That is a good question but who says Dunsfold will close? There is a decision from the local council now but the matter will have to be decided by the Secretary of State for the Government, there are many objections to be dealt with and the local infrastructure will have to be improved before any development is possible. We might well be five or even ten years further down the road before we know what will ultimately happen to Dunsfold.

Looks more like an approximation of a Harvard canopy to me. The front bit is certainly different from the real thing (the front end of a Harvard not being flat of course…).

Santa on strike as well this year?….

He’s not on strike, but as his sleigh is not equipped with 8.33 kHz Comms equipment and his reindeer may have problems getting in and out of the UK now that Brexit and different import restrictions are looming… he has booked a seat on a lowcost carrier:

Well when I hit ‘post’ there were two photos attached, where did they go?

The forum apparently still has problems with uploaded photos. I would love to see them though! Could you upload them to Flickr or Photobucket and link to them perhaps?

A very interesting article, I never realised that the T-6 was the basis for those replica Kates! That must make the T-6 family the clear winner in the ‘most types represented on film’ category 😀

I hope that his final journey will be a smoother one than that first trip. I was just reading the report on his Mercury flight earlier this week, it is impressive how much detail he was able to provide from that relatively short flight. See here: http://m.aviationweek.com/blog/glenns-1962-pilot-report-nasa-mercury-mission

That’s great news! Thanks for letting us know.

Is it just me or did the rotational speed of the propellor appear to be rather low (no I do not mean in the slo-mo clips)?