Ah cheers – do you know the ID or any idea of what’s happening with it? When I went flying there a mate saw it and when he told me was quite surprised. Could be an SNJ, I think the only major visible difference is the deck landing hook

Here’s a few taken on my Auster related travels

MagicChamps Aeronca which I was lucky enough to fly – unfortunately being a shorty doesn’t help as the controls were only just reachable with my arms and legs!

Piper at Eggesford, think it’s an AE1, apparently it’s a Pearl Harbo(u)r veteran

Taylorcraft at Leicester airport

Another one at Leicester, I think there’s a third one there somewhere

I read that the Comet was, haven’t heard about the Neptune and Britannia though. Is there much extra space in the two hangars at the top? Shame the great line up of the Shorts SB5, English Electric P1 and Lightning has been depleted. Also, do you have any shots of the new building?

Fantastic, cheers – do you know if they plan to complete the Fairey Battle or just leave it as it is?

I think G-AMTA may be the toy of our very own Joe Petroni! Nice pic Consul, I take it that’s the Agricola? Read somewhere that it should be flying now, would love to see that at a fly in!

Rob, thats some restoration project you’ve got there! I guess it will literally allow you to do a ground up restoration. Have you got much more than just the airframe?

Erm, not really! I was given the frame, but was later given bits and pieces, so i’ve got door windows for about three Austers, nuts and bolts, which althouh don’t look like much are vital and the costs soon add up if I had to buy them, rear floorboard, brakes, tailwheel and the tailwheel holder and a few other bits. Currently have some bits at home for cleaning up, i’m probably the only 18 year old with an auster tailwheel and door windows under his bed!

Oh, and yet again i’m featured in an Auster club magazine! This time you can see my head in the background, signed copies available for anyone that wants them! :p

Do the militaria stalls do any de-activated weapons? Always fancied a nice Lee Enfield no 4…

Probably the same reason the RAF Museum has things like Mustangs, a B17, Junkers 88 etc