Well not at the actual boot, but i did collect the front glass panel for my screen.. albeit in two parts, but it will help as a pattern… thanks again to bamel for his help.

Wondering if anyone picked up that rather nice Supermarine Walrus main wheel and tyre? Very tempting i must say… i had to drag myself away in the end before i found myself with another project :rolleyes:.

But overall i thought it was a good Aeroboot, plenty of chat and some interesting items on offer.

This particular Wyvern is thought to have never flown. It was completed by Westlands but not used, so never carried any markings as such. It fact it is debateable whether or not the engine has ever been run. But it does in its present form respresent possibly the epitome of piston engine fighters/aircraft, with an enormous engine/propeller system trying to extract the very maximum performance from such a huge airframe.

Indeed… and to me when you get up close and personal it is surprisingly big.! Lets hope the ex Southampton G-RNLI makes it into the air at some stage as a fitting tribute.

Spitfire and Typhoon just did a fly-by through Duxford.

Nice T-28 item. The seller has both modern and historic items on offer, mainly US types but some british as well..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/U-S-Navy-North-American-T-28-Trojan-Throttle-Quadrant_W0QQitemZ190344876535QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Aviation_Parts

Ah thats better, now i see things more clearly. That Canberra really did have a fair ole slide along the ground to end up where it did. Just as well nothing was taxiing at the time.

Those grass areas off the side of the taxiway look even more out of place now… makes you wonder if during construction they simply ran out of money :D.

I hope that A400 falls out of the sky on the 26th and the damn thing is cancelled, all involved will breathe a sigh of relief.

Except for the flight crew of course…

How did Mark Hanna/OFMC come by the one at Dux?

You might well find that he was a serving RAF officer at the time it moved to Duxford.

The example at Dx that was acquired by OFMC was i believe actually flown by MH when he was a serving officer in the RAF, hence why that particular example was chosen.!
Incidentally when being interviewed several years later, Mark stood in awe whilst looking at the Phantom and remarked “i’m amazed now how i actually managed to fly that”… or words to that effect.