love looking at very old engines find them very interesting things.

Looking at the use of what looks like Bronze and brass on a lot of the bits . would say its got some marine history to it.

Would at a guess say it could be a early diesel . this just a hunch by looking at the top of the head and what look like some kind of compression screws either side of the pots. in relation to the inlet and outlet valves . or its a petrol engine. ??

Nice find and look forward to the outcome and more history of this lump.

Not having a dig at tvoc I know it was a private firm but in the bigger picture of things the display truck as allways been a problem its brakes did not work and also tvoc have not had a vehicle capable of moving it around the country.

They have had a couple of years to sort it out but a dennis says it is a low priority in the money pool but as this is an educational and pr marketing tool in line with the lottery instructions they need to sort it out.

The rest of the problems i agree it just goes to show the people holding the purse strings does not know what she is doing more cash wasted when we need it to fund flying i expect a loss was made again at cosford when you take fuel transport merchandise etc etc

I have heard that 558 needs now another flight for the airtest and then another one for the DA for the CAA this again is more money and indeed a prime indication that the management still have not grasped the full cost of operating the old girl all done in two flights was the idea from tvoc we are now 5 flights and still no viable product.

I offered to look and repair the Trailer last year . also had intrest from some of the old forum members willing to muck in if nesaceary . Sadly TVOC was not intrested ,

Sadly the offer as moved and the Mechanics down the road on the A5 from a very large Haulage firm who where going to do the work for me,
have moved on to other projects now.

Not aircraft related really, But having worked for Hella lighting in Banbury for many years before it closed last year.
producing lexan polycarb front headlight Lens for the car industry,
on the production line they used to polish out any small scuffs etc with T.CUT.
they also used this method on the rear light lens that are made from Acrylics.
not sure how this would work on aircraft canopies .