Great stuff, Brian. I wonder why the Spit Vc has lost its tropical filter? :confused:

well come the weather at duxford is not very tropical at the moment is it

JOHN ROMAIN
500 hours on spits (completed at the flying legends weekend) 🙂
not to mention any of the following
blenheim
chipmunk
harvard
hurricane
ME108
ME109
buchon
P51
T28
T33
corsair
bulldog
tigermoth
beech 17
beech 18
P2
mitchel
avro 504
flycatcher
stearman
yak 52
yak 50
MH1521
catalina
cub
storch
lysander
and I bet I have missed a few:o

[QUOTE=XL391;1113617]Anyway, at the end of the day, the lottery money could have gone on X, Y or Z project, society etc. But it hasn’t. It has gone on this project, which is weeks away from completion. So everyone can curse and complain how wrong it is to hand VTtS the funding but now, it’s too late. The money is spent, the project is nearly complete. GET OVER IT.
/QUOTE]

I feel one of the main gripes from reading this thread is that the lottery gave money to VTtS and this was seen by people in the industry as a test case,
The lottery had refused to invest in such projects up to this point, and now will be looking at the results for their investment prior to agreeing future projects,
As far as i`m aware, and I am sure I will be corrected, NO other flying project has received lottery funding to date,
There are many worthwhile projects happening which will succeed without the funding but would have benifitted with a little help.

I wish their project well and look forward to seeing the vulcan flying and hopefully the lottery will agree it`s as a sucess and will open their purses to other projects,but I somehow doubt it.

we watch and wait

It is Dutch so bring it home :diablo:

Aerovet…………

Aerovet
keep a look out next months stampe fly in weekend
you can always hope

I was trying to string along with this thread but failed to bridge the gap
I will try and keep a look out along the watch tower for the significance of the paint scheme and hopefullly be in tune later.:dev2:

P38 at duxford……….
it`s just a fill in job picked up by ARC sponsored by Isopond:dev2:

this issue of radio active instrumentation has been on the cards for a couple of years now. even the airworthy aircraft have to be assesed and their radio activity recorded, we have been told to keep a log of the time spent in the cockpit of the aircraft by engineers and pilots.
I personaly believe this to be a typical british government knee jerk reaction to the rules as our own worst case calculations show that there is a risk to health if we leave a pilot or engineer in the seat for the next 86 years he may receive a slightly dangerous dose of radiation:(
but it becomes a problem when the instrument glass is removed and the internal dust or paint from the dial is inhaled or absorbed.
disposal of instruments is becoming harder as with all other types of waste so you may find they are harder to get rid of than keep in a box.
I should point out that the main problem appears with british type instrumentation of the late 30`s to 50`s style construction.

damm and blast the ARCo secret is out
they are converting containers into repro spam can`s
:rolleyes: thinks?? are they repro`s or restorations ?