Damn (or should that be Edam?!), I live in the Medway area and I’d have loved to see this if I’d known about it. Do you know if she is doing any other flypasts for the anniversary??

Searching G-VROE on the G-INFO site gives the ownership details.

http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=VROE

Nice job Daz!

The Single Pioneer was in Milestones at Hendon alongside a Piston Provost, both painted in Omani colours as part of an exhibition about Bristish-Omani relations. The Twin Pin has been at Cosford all along as far as I’m aware.

Are there any plans available to view that show how the development will eventually look?

The museum deserves to be plugged like mad, I went as part of a group of adults and kids back in early April and everyone enjoyed it despite the weather (it poured most of the time) and the fact that most weren’t plane-minded. The Vulcan cockpit tour was a highlight for everyone and only cost a couple of quid, and a friendly volunteer opened up the Jag cokpit section in the temporary hangar for everyone to sit in. The Nimrod is also available for tours, although we unfortunately didn’t have time. We weren’t a pre-booked group, we just turned up on an average day.

All in all, lots to see both indoors and out, and the staff were very friendly and accomodating…oh and the cafe is warm, dry and well stocked!

I’m not an insider in any way, but it sounds like a win-win situation for Shuttleworth. THT’s account of the donation (published in Propswing when the Wildcat was acquired) was pretty staggering. Essentially a benefactor walked onto the scene and offered the Collection £1m, and this was used to acquire the Wildcat. Whether or not the benefactor specified that it should be used in this way wasn’t made clear, but his partner’s name was painted on the fuselage side when it arrived, which is suggestive.

In essence the Collection was being gifted a massive financial asset which they now seem to have chosen to bank rather than fly, the aircraft’s mod-state seemingly being a factor. It needed work and some thought a Wildcat slightly out of place anyway. It’s now moved on to another owner and remains on the G-reg, so fingers crossed we will all still get a chance to see it fly. It’s a win for the Collection, a win for us and the new owner gets a Wildcat project that shouldn’t hold too many surprises.

Sorry Jcmacd, I’ve no idea who would own the footage now or whether any of it is available. If the un-used footage from Battle of Britain is anything go by, it would make very interesting viewing!