That’s a useful acquisition, GYD. Your US bomber collection is growing. I’m waiting for the customs bill for an F-18 colum. From etsy of all places. Thanks for the links, Flyby, some stuff I’d not seen. Lovely photos AM. I’m having problems posting, need to resize images.

A very rare one, Swifter. How about a pair of B17 yokes, with throttles, pedals formation stick and a lot of repro bits. Will need a big box: 263090228613 on ebay.com.

Nice find, FLY.BUY! Are there many stalls at Bruntingthorpe. Another reason to visit on a noisy jet day… Those mag alloy grips have come up a treat, Tony. Looked very unpromising at the fest. I’ve tried to post pics in a variety of ways recently but have failed.

Two people with more money than sense.

Allouette helicopter. A benchmark of ugliness and overpriced with it.

It’s come up much better than the listing showed, John. Good cleaning! The ebay description said a very vague ‘untested’ so no grounds for a refund unfortunately. I’ve got some black buttons but no red. You’re looking for Otto push switches on the net. The trigger is a ****** to find, I’m after a couple myself. RRvintageaero on ebay has had them in the past but wants silly money and double that for postage. If you’re feeling brave, the trigger can be removed for cleaning by tapping out the pivot pin (left to right viewed from the front) You’ll need to make a note of how the trigger cover spring sits, and don’t remove it over shagpile! On the previous query, I believe the early, Vietnam era AH-1Gs had the round topped buttons, but can’t find a picture to prove it.

I didn’t take nearly enough photos of an excellent but Sooo hot weekend. Thanks to the organisers for doing such a splendid job under such taxing conditions. An unusual highlight was a bit of show and tell action on the grip and yoke display stand. We were treated to a very interesting Victor yoke with a dedicated RATO switch (Thanks Jon) and a real Falklands veteran Pucara grip. A pleasure to see, difficult to hand back… Will post pics when I’m back from work, won’t let me here.