Nice one Jon. Looks like lots of work to be getting on with but what a fantastic base to start from. That windscreen is a superb piece too. 🙂

I have always vowed when (if?) i ever won the euro milions to buy a rare warbird and paint it lime green with pink spots……:D

Sounds abit like what Stephen Grey and the late Stefan Karwowski had planned tongue in cheek. Springing a MiG-21 from behind the iron curtain, painting it pink, and terrorising the airshow circuit with it. 😀

As far as i’m aware the trials were relatively successful, i have somewhere a clip of it landing at Farnborough and engaging reverse thrust.. quite impressive. But i think it was deemed unnecessary and not taken any further. What happened to it after i don’t know.

Blimey.. that reminds me of the Mini Coopers going into the back of the coach in the original Italian Job movie. That salt water can’t be much good for the airframe though i would’nt of thought.

My sister gave me a heads up that this was on tv. Interesting find but a bit disappointing that they didn’t show much more than an engine – presuming there is more?!