Hi Dave,
Well i’ve always had an interest in naval aviation but it all started really with a book by Harold Penrose (Westland chief test pilot) called ‘Adventure With Fate’, in which the trials and tribulations of trying to get such a ground breaking aircraft into service were made all to clear.. and after doing some research into the Wyvern it just captured for me what 1950’s aviation was all about.. its just an awesome beast.. and the rest as they say is history.

As for Reno i think it would have done pretty well.. after all who in there right mind would want to get in the way of eight 13′ diameter contra-rotating propellers on the front of a 3600 shp jet engine.?:dev2:

“Composite”, “Original”, “With provenance”, “Without provenance”, does it really matter.?

Like a lot of people on here i have never seen a Walrus fly before, and i think all that matters is that the new owners are to be congratulated and supported in every way, for hopefully giving us possibly THE ONLY chance of seeing one in the air.

Why did I think Solent Skies had bought it?

Possibly because they did acquire it, in 2005, but could’nt find the funding to finish its restoration.. hence why it has been sold to a new owner.!