I think most if not all of the rumours are true. I work on the airport although not as part of the Atlantic group but they’re pretty open guys and let me and mates have a quick nose now and again. The main problem seems to have been major structural corrosion. each time I’ve popped my head through the door she’s either had a wing, all engine’s are missing although 2 are next to her and the enterior looks pretty gutted.

😀 seriously though XR537 are we likely to see an increased De Hav fleet in the future. The matter of sponsership for G-CVIX has been mooted several times by the looks of things and the trail seems to have gone cold. Unlike other high maintenance aircraft like XH588 there has been little if no media coverage of G-CVIX’s plight nor any mention of her current fate, which we can only assume is languishing in a dark dusty corner of De Hav’s hanger, or worse outside exposed to the elements. You may laugh at the idea of contributions to G-CVIX’s running but give us the means to do so and advertise it, as VTS and Air Atlantique Classic Flight have done in the past not to mention Sally-B, and the vast majority of us would whole heartedly contribute what little or much we could, if it meant seeing such a rare beast fly again.

:diablo: just reported him to evil bay customer support

both are apparently! One the FW189 is the ‘Uhu’ “Eagle owl” and the HE219 the ‘Uhu’ “owl”

on the way to the fly-in martin noticed the blades weren’t quite polished enough

allow me to amend my previous post. All aircraft coming out of a complete rebuild WILL have a certain amount of teething problems, be it a slightly low rpm reading on an engine or a leaking oleo leg from new seals bedding themselves in, (been there done that and got the t-shirt, several times around) no rebuild or restoration is THAT perfect (unless it’s sat in a museum). All of you bear in mind that this will be the first aircraft (officially) on the CAA Permit to Fly register that is catagorised as COMPLEX. There are numerous little snags that can be found after the first flight of such a complex rebuild most of which can not be found during the ground testing phase as the aircraft is not subjected to the same loading, stresses and strains as it is during flight. It only takes one uninformed person to see a small leak of fluid from somewhere and make more out of it than is necessary. Yes this aircraft is a comprehensive rebuild but she is a 30+ year old airframe at best, and all old aircraft suffer from the same ailments and she is easily 3 times the size of most rebuilt aircraft today, a dinky Spitty she is not. Despite any air and ground crew’s professionalism and experience the first test flight is always a nerve racking experience and the least people that witness any **** up big or small the better. yes it may still filter out but atleast the doom sayers and no nothings cann’t witness it first hand and start completely false rumours.