RE: FW-190 584219

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 22-11-02 AT 00:03 AM (GMT)]Hi Kiethmac,some interesting pics,thanks for putting them up :). Is it true that she used to have her engine run occasionally whilst she was at St Athan?I read somewhere that it was,but the exhaust outlets in your pictures look too clean for this to be so.
I’m wondering why she was converted from a close support F model rather than one of the standard A fighter versions.Surely in the last months of the war the Luftwaffe were desperate for close support aircraft,so why take this one out of the frontline?
I have to say I think I agree with you about her appearance.That second seat certainly doesn’t do her any favours.
Thanks again for putting them up,it would certainly be good to see any others you felt like posting 🙂

RE: Some bomber pics

Hi Roger,thanks for the pics.I don’t know if I’m in a minority,but I think I preferred the Brabant Mitchell in those 2nd TAF D-Day colours as opposed to her present Dutch East Indies paint job.Does anyone know why she is/was always so smokey?She always seem to chuff alot more of the blue stuff than Grumpy.

RE: Airmans ghost in squadron picture.

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-11-02 AT 02:52 PM (GMT)]Being as there aren’t any records of RAF squadrons at Drem in the time in question,is it possible that this group are from a Royal Navy squadron or perhaps a mixed unit?A number of the chaps in the picture seem to be wearing Naval uniform.Just a thought.
With regard to the location of the man’s funeral,is it possible that he was exhumed and reburied at the present location at a later date?

RE: THAT scheme…

The problem I have with the RAFM’s plans for the Tempest is that I don’t see what a target tug Tempest has to do with the Milestone of Flight theme.True,the Tempest is/was an awesome beast,but does it really have a place within this building??
IMHO it would be a better idea to get the RAFM’s Hunter prototype and record breaking Meteor from Tangmere and swap them for the Tempest and/or something else that would be appropriate to Tangmere.Anything other than dangling the poor old Tempest from the cieling!!

RE: Some pics for the weekend

Hi Roger,thanks for putting those up.That second pic is a beauty! 🙂 Is this the world’s only airworthy example??

RE: TV ‘Heads Up’

I agree with Moggy,the series has been good so far and seems to be developing nicely.Seeing that the Spit in last night’s trailer was MH434,it’s no wonder she was looking so shiny.Methinkes there may have been a feather boa involved somewhere…
I could be wrong,but I thought I also caught a glimpse of the late Martin Sargeant’s PR.XI aswell.Over a year on and I still can’t belive that he and that beautiful Spit are gone.
Getting back to the subject of totty,Sam’s character and looks strangely remind me of contemporary pictures of Princess Elizabeth the future Queen,so I’m afraid it rather affects my judgement in the looks department,but she certainly plays the role well.

RE: Gnat gear as air brakes

Hi Glen,I’d be very interested to see those Air-Air Gnat pics,thanks for the offer.My E-Mail addy is:
Mr_Chutney@yahoo.com

Thanks again. 🙂

RE: Lancaster KB976

This month’s Flypast has a section on the Fantasy of Flight Museum,and it mentions that the Lanc is visible in one of the workshop/storage hangars on the site.It doesn’t say whether or not there is any work being carried out at the moment though.