I guess like all things if it goes ok it is ok but if it goes wrong and there’s no recovery height .

He seems a very competent and capable pilot, as aware of his machine as anyone could hope to be, and with luck he can continue to log the same number of landings as he does take-offs.

Low level aeros though, is such an unforgiving business. I am thinking of the great Mark Hanna- sadly no one is ever bullet-proof.

Good shot !

I suppose it is the times in which we live, but whatever you do these days, it seems as though somebody will be taking a picture of you ( especially if you are zooming around in a Spitfire ! )

” The Hawker Hurricane Mk XII (s/n 5481) registered C-FDNL flew again on Sunday October 2 in Scone, Australia. The aircraft was restored by Vintage Fighter Restorations.
It is painted in the colours of Hurricane Mk I V6748 of the Royal Air Force’s No 46 Squadron de la Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. P/O J. D. Crossman was shot down and killed by German fighters flying this aircraft on 30 September 1940. ”

http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/10/03/hawker-hurricane-returns-to-the-skies-in-australia/

Shame ! He was only 1.5 miles form the light aircraft strip at the DH Aircraft Museum .

. I am not going to argue – there are other things that are much more important in the world!

Glad you are not going to argue. You have made three posts to justify your indifference to this reproduction, yet missed the point of what it was built for, and how that influenced the design.

It was built to be transportable, and handled by a small team for regular public appearances, hence the stub wings, which you have so acutely noticed are not as per the original format, but allow the fuselage to be rolled straight off he trailer, and wing sections then attached. Job done.

The RAF used to haul a couple of airframes round for displays/tournaments, but they had a Queen Mary trailer, and a whole tam of ‘erks’ to lift the fuselage, set it on trestles, attach the wings, extend the gear etc. It probably took half a morning.

Tell your potential customers that your replica has original style spars ( which no one will see) and you need a whole bunch of people to handle it , and so the price to appear at your event has tripled. Then wonder why you get no bookings.

The CAA has hugely increased the number of staff assigned to administering air displays and performers.

They have held ‘consultations’ where the message, not implied but stated is ‘ this is what is going to happen, whether you like it or not’.

Often the staff in key roles have almost no background in air displays, some have no background in aviaition, including one recently transferred from the NHS.

Within the CAA, the fear that the organisation/personnel may be found negligent/ responsible for the disaster is having a paralyzing effect, such that much ongoing work in other areas has been shelved. This will not be properly resolved until Public Inquiry and inquests ( and insurance payouts) have run their course.

Surrey Police spokesman said: “At around 11.15am today a vehicle with a trailer attached carrying a light aircraft was travelling on the motorway when the trailer became detached and left the road before colliding with a tree.

“There were no reports of any injuries but the road remains partially closed whilst the trailer and aircraft are recovered from the scene.”

Photos here.

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2016-07-01/delays-after-spitfire-crash-on-busy-road