Glad you liked them L&S, but it is a pity that so many are a bit ‘soft’ as we photographers like to say – can’t use the ‘out of f ‘ word !

The main issue was having to shoot through the optically irregular canopy of the Tobago, not to mention the ad hoc air combat which developed. We will do it from the Cub next time, which will be easier for everybody.

The premise of this tale sounds very similar to (inspired by? ) a tale by aviation writer James Allen (Pilot magazine for many years) who wrote a whimsical and amusing book called ‘Flights of Fancy’, a mainly fictional collection of flying stories.

In ‘Delayed arrival’ he relates the story of a captain who flew an inaugeral service from Aberdeen to Croydon during 1937 in a Rapide, and on the way navigated through a very strange cloud formation. As they flew towards London, the view was familiar, yet totally strange.

‘When we got to Croydon, I almost choked. It was quite unmistakably Croydon, with the hangars and the Brighton Road, but no damn airfield, Built up…all over it! As London unfolded beneath me, I became more and more thunderstruck. Architecture I had never dreamed of, roads that did not exist.

In a panic, he lands at the hitherto unknown Heathrow, to be surrounded by police and arrested, and finally confined in a psychiatric, having somehow arrived unannounced in 1959. The aeroplane is quietly disposed of, and the whole episode hushed up by the authorities, who have no appetite for such mysteries or irregularities.

I recall her displaying at Biggin in about ’84 doing a routine with one gear down and a smoking engine.- I assumed it was intentional!

No real problem, with a bit of lateral thinking.

Lanc could be a bit tricky, though

My pride and joy.
Pity she has just cracked her exhaust manifold (again)

L&S .

Is that Pietenpol actually pulling away from the Pushpak ?

Looking forward to doing some more air/airs with your new bus.

PL983 does not seem to appear in these lists, though it is referred to in our ‘Spitfire Survey’ thread of yesterday.

It is the ex Old Warden / Martin Sergeant aeroplane which was ‘destroyed’ in France six years ago, but seemingly will rise again.

20,000 FW190’s? Can this be right.

I know a huge number of Me/Bf 109’s were made- perhaps someone has confused all those ones, nines and noughts.

I seem to recall about 21,000 Spits were built.