I remember visiting the Cosford museum while the Airline series was running.

Their Dak was sporting a hand written sign on the port undercarriage ‘Sold to Ruskin’.

Apparently the curator went ballistic when he saw it but no one was able to find out who put it there – till now. 😀

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The twin tail was also the achilles heel of the early Hally’s because of inadequate finarea in combination with two engines out on the same side, the rudders locked over with predictable results. So two small fins were not a good proposition as opposed to one large fin.

Well done BBMF for reaching 50.

Lets hope that it will reach 52. With the MoD considering disbanding the Reds, will the BBMF be next on the endless list of cost saving measures?

If it happens then I will definitely be emigrating!

How about introducing a swear box so that anyone mentioning l****ds should have to pay a sum to deserving restorations.

James

Not interested in who was at fault although I suppose they could have found a more experienced Gustav pilot with a few hundred 109 hours in his logbook.

When someone types “pilot” in a comment, it means to me that the writer is implying that flying ability is in doubt and the person in question should not have been sitting in that seat.

Is that fair comment do you think?

Well said Bruce.

H&S is to protect people from the consequences of stupid or ill-considered actions which we are all capable of making. It’s the extent of some of the legislation that is in question. If we are wrapped up in cotton wool, then most of the fun in life will be gone. The appreciation of what is or is not dangerous will also be reduced. With both H&S and our ‘sueing’ culture firmly established, the penalty for making a simple mistake can be extremely serious. We have all got to be perfect from now on.

It’s not just instruments that are of concern.

When our Dakota was formally checked, the highest readings were from the Radium tipped overhead switches.

A limit of twenty minutes per person in the cockpit was imposed on us by the expert who then admitted that standing outside the aircraft on that hot summers day, would expose me to far more harmful radiation than sheltering in the cockpit!