Dunkirk used real aircraft and somehow managed to make them look like CGI!

The profile of the underside where the damage is used to be a curve – its now flat so the panels have been ground away and much of the supporting structure behind has been damaged as well. I don’t see it flying again any time soon sadly..

On this forum (and others) there have been repeated mentions of a one off ferry flight. Given that this idea was fairly soundly slapped down the last time it was talked about (and hasn’t been this time) other than money (and getting paperwork in place etc) is there anything that would actually stop it happening?

“The CH2A and the City of Windsor are very pleased to announce that, in response to a request from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, we will be sending our horizontal stabilizers to RAF Coningsby, UK. They will be re-built to BAe standards and will replace the current stabilizers on Lancaster PA474 as they near the end of their airworthiness sometime in 2018. This exchange will allow the BBMF Lancaster to uphold their flight commitments through the 2018 season without interruption. Once their old stabilizers have been removed, they will be shipped to Windsor to be installed on Lancaster FM212. We are very proud to uphold the spirit of co-operation that has existed between our organizations and our two great countries!”

Would anyone really pay £600 for that Phantom bit? A lot of their other items a priced highly as well (in my opinion of course!!)

The aircraft is owned by the people who own the airfield so its hardly likely they would serve an eviction notice on themselves!

If a developer sets his sights on the airfield and the local authority won’t back them then they will just go to appeal and most likely win.

Seen them live three times this year. Quality band.

I saw in on the M1 northbound around Chesterfield at 6ish.