I was sat with my copy of ‘Enemy Coast Ahead’ when I looked up at the clock……..

I noticed the date on the BBMF Flying Display list and wondered what it was doing……….the 19th was the day of my first cross channel flight.

A pleasantly eerie experience for you Andy, I look forward to the book.

BlueNoser352

I’m sure you also be pleased to hear that, while everyone was watching the Royal wedding, a lone P-51D Mustang paid tribute to the fallen airmen and the ghosts of Bodney aerodrome by performing some flypasts and rolls overhead the long deserted airfield..

‘Janie’ or ‘Marinell’?:)

There is a promising looking series starting on the ‘very Disco’ channel tomorrow filmed during HMS Ark Royals last cruise, should include some nice Harrier stuff (tissues at the ready):(

ok cheers fella’s, the fun starts now finding such things, e-b** here i come !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Try abebooks.

http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?bt.x=46&bt.y=12&kn=Hawker+Hunter&sts=t

Hi
Well at least the spanish,italians and US still have their versions, so some can still be seen flying.
cheers jerry

Very true, and the Spanish and Italians arent exactly awash with cash themselves, yet they still operate this fine aircraft.

The canoes are basically the aircraft fuselage sans all major components i.e fin tailplane wing engine etc -basically the bare fuse. Work on the basis of no future for the aircraft that are that stripped as some like ZD323 was slotted into the Jump line at the end but hadnt flown for years and now I guess never will . Some of the canoes left I am sure will be some of the aborted JUMP aircraft that were destined to be upgraded but stopped work on when Cottesmore closure was announced last year.

Thanks for that David, my visit on Oct 7th was obviously pre SSDR and that day the BAe staff/RAF personnel were still hard at work on inspections, rebuilds right through to the GR9 awaiting its test flight at the end of the hangar.

When I was lucky enough to get on the visit, I had no idea of the significance then, but what an afternoon it was.