“have you ever seen anything like this before?” Lol. Great journalism!
these things can happen. I’m sure we’ll hear the cause later after the investigation. Pilot did a very good job in bringing it down! Great airmanship.
He sold it. From the website: ” Initially rescued by Mark Rumble the cockpit has now passed to Darren Swinn who will be undertaking the restoration works.”
Not a great fan of the new version. Flak Bait also immediately came to mind when I saw the Lancaster. It won’t be a year before the paint starts disappearing or things get damaged. Displaying exhibits unprotected in this day and age is just not done. It WILL get damaged.
That’s actually pretty convincing! The question is, why go through the gigantic work to convert them to look like Vixens? Why not just take vixens, or unmodified Venoms?