Hot of the press Frist Test Flight Photo

No, the MiG-35 is just painted in the same scheme as the Swift’s FULCRUMs. It was a Swifts MiG-29UB that crashed.

Thanks for putting me right lol modern jets not my stuff got to be 30 year + to interest me lol

Thanks Manstoninsider. I stand corrected on the Canberra – I assumed it was there.

The airshow was good. The commentary made reference to a ‘growing’ show. It was £10 per person to get in and £3.00 parking with a four hour display. Well worth it. I would like to see more of Miss Demeanour myself. Have not seen much of it in the last couple of years.

I believe the pilot borrowed Mustang Janie for the day as his plane is still awaiting a new canopy to be fitted.

I will be going to show next year.

Thanks for the nice comments

try http://www.heritageaviation.com/ for Miss Demeanour and I think she’s going to Yeovilton as part of a pair of Hunters

320psi
“Ive always had the dubious honour of being the smallest across the chest to get by the radar bullet for FOD checks, starter leak checks etc as well “

same here try a hunter intake or jet pipe even less room

markp451a were you one of the chaps that came over to Brunt in 1991 with Barry when we had 728’s no.2 out for the first time ?

I did the starter, as i was the only one that could fit past the bullet.. one thing i would say it was no fun fail safe/leak check on both starters… lol

With the ref to DGH “When I was at Thunder City the engineers working on 693 told me they didn’t have enough parts to get all 4 up at the same time and so 773 would be robbed when needed” the plan was to fly 773 until life exed ( which ist long) and then remove the fin mod and fit it to 693….. so at the mo 693 is flying without the fin mod and has to be NDT a lot at the mo…..

As for ships in the UK 903 is all most life exed
JS has some life ( how much i do not know)
724 has 1 or 2 FI left
458 would be poss the best

the 2 big problems would be spares as most are in SA and the CAA

If my memory serve me right the RAF lost 49% of the there Gnat fleet in the 16years they flew them… A very very high loss rate….

And its a higher rate then the Starfighter…!!!!!