And MH434 is shown here in the sheme it had in 1990 so the 50th Anniversary Battle of Britain could be the event.

Great job Snapper. Very nice to see the several steps of the change! TOP! 😎

J.V.

Also the Fokker Triplane will attend this event.

The site of this event is:

http://www.spitfireart.com/html/chaileyairshow.html

J.V.

I found a old videotape at home.

In 1976, the BBC made a documentary about the development of the Spitfire. In this program, several spitfire pilots talk about there experiences with this historic aircraft. Robert Stanford Tuck is on this program and he is talking about his experiences flying with a captured Me109 in simulated dogfights wit the Spitfire. He explains the characteristics of the me109 while standing next to Douglas Bader. Bader explains the flying characteristics of the Spitfire. The conversation Tuck-Bader takes a total of 10-15 minutes.

Tuck stated that the Me109 was as good as the spitfire in 1940. Only the spit had some strong points (fast turning) while the Me109 could dive better. Also he found that the installation of guns firing trough the proppeler was a advantage for the Me109.
The disadvantage for the Me109 in 1940 was (as Tuck says) the limited fuel reserve and its task of close protective formation flying with the bombers.

Also Johnnie Johnson is speaking about the spitfire on this program.

Nice to hear that OFMC is flying in the UK now that all the attention goes to Wanaka.

Yes, I believe that OFMC has a empty looking hangar. They should fill it up (if necessary, with planes of other private owners).

They could rush their Corsair back to the UK after its Wanaka display but I think ths is not going to be the case because the Corsair is not booked for any UK ervent this year. 🙁

I know that Sabena Oldtimers Lysander is recovered from Canada. It is a British built example, but it survived the war in Canada. It first served in the RAF in 1941 and was transferd to RCAF in 1942.

Also the other Lysander under restauration for the Brussels air museum has Canadian roots. Most of the survivors are coming from the other side of the Atlantic. There are more than twice as much canadian survivors than british ones.

I think the Canadians must have stored more Lysanders after their millitary use. Or maybe they couldn’t scrap them as fast as in Britain. 😉

We are able to enjoy this beautifull machine in a flying condition. If there where few Canadian survivers, the Lysander would have been a extreme rare bird.

Thanks,

J.V.

Originally posted by Stieglitz
I estimate that the total production of these yak-3 replicas was around 10 planes.

I have to change my opinion on this number. Total production is 19 an price is 395.000 euro now. See this link of the seller:

http://www.russianaeros.com/yak9product.htm

Originally posted by Dave Homewood
An amazingly god look alike, it seems they have at least two, or was the photoshopped?

It is clearly photoshopped. I do not believe they have 2 machines. There is only one pic with two planes and they are flying. They look very simular and the plane is not allowed to fly. :rolleyes:

So, do not always believe what you see! 😉

The Stuka looks nice, but it does look small. I don’t think it is a full scale model. And if it isn’t a full scale replica, I don’t think the enginesound will be right. Nice attempt but its nothing more to me.

J.V.