No offence, and i love Vulcans, but theres one heck of a load of them about, pretty much medium/large aircraft museum has one, so perhaps the loss of one isn’t such a pity. Perhaps if only the nose is preserved it would be a good compromise.

Very nice, would look better with an RAF roundel though :-p Ah well i’m not that fussed, seeing a Catalina fly is good enough for me

Everyone will be most welcome next year to Bruntingthorpe to see G-VLCN make her first public display.

Sweet, Bruntingthorpes only a very short drive from me! Will it be based at Bruntingthorpe when its flying? I’ve waited many years to see her complete again, last time she was i was about 5, can still remember seeing her now, what a beautiful beast 😀 Will she still be in the wraparound camo? Looks magnificent on her

I thought a haulage company was still using them? Was advertised on the back of one of the RAFM Cosford guidebooks from about 1999-ish

Even though i have no chance of going, i’d say Malta. Not only for the fact theres a Spitfire and Hurricane, but also the completion of the restoration of the Hurricane at the museum there and the new building, and most importantly the sheer fact its Malta, one of the most famous places in aviation history, and one of the most interesting to me, going from on the verge of destruction and defended by a few Gladiators, to attacking the enemy with Beaufighters e.t.c., it should be a film!

From what it looks like, and im 99% certain on this, when Airspace is complete the Varsity will be moved into the conservation area of Airspace along with the Victor. If not, chances are it will be moved into hangar 5 for restoration as they’re won’t be much else to ‘fix up’, all i can think of is the Vampire (you can see the wooden fuselage!) and the old lifeboat.

In case you don’t have it, i have the book ‘Beaufighter squadrons in focus’, i’ll scan the page/pages on 252 squadron, if thats any help? It should have at least one photo of a 252 sqn aircraft. Cheers, Bob

Very nice, i’d love to get there one day, especially to see the two Whirlwinds and Shackletons