Morley,the Bucc is at Scampton sharing hangar space the Sukhoi and various other static and potentially airworthy aircraft.OFMC and HHA are hoping that the type might be cleared to fly at some point in the not too distant future.

As Mark says,RN201 is owned by HFL and is still up for sale.Since Mr.Bos took over,HFL restore the aircraft then sell them,rather than selling the project and restoring them with a particular customer in mind.As it stands at the moment,Mk.XVI TD248 and Mk.XVIII SM845 are up for sale alongside RN201,with Tr.9 PV202 under rebuild.

Well any other of the Lincoln would’ve been nice,but I was talking generally.Post anything you like Kev,they’re all aeroplanes afterall (except the eggbeaters ofcourse,but I happen to like those too!) 🙂

Agreed,nose hatch on Lincoln RF398.Nice shot Kev,got any more per chance? 🙂

The Spit is LF.IX MK912/G-BRRA,restored by Historic Flying Ltd.She was completed about 3 years ago but has only just been sold. This is the first spit that HFL have shifted in about 5 years,so this sale must come as a relief for them.

Thanks for the link Yakrider,it certainly makes for tragic reading. 🙁 I too can’t understand how a magneto problem like that could go undetected,it must have been deteriorating for a long time before the day of the accident.It’s also worrying that the mags weren’t overhauled properly,sounds like somebody cut a corner somewhere.
Having said all this,it still doesn’t change the fact that Martin would probably have lived had the grass runway been clear. I know alot of folks are saying that those people on the runway were responsible,but to my mind keeping the active areas of the airfield clear of people is the job of the crowd marshals,and ultimately the show organisers.I would agree that some form of legal proceedings could be brought against the organisers,but I’d disagree that the spectators themselves were at fault.

I agree with Moggy,that PDF format is flamin’ awkward.Go back to HTML please…:(

“I guess I am alone in thinking the shack needs to go.. Pride of Duxford my arse!”

Well I dunno as I’d agree that she outta ‘go’,but certainly she can’t stay as she is.She’s presently earmarked to become a wingless walk-through exhibit in the new superhanger extension,so she’ll be partially restored,partially scrapped. What I would like to know is why the Shack is deemed to be unsaveable in complete form.What’s meant to be wrong with the wings?Surelly if things were really that bad they’d corden her off and not allow folks underneath her,but this hasn’t happenned,so is the IWM’s reasoning on a financial basis rather than a technical one?