Actually, yeah, I agree – that comment stuck out like a sore thumb, mainly because it wasn’t qualified or explained. Mind you, what do you expect from a documentary that describes history in the present tense?!

Were they implying that the P47 is less of a thoroughbred than the Spitfire and was therefore less of an aircraft to fly?

Hi there – Great write up of what sounds like a great day.

A visit to Just Jane is a unique and very moving experience – I was lucky enough to spend a day in her company earlier in the year, and had the pleasure of hearing the Merlins fire-up and taxi the aircraft at dusk.

There’re a couple of YT videos I took Engines Starting and Taxi-ing.

She’s a beaut!

On the subject of Police Stations, I used to live in St. Ives (no, not that one – the one in Cambridgeshire!) and if you take a look just north of the town centre, you’ll notice a road that starts off as Pig Lane, and then changes inexplicably to Broad Leas. The whole thing was called Pig Lane until they built a Police station half way along it!

It’s a shame that residents of Cambourne are not happy with Mosquito Road and that someone in the Council can’t spell!!

Trouble is its alright being an armchair preservationist, but if they had said if you want it come and get and I want it off the premises in a weeks time. How many people would actually have moved to save it?

Sadly I think there’s a lot of truth in that – certainly my Missus says that if I *EVER* end up with an aircraft wreck (of any type) parked on the grass next to our house then she’s leaving me.

Admittedly with a Catalina it’s a bit of a toss-up but I think on balance I’d have to wait for something a little closer to home.

What a sad waste btw.

At a guess it means it’s not been uploaded!

Not sure where you’re uploading to but try again. If you’re still having problems then you might like to try somewhere like photobucket.com – you can upload your images there and simply link to them in the forum using the [IMG] codes that appear alongside the image.

Good luck!!!

Great work!

The place I work for operates 4 Twotters in and out of Antarctica, nothing else would do the job. Superb aircraft.

More info here

Keep up the great work….

Thanks for the replies, chaps – v. interesting.

So which parts on the Griffon are are ‘lifed’? I’ve become a bit of an engine geek recently since rebuilding my MGB’s engine!

Also, is there any chance that these engines could be rebuilt for aircraft use – or are the days of complete Griffon rebuilds over?

Cheers…