Admittedly, this is exciting news. To think that restoring these engines will become as routine as a Merlin or any other radial is likely, over optimistic. As significant as their spares holding appears to be, it is hard to envisage that the world wide demand for these engines would stretch in to double digits. I most certainly wish them the best of fortune with this endeavor.

Andy

As far as I’m concerned, the best use of a golf course is, it’s somewhere you can put your Tiger Moth down in a pinch.

Lucky there was no prop strike or bent metal. The most important thing is that no one was seriously hurt. 

Well I guess I’ll just go f$@# myself!

Your shots are certainly very cool for sure. It made me think of flying on a summer evening and spotting a hot air balloon. Great fun to buzz around, with respect of course.

Andy

http://www.airic.ca/html/gen2014moths.html

Above is a link from a photo shoot we did in 2014.

Rob Holland wanted to be photographed upside down with smoke on above the two Tigers. He flew between the two and kept stalling and falling between them. The Tigers could not fly fast enough. We finally got a couple of usable shots.

Using a Tiger as a camera ship for a jet would be way too slow.

I’m pretty sure the Mustang in question was airworthy when it was donated

Looks like a set of bearing shells for the main journals of the crankshaft.
I don’t know if they are interchangeable, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

Hey Ian.
I’ve been enjoying your Youtubes (while wearing my typhoon T-shirt).
I saw your latest one and it really encourages me to see the cooperation between the teams striving toward the same goal!
Thanks for sharing the updates of your truly awesome project. I love it !

Andy