Yorkie..?

…that reminds me. Back in the 1980’s I used to visit Dan Air’s base at Lasham. There used to be an old York mouldering-away on the grass outside… Whatever happened to it…? 🙂

Gaping Hole.

One of the biggest gaps in the UK scene has to be the Typhoon/Tempest. They did an awful lot of significant work and vanished almost as soon as the war ended.
Of course, lack of airframes and parts aside, the Sabre is the major hurdle. However, unlike say, thirty years ago, we have masses of modern technology to assist.
There are getting to be very few people around now who have even heard a Sabre run, let alone fly…..
Now that we have the realistic prospect of a Mossie returning to UK skies, It’d be fantastic to see a project coming together for Hawkers big-hitters….:diablo:

Hangarage.

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The notion that it has to taxy at all costs otherwise it isn’t ‘preserved’ strikes me as very strange. The Vulcan had serious corrosion found during its rebuild -there is still significant exposure to it whether an aircraft ground taxies or not.

As for her being just another ‘dead’ Vulcan if she is grounded and doesn’t taxy-the machine at Newark could be said to fit that broad description but it still regularily delights visitors as does the machine at Coventry. Maybe its time Vulcan enthusiasts focused on getting a long term roof over her head rather than short term ideas of trying to burn more Jet A1 in ground taxying.

As and when this aircraft ceases to be maintained to an airworthy standard, then it obviously makes sense to keep it ground-runable. Unlike some of the very poor examples scattered around the UK, this is the one best-maintained and thus best suited to ground-only operations. The costs are also incomparably lower than keeping it flying. Where I do agree with you is on the matter of housing. If the machine is simply left outside in the elements, then she’ll soon catch-up to all the other rust-buckets. Wherever she ends-up, she will require hangarage, as well as access to a runway ideally. Where that is is something that I have no opinion on. It does seem to me however, that the cost of a simple, clearspan building to house the machines is very small beer, compared to the current costs of keeping her flying. I can’t imagine, given the huge and highly laudable success so far, that there will be any great problem raising funds for hangarage.

Echoes On The Interwibble.

Now that’s just too profound for me – what is the connection between a Led Zeppelin track (slide guitar cover of country blues samples) and Vulcan XH588?

Ha, – that would be my quirky sense of humour, wondering if anyone was chilled-out, but sober enough to remember the track that refers to that turn of phrase…..:)

Chunky.

A read a quote many years ago, – time and senility obscure it’s origin which went like this;- ‘An experienced SEAC RAF Spitfire pilot was being shown around an American airbase and was shown the Jug and invited to sit in it. He marvelled at the sheer size, comfort, the armrests and ashtray. Upon exiting the machine he was asked by the American squadron commander what he thought of the Jug. “Wonderful!” he exclaimed, but it will never replace the aeroplane!”

For many years I thought the Jug was a big ugly lump, but I’ve actually rather come to like it now. It’s got so much presence, rather like the Bearcat and the ‘190. Chunky…:)

A well-known re-touched photo – apparently.:)

‘DW.

‘DW is an old Rothmans ‘2A. Bob Mitchell was using it for instruction in a green & white scheme in the late ’80’s/early ’90’s, based at Coventry. It’s been in long-term storage, pending rebuild for a long time.

That Clip.

Very often seen in documentaries about the BoB, there appears footage of a Spitfire chasing a Bf110. The Messerschmidt is seen to overfly the camera, followed closely by the Spit. I can’t be the only one who has spotted this.

Every time I see this I wonder where this footage came from? Perhaps war department trials using a captured Bf110?

Any ideas?

Elwick

Discussion of this clip came-up in another thread recently. I understand that the Me110 was part of the RAF’s collection of enemy aircraft for evaluation. The Spitfire was purported to have been flown by Bob Tuck, but I have no lead on the truth of that. The clip has been used countless times. During the war it was used in a well-know film about the ATA.