Whoops…

Thank Gingie for the pics, not me.
As the GCR is double track, the loco can be run up to 60mph on test, that will be worth seeing, however, the new Channel Tunnel high speed link from St Pancras to Folkestone has been made available for an attempt on the world steam record, this loco, being brand new, must be well up for it, lets see if the inevitable Tonka overflights can keep up!!

So much for non-drowsy medication…! 😀

Previous post edited accordingly! 😉 😉

No photographs, no notebooks, no cameras, no mobile phones, no recording equipment of any kind. If you get found with any of these you will be ejected, apparently!

Taken to the logical extreme, does that mean you have to leave your eyes and brain at the main gate too?! 😀 😀 😀

To me, the rule sounds bl00dy ridiculous…

Thanks for the pics, Gingie… The recent progress on this locomotive is nothing short of amazing!
As I live a few miles from the Great Central railway, I was quite excited to hear the news that “Tornado” would be tested there. I have followed the project since Day 1!

btw southern railway had a whole class dedicated to the battle of britain and each member of this class was named after an raf fighter squadron.
paul

Several members of the “Battle of Britain” class have been preserved, and are either running, or under restoration. You can see a few of them here

Sounds familiar… 😀

It’s not a real restoration until you’ve frozen your danglies off, scuffed all your knuckles (repeatedly), poked your eye on a stringer, burnt yourself with nitromors, been too cold to pee, have had metal splinters removed from your bum and have banged your head at least twice a week.

Sounds just like me, when I was restoring my bus…:D 😀

‘MLZ is looking good…
Was she the aircraft that was at RAF Newton about 5 or 6 years ago?

This aircraft was also damaged in a forced landing near Wymeswold on 09/01/1944. Whilst undertaking formation training, 41-6234 suffered an engine failure at 25000 feet (mechanical failure – oil leak.). 2/Lt. Luther J Abel made a forced-landing in a ploughed field 200yds from the airfield.

2/Lt. Abel was involved in a second accident; on 18/08/44 he experienced sudden loss of power whilst flying P-38J 42-67490 and crashlanded near Wroxeter. Sadly, he died of his injuries on 22/09/1944. He is buried at Cambridge American Cemetery.

Back in the 1970s, there were some quite hefty chunks of airframe scattered across the farmland.

I bet that they aren’t there now! 😀 :rolleyes:
I should be investigating this one in the next couple of months…

Incidentally, looking at my records, I see that a V-1 came down at Glebe Farm, Skeffington, on 18 December 1944. It was air-launched from a He.III of KG76.

Wellington Crashes

Hello Ritch & Max,

I have details for both these aircraft, PM on its way!

An unlimited budget? Where shall I start?

Firstly, locate, recover and restore examples of:

Lancaster Mk.II
AW Whitley
Stirling
Hampden

(Of course, then I have to ask – Should I restore them to airworthy condition?)

Secondly:

Restore all 3 V-bombers to airworthy condition.
Same treatment for TSR.2.

I could go on, but I’ll leave it at that for now! 😀