Very nice to hear somthing from this particular Me109. Do you have more info on its restoration progress? Is it going to stay in Seppe when its restoration is completed? And if you should have other pics, please post them.

Thanks Roger

J.V.

Again and again. The new pic of the Kingcobra looks superb! I want to see more of this guy. Does he have a homepage?

For now, I hope he keeps posting his great photos to this link.

Greets,
J.V.

Originally posted by Eric Mc
Flying replicas – as long as they are accurate and their engines are either originals or in the spirit (type and sound) of the originals.

So if the materials used in the construstion aren’t 100% the same, but if it looks right and sounds right, it should be OK. So planes as the spitenbois (wooden 1/1 scale replica of spit MK VIII) and Hawker Fury Repro MKI G-BKBB with original Kestrel engine are fine.

I also believe if the sound is realistic and it looks authentic, a replica is almost as good as the real stuff. It is a good alternative for planes that are rare or non-existing.

Here a pic from the spitenbois from F. Carbol:

Yes, The markings are unusual indeed, but I like it. A good alternative for the Harvard!

Nice work!

Thanks Mike.

I don’t understand how I didn’t see the plane during my visit in 1999. I must consider to buy a pair of glasses. 😉

Cheers,
J.V.

I read in a Belgian aviation magazine that the Dutch Catalina is ready to fly for the 2004 season. So yes Mike, the Dutch are planning to operate their machine.

I do hope that Super Catalina Restoration Team is able to bring at least one Cat back in the air after all their efforts.

Originally posted by paulc
Stieglitz,

well done for finding the article – I could not remember the date at all, despite being in one of the photographs featured 😉

No problem Paul. On which photo are you featured?

We all should be happy that there is still a team which hopes to bring two of these birds back to airworthy condition. It is a huge job to complete and is very expensive. It is a strange but nice machine. It does not have the appeal for some (not me) people as a fighter (such as P51, spitfire, P40, …) has. We should be greatfull that a team of people is doing the best they can. A slow progress is still much better than years of storage! So guys, carry on!

Cheers,

J.V.

Originally posted by paulc
An artical on the restoration appeared in Flypast (Out of the Cold I think it was called) not sure of the date though (mid 2000 maybe)

I found the article in the Flypast magazine of june 2001. The article tells that the white Catalina VP-BPS was recovered from the water, one day after its accident on july 28,1998. It then moved to Hythe. It later moved to Hamble for storage and was aquired by Super Catalina Restoration. The team moved the Catalina to Lasham for restoration around may 23, 1999. On march 11, 2001 the plane moved to Lee-on-Solent for continued restoration.

The Super Catalina Restoration team also ownes the greenpeace Catalina which they aquired from Duxford. It is also based at Lee-on-Solent. It is intended to restore both aircraft to airworthy condition.

More info on the restoration and the damage caused by the recovery in the Flypast of june 2001 (page37-40);)

Greets,

J.V.