Dear Meddle, you must be the most curmudgeonly , testy, peevish, irritable, crabby and cantankerous contributor ever to grace this forum.

Where most see a creative and impressive homage to the Spit, you see a mutt, made to belittle the ‘real deal’ . I imagine you and a little ray of sunshine are seldom mistaken for each other. You could probably slam a revolving door ! 😉

I realise this has been a trying year for you, what with the disappointment of the Lanc duo failing to perform a personal flypast over your house, and no doubt 100 other things, so the best we can do is wish you a happy Christmas, and hope that 2015 won’t be such a kick in the sporran.

All the best.

There’s one on Google images coded RE-D. The prop looks a bit odd! Is that the one?

Pretty sure the prop is off a DC-3

Check out this video but go straight to 2.20 to avoid the cat-strangling and warbling intro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7GdNeqyUSA

In the air it looks and sounds particularly good. Sure, it isn’t a Spitfire, but it will do until a real one comes along. It has ‘balls’ in a way the Jabiru examples, however well made, simply do not.

Budget option is £2,750 for 20 mins.

Profitable, I imagine, but not massively, given the monumental operating costs.

In the states $1495.00 gets you 20 mins in a Mustang, or $995 in a Helldiver, so the USA option could be more economical, even with flights/hotels.

I am not sure that that this version of the drone film has been posted here.

It is very striking and clear footage , and really makes you wonder how it has remained un-recovered for so long. Maybe because the sea keeps covering it up again !

http://www.skyonix.com/wwii-lockheed-p-38-lightning-discovered-on-welsh-beach/

Will be left alone, as a war grave, it says.

The powerful details of the suffering of the bereaved and their enduring sadness seems to be the most significant consideration in this story. The aeroplane suddenly seems very secondary.

Two Halifax bombers have already been raised from the Norwegian waters, and that is probably enough.

At the risk of dragging this off topic, which aircraft is that? Off the top of my head I can think of the B25 Battle of Britain camera ship that ended up in sections. Is it that?

War Lover and 633 Sqdn, I believe.