Hunter F.4

Hi Guys
I spoke to the new owner of the Hunter F.Mk.4, that was for sale at cockpitfest on the Sunday this year, he asures me he will have it on display next year if you want him!
You should soon have a full set! hope there will still be room for the rest of us!!

Sounds good to me, I took my 15 year old son along with his instrument panels for the first time last year. He loved it so much, that he wanted his own cockpit to display! It had to fit in the garage, tow easily behind a family car, preferably British and be cheap! about a month later he bought a complete Beagle Pup fuselage with his own savings, which we have now cut down to a cockpit.
We all enjoyed the event so much that this year we are going to camp overnight. Cockpitfest is a briliant event, run by a great bunch of people, with good suport from a certain magazine. There is a great bunch of poeople who go along, both to exhibit and to just look around.
If you have never been before, we recomend it, and if you get hooked, a cockpit can be cheap, my son has done it on his pocket money (and last years winnings!).
If you see a lad with a Pup and a fat dad, say high to us.

Thanks SPEY111
You just restored my faith, and I can look Malc in the eye again now!
The J.P T-4 cockpit, XS181, belongs to 1084 sqn ATC, and the Hunter T-7, XL565 belongs to Geoffery Pool.
Best wishes,

Thanks for making it worth while.

I would just like to say thanks on behalf of the Guys and Gals that all worked so hard yesterday to produce a very succesfull and enjoyable event under extreem conditions, to all of the members of thr paying public, for showing faith and support by turning up in the awfull weather. It made the event a pleasure to be involved with.
Also, if anyone knows of a child who may have left a small purse on board the Supper Guppy, E-mail me at [email]ritch@gamefreaks.freeuk.com[/email] with a discription, and I will be happy to post it back to you complete with the contents.
Thanks again to all,

Hi Roy
I totaly agree with rivet, axel stands are by far the best idea, but, if the aircraft is displayed outside, especialy on an exposed airfield, beware of the wind!
The 747 at Bruntingthorpe was blown through over 90 degree, with the tow tug attached recently, and the Supper Guppy had it’s towing arm sheared in two by the wind a few weeks ago, again attached to a tug, but it didn’t move!
The thing is, that a static airframe, often without an engine (or two) and with empty fuel tanks will move around very easily in the wind, and if the axel stands are not firmly attached to the ground, it could partly or totaly fall / jump off, causing further damage.
The problem with foam filling the tyres, is that you cant see what it is doing to the rubber from the inside out and could do more harm yhan good, and if it is put into a tyre with the aircrafts weight on, it will form a core shape with a flat spot permanantly moulded in, great untill you try to move the aircraft! Also, as stated by others, foam may not support the weight of the aircraft, and since the tyres only take there correct profile when properly inflated, how will you inject the foam under surficiant pressere to reproduce this?
The best answer, is either dry air or nitrogen if available, and cover the tyres with some sort of fabric shield, those metalic blankets that you see around runners shoulders after a race are great, and move the aircraft a small amount on a regular bassis.
The only better answer is to get the aircraft inside out of the elements, but that will need a Lottery Grant!!!
Best wishes.