Ah right, cheers for clearing that one up! Been wondering what happened to it. I believe the AGT will also try to obtain examples of British Airborne weapons and vehicles etc for the museum as well, would be very interesting.

Dogfighting would probably be seen as too risky to use multi million (probably nearer billion by now) aircraft and the highly trained aircrew – even though it’s what they’re designed to do.

Yeah it would be nice, when i first saw Friday the 13th i thought she was a full scale model, and in my eyes she still doesn’t seem to be a ‘proper’ Halifax, not sure why. Apparently restoring the RAFM Halifax would cost too much, a shame really, but still it’s better than nothing!

Not sure if your aware of it, but theres already a complete Halifax in England – Halifax B.III ‘Friday the Thirteenth’ at Yorkshire Air Museum, made of different Halifaxes, it’s a fantastic rebuild. Theres also the complete wreckage of one (as far as i’m aware, main parts missing are undercarriage and perspex, and bent prop blades) at the RAF Museum Hendon sitting on it’s belly

Edit – the Yorkshire Air Museum is a mark II, as is the Hendon example – however the Hendon is the early variant with a turret at the front. There are photos of the YAM Halibag here;

http://www.museum-explorer.org.uk/show.php?page=exhibit&q=search^choice=AEOM^textfield=halifax&e=128&t=5

And heres one of the Hendon example

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First of all, anything bad happening to my mates or anyone else i care about

Second, heights! I’m fine in an aircraft, but if i lean out the window on the first floor of my house at the front, with nothing underneath, it really shakes me up! Not sure why, guess i feel safer in an aircraft than on my own feet!

Duxfords restored Swordfish was shown on bbc local news just now,what did surprise me was that they stated it was only 1 of 2 left in the world,i thought the RNHF had at least 2.It was’nt a statement of “flyable” swordfish or particular marks of Swordfish.

Never trust the media to get historical facts right – a remember seeing a photo of a Hurricane on the BBC website, stating that it was the only one left! (or at least the only airworthy one left!)

Very interesting, especially the MIG. Is that the one supposed to be flying before too long? Will be great to see a Buccaneer fly as well!

Meh, seems like a lot of effort…. good luck to whoever buys it though!