Beautiful pics Stevie,thanks for those.Was there with a basic compact digi cam,so I might post one or two later if I find anything decent.
My first time at Shuttleworth and I have to say I was mightily impressed by it all.The Sopwith Tripe,SE5 and SA Bulldog were all superb,as was Trevor Roach’s Spit display-breath-taking!Nice to see the Edwardians trundling aloft too.All in all a beatiful day of beautiful aeroplanes in a wonderful setting.I’m hooked! 🙂

I’m told that it can take quite a while for an article to be published in a magazine like Flypast.The features are often planned months in advance,so if snapper mailed his article in the last month or two it could be the autumn before we see it in print. Give it some time and see what happens.
As for thism onth’s issue,I can’t comment as I haven’t read it yet.Watch this space…

The Dak will be ZA947,the BBMF’s example.Can’t tell you more than that I’m afraid.

Just to add my couple of pennies on the Concorde issue,I don’t mind Duxford getting another one,as long as it doesn’t mean something like the Hastings getting elbowed out to make room for it.If the IWM are allocated a Concorde,I still wonder how it would be delivered.The prototype was flown in before the M11 was built,and I’ve been told that the runway would now be too short to accept the aircraft.Maybe she could be delivered to Cambridge Airport and then towed or dismantled??
I’m hoping that the preservation issues surrounding Concorde might do the UK museum movement some favours as a whole. When you think about it,there are only two or three museums in the whole country which could accomodate one indoors,and even then one of those already has a prototype.I’m hoping that this sorry state of affairs might make more people realise how serious the shortage of hangarage is at many of our smaller museum sites in the UK,and even some of the bigger ones.We live in hope…
I noticed someone made a mention of the condition of the Victor in an earlier post,and I can understand why.Reassuringly,the interior is in far better shape than the exterior looks.Her current rough appearance is due in a large part to a botched paintjob which was done about 10 years ago.The camo paint and the matt laquer that went over the top of it had different chemical make ups,and as a result the laquer has actually attacked the layers below and caused the mess we see today.It was apparently known that this damage would occur at the time the stuff was applied,but it was seen as the most expedient option at the time.
As for tri-gear Shackletons,the example at Newark is possibly our best bet for long term preservation.Despite being outdoors,she appears to be in excellent nick inside and out.I only hope that Newark can get thier hands on yet more hangarage for thier larger exhibits to safeguard thier long term futures.

Concorde prototype for the axe??!I’m presuming that’s meant as some sort of joke!:mad: I knew about the Shack getting the ‘treatment’ which is bad enough,but Concorde would be going a step too far.Are you sure about your sorces cas???:confused:

“What’s a Robinson Redwing?

It’s surely not a nasty, clattery, piston-driven eggbeater with aspirations towards fixedwingness is it?”

Nay my dear Cattermole,tis a biplane tourer from the 30’s,only 12 being built.The survivor,G-ABNX, was built in 1932 and was recently restored to airworthiness and I think is now based at Sywell.

10 anorak points granted Willow.:)
Nice pics Andrew,thanks for those,good to see her in such good shape despite being outdoors.
Has there been any progress with the legal side of things?I’ve heard the museum has been forced to close for a spell on more than one occasion because of problems with the ownership of the land or something of that nature.Anyone know what’s going on??