If anyone is heading over that way from Derby or elsewhere in the Midlands be aware that the narrow bridge on the west side of Newark (A617 Kelham Bridge) is closed and the diversion route is horrible – I was held up there for over half an hour today and I should image that the Bank Holiday traffic will make it even worse.

Great pics Neil; the Jug and Emil are seriously convincing:

For a second thought I was looking at the Duxford Jug, and thought ‘did they do a lousy paintjob or put on fake weathering?’ 🙂

Still always wondered why LSM’s consistently have too short props for scale; that is in some cases the only give away? Ground clearance issues on grass?

The engine probably wouldn’t be able to give full power running a scale diameter prop, it may even stall if the prop is too big. The engine maker will specify the correct prop to use. Some flyers will swap the flying prop for a more realistic one for display on the ground.

Martyn Ashton has been a hero of mine for many years now. He’s best known for his mountain bike trials although this video shows just how strong spindly road bikes are if you know what you are doing!!

Its also worth noting that this wasn’t an AAIB investigation, the report was submitted by the pilot.

For this to work there must be an electron pathway between the anode and the metal to be protected (e.g., a wire or direct contact) and an ion pathway between both the oxidizing agent (e.g., water or moist soil) and the anode, and the oxidizing agent and the metal to be protected, thus forming a closed circuit; therefore simply bolting a piece of active metal such as zinc to a less active metal, such as mild steel, in air (a poor conductor and therefore no closed circuit) will not furnish any protection.

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Thats possibly not the right link!

A slight thread drailment but her is a pic of the “Kandahar Harrier” that you might not have seen before.