Fora is correct 🙂 though no one seems to use it these days sadly. With regards to the Flamant… I’m sorry I cannot help, but I would love to hear about her if you find the details.

All the best,
Richard

I will put money on that NOT being a Merlin, if a someone managed to get a Merlin to sound like that it would only last for a few seconds before you would be left with a carrier bag full of broken bits!!.

John.

They do sound like that at Reno…. but your description of what happens to them isn’t far off the mark on occasion.

Cheers,
Richard

Great news! Any photos of this aircraft, and how far along is the nose restoration?

Cheers,
Richard

Not going to Uni when you have the chance to go is just plain stupid!

You will get a much higher paying job with a Uni degree, and have a lot more options available to you. I would suggest mechanical engineering over aerospace though, as there are a lot more applications for it in the aviation world. An aerospace engineering degree is very narrowly focused. Mech. Eng. is also a lot more hands on too.

With a uni degree you will also be able to afford the time and money to volunteer at a museum or other restoration project or even learn to fly. You will also be more likely to earn enough money to actually own an aircraft someday too. It’s your choice, but I always think it’s best to provide yourself with as many options as possible. Try to do as much research as you can about the field you want to work in, and look at what you need to do to get there. If it’s vintage aviation, I would rather do the work as a volunteer than depend upon it for a living. It’s a whole lot more fun that way.

All the best,
Richard

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I remember being astonished by the size of the cockpit section that I saw at Tangmere. It was as big as a house!

Yes come on James D, whats this about a cockpit section at Tangmere! Or do you mean the rear fuselage that was pulled out of the ground near Littlehampton several years ago?:confused:

??? Not heard about the rear fuselage! Does it still survive, and what sort of condition is it in? Pictures? It sounds like there’s a decent chance of resucitating another example if there is indeed a cockpit section survivor as well!

Cheers,
Richard

Phantom I’s are very rare. There are only three as far as I know: Phantom I (Bu.111759) on display at the NASM, and another, Bu.111768, at the National Warplane Museum in Elmira, NY, in addition to the one at Pensacola already mentioned.

Banshee’s are scarce too, but not nearly so rare. There are at least 11 survivors, perhaps more.

There was an F7U-3 Cutlass (BuNo 129554) under restoration to flying condition at the Seattle Museum of Flight’s restoration facility (Paine Field). I am not sure if it is still under active restoration to fly, but it was when I visited in 2003.

Cheers,
Richard

What happened to the Gannet that got stuck at Goose Bay or wherever it is a few years back?

It’s still there… 🙁

Richard

Sorry Andy, I am unable to read any letters. Here is number 3 . . .

Blackburn Firebrand by the looks of it.

Cheers,
Richard