” Neil Banwell has spent the last six years and thousands of pounds restoring the Harrier Jump Jet to its former glory.

The 45-year-old paid £10,000 for the iconic fighter – which dropped cluster bombs during the conflict with Argentina.

He secretly made the bid on eBay in 2007 without telling his wife, Jo, 49, who was livid when she found out.

But he now estimates it is worth up to ten times what he paid for it and says neither of them want to part with it.’

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/builder-spends-six-years-restoring-2333971

Subsequently, technically it flew, just a hop or hops down the runway up to about 3 metres.

No circuit.:)

Thanks for posting.

Mark

So it IS in the list of contemporary flyers ( ie Post Bo B film ) ?? !! 🙂

Lovely shots.

It has been posted before, but the film is the obvious addition here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp0486rsaAM

Yes, it does make you angry, or something pretty close to it. Upset certainly.

There is simply no need to fly in bad weather like we saw over the last two days in the South East. It was hardly a scenario when one is ‘ caught out’, sometimes the METARs and TAFs are so bleak there should be no decision to be made.

This is a terrible event, for GA, for Popham, for the LAA, and most important, for a family shattered and a child orphaned.

We need to take more responsibility for each other, as a community. I wonder how many missed opportunities there were on the 3rd Jan, for other people people to interject and break the chain.

A good -looking aeroplane. Whilst not’ cheap’ at under £500k it is a great entry level warbird.

Seen here a few years ago.

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?80682-D-FLAK-for-Yak-fans

Aww heck ! Rotten news to end the year with. Some people seem to be missing the ‘basic decency’ gene. :apologetic:

Hope 2015 is better for you. I look forward to seeing the Hurricane finished, perhaps it can still be by you.

One of the long-term operators of a twin seat Spit has been a vocal opponent to the proposed introduction of ‘venture aviation’ and the fully legal and transparent selling of warbird flight experiences. For a long time, they were ( in loose terms) the ‘only game in town’ which suited them very well.

I think there will be enough punters to go round, and support a number of operators.