VTS members day at Finningley in a fortnight. He’s usually there. Find a member who’s going to ask him

Lol thought you meant a radio scanner

Question, the green container on the far side that gets in the way of shots from the tank bank, ive just noticed in the pics by Duxman that it looks burnt. I always thought it was storage or been dumped but now im wondering if its used for fire training, anyone know?

I helped build part of the lower rear fuselage of the Defiant when I had been made redundant a few years ago. As Wulfie I think would agree it gave Cyril and the lads a focus point and all were/are rightly proud of their creation. At least it will be on display for the public now to see which is in my opinion a good thing

Any idea what time arrival at Coningsby tomorrow is as got a tour booked for 14.00hrs?

Brownhills is only 10 min from where I type this, I think the yard is less than 5 miles away and in the bottom picture I think I can just make out the A5 with the field where the Staffordshire Anglo Saxon hoard was found. It doesn’t look like this now but I have spoke to people who can remember “piles of aircraft” in the yard, said they were Javelins.

Ken and his Jackaroo, based at Baxterley are 20 min from me so would occasionaly see them flying around as well as his occasional air shows, flyins etc and seemed to me part of the scene for as long as I can remember.

few years ago there was a very small event at Shugborough hall where Ken had landed, towards the end of the day I stood behind the fence watching Ken pre flight and start up while another person cleared sheep from his take off direction, when clear of sheep Ken rolled and took off over the fields and between the trees towards the river and up into the clear blue early evening warm summer skies to return home.

Even though I never knew Ken, I thank him for operating the Jackaroo and will miss them. RIP Ken

Are they going to Shuttleworth thought they were going to Flixton?