Double brandy?? I think you deserved at least the whole bottle!

Getting that canopy off must have taken almost super human strength – I imagine the fume filled cockpit & imminent possibility of fire or worse proved sufficient motivation to summon all the reserves….

A very lucky escape there Tim, I’m mindful of what happened to Pete Brothers in his not dissimilar landing incident.

Hmm, Packard…. It’s just not Rolls Royce, is it? 😀

Yes, I imagine a single engined Shack would produce a flurry of buttock clenching activity – particularly at crowd pleasing altitude!

Regards,
Frank

Hello Tim,

A pleasure and an honour to make your acquaintance Sir, albeit in a virtual sense.

Not a flyer myself although I can certainly see good cause to be firmly strapped in – that looks rather painful! I’ll wager there’s a good tale behind that picture…

Best regards,
Frank

Ah yes, I think said big cat is just “Oop t’road” from me in Rochdale! 🙂

Not badly priced that (considering the RRP – surely, no-one buys direct from Corgi do they?!). I’ve got 20 of the bugg@rs waiting for the summer season amongst others although house looking like model shop = hard to placate other half!

All we need now is a 1/72 Vulcan to match!! 😀

Regards,
Frank

Recycle them?

Well maybe, yes, but at horrific expense…. Far cheaper to squirrel them away somewhere with all the attendant advantages that would / could bring. Maybe it’s just me but I don’t think even “Noo Labour” in their prime and pomp would be that short sighted……. Would they??

I might be wrong but weren’t they deep serviced in the early nineties? That’d leave them with an awful lot of stable “Shelf life”

Regards,
Frank