That B25 is loooow.. could it be Jeff Hawke i wonder. When you see pics like that, together with a previous pic of RH in the Spitfire and Sally B down low, it really makes you think just what went on before the Invader incident the following year. Very poignant shots by the way.:)
Taken from “Gannet From The Cockpit 7”,
The Gannet “had a ‘nudge’ facility whereby the starboard engine speed could be varied slightly up or down to achieve synchronised speeds”.
I’m suprised she had her clothes on, shame really, burlesque is best:D.
M
Oh i don’t know… female with a pulse suits me.:p
One also has to consider that in 1974 the MOD wrote to say that they had abandoned all claim to crashed wartime aircraft “….which had been reduced into the possesion of the landowner”. I still have that letter. Framed! Since then they have reneged on that and reversed the situation. In the late 1980’s they also said they had no interest in or claim over crashed/lost RAF aircraft outside of the UK. Again, they have now gone back on that.
That is absolutely appalling.!!! Talk about double standards..
Probably a silly question but have you or do you know of any legal cases of questioned possession that have been challenged with your framed letter.?
I realise it probably all boils down to costs /legal fees but surely anyone such as yourself would have a very good case should there ownership / rights be challenged by the MoD… or am i just being naive.:confused:
Rob.
Look at it another way. You’re flying a R/C aircraft when for some reason the transmitter falis and your plane comes down in someon elses garden. Do they now ‘own ‘ the aircraft?
A childs ball come over your fence into your garden, do you now own the ball?
A car, driving past your house, swerves to avoid an oncoming vehicle on the wrong side of the road, crashes through your front garden wall and comes to rest on your front lawn. Can you assume ownership of the vehicle?
I think not.
I think the clue to the thread is in the first post.. “If you are DIGGING the large garden/land”.
Hmmm.. like alot of things it sounds like honesty does’nt always pay. If i were to be lucky enough to make an ‘historic’ find in my back yard i think i would be very wary about who i told.. at least to start of with, especially as i rent.;)
But as i have already run a metal detector over the garden i’m pretty sure no hidden aircraft dumps are located there.. knowing my luck its in next doors garden.!:rolleyes:
Team Guinot fly-by at Dx.
Red Arrows fly-by at Dx.
This thread was interesting until comments by certain members quickly degraded the thread into a slinging match. May I remind you that there is a pm system available to use for such sniping and also a reminder not to post private message content on a public forum!
Also I removed the questionable comments regarding another online aviation forum. If you have issues with another forum then by all means take it up with that forums Webmaster. Don’t use this forum to snipe at another online forum.
At last.!!!
Anyway back on thread. I must admit that my recent (and first) visit to Kemble was extremely enjoyable. It had most of the ingredients that i look for in a good airshow, i.e easy location / entry, reasonable admission price, not too far a walk from the carpark, plenty of stalls / eateries, good static lineup (no Britannia?), excellent flying programme and good viewing point for the display (spoilt only by those right at the front).
No airshow will ever be perfect from everyone’s point of view.. but personally i think the closest i have come to such an experience was always Mildenhall. From 1976 to the early nineties i only missed two, but even then there were still problems with traffic (sometimes horrendous) and depending on how early you got in you could end up with a long walk to the exhibits. But the static lineups and the actual displays were generally superb and varied, and i think its now a sorely missed venue on the aviation calendar.
I actually live overlooking Duxford airfield and whilst i am extremely lucky to see so much activity there i have in the past thought some of the airshows (excluding legends) to be a bit samey. And judgeing by the early confirmed list for the September airshow its looking much like the May line up.. and sadly no Vulcan or Sea Vixen either by the looks of it.
Personally i think that the general public and enthusiasts alike appreciate a little variety between airshows at the same venues, as i’m sure many of the people attending do so for most if not all the airshows there. So value for money really must play a more important role if airshows are to survive and bring in the numbers needed to make them financially worthwhile. As has already been seen same ole same is not really good enough.. but thats just my opinion.
Found the location last year, its buried quite deep!, the MOD granted me a licence but the shifting sand has it covered quite well!! 😀
Interesting.. do you know its identity / Mk etc, and the circumstances of its loss.?
Surely if you own outright your house/associated land then anything found there is legally yours. But if rented in any way then that is a different story (landlord becomes owner).
Any legal eagles on here who can confirm or deny otherwise.?
I wasn’t sure if you’d be too interested in that because the Wyvern’s on the wrong end of the MiG’s guns…! 🙂
The MiG-17 is an extremely versatile subject, with tons of colourschemes and air combat scenario available for artwork. It’s also not the most complex aircraft in the world to model in 3D, luckily.
The fact that the Wyvern is the ‘victim’ does not concern me at all… its just such a unique event that personally i think it deserves recording in the way that the actual event unfolded.. i.e two Egyptian marked MiG-17’s and the lone Suez striped 830 sqdn Wyvern S.4. Hardly a fair contest i know but it does remind me somewhat of the US Tigercat versus the Korean Po-2 combat.!
You obviously have a tremendous talent 😀 and if you do decide to have a go i can supply markings and different angle shots of the ‘vern’ if it would help.?!
Rob.
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Wyvernfan, thanks! You are talking about the Wyvern I assume? I’d love to do artwork of that, in action somewhere over the Egyptian desert. It’s a fantastic bird – highly interesting!
Love the quote in your signature! 😀
Ahh you know me too well :D. Yes i was referring to the thread i started regarding the ‘possible’ shoot down of a RN Wyvern by a Russian flown Egyptian MiG.17 over Suez… hence the “possibly factual” statement. I realise neither type are not everybodys cup of tea but nevertheless its an interesting, different and possibly unique scenario.;)
Rob.
Nice idea.. but a warm dry summer night in England… better get the crystal ball out.!
Thats some fantastic artwork of a very fictional scenario.. although i have my own (possibly factual) subject that i would like to see come to life.!