a Hawker tempest what looks like a hawker Typhoon 😮 are you saying one might fly here in the UK 😮 😮

James

Have a look on GINFO.

In fact, a little hunting around reveals this aircraft was the subject of Key forum threads in 2004: http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/printthread.php?t=28661

trains and planes (sort of!)

Why not have a blast with trains if there’s a historical link with aviation? Mind you, this is a very tenuous one, I have to admit! Yes, they’re locos (Pacific Class, so I’ve been informed). The aviation link is they’re both at Binbrook, tucked away on the technical site. It would be interesting to know how they arrived and better still, what’s going to happen with them. They might not even be there now as these were taken on the 5th of March last year.

You ought to see some of the classic cars on some of these sites. A compiund full of Moggie Minors and a variety of Austin A-series’ at one location.

I’m not sure what is required with regards attaining a C of A. I gather it flies very well and so I see no reason to doubt it will get the thumbs up in due course – I guess that there’s a prerequisite number of flying hours and ‘ticks in boxes’ needed prior to getting the permit but as far as I know we’re well on schedule.

The guy you’re refering to is ‘our Barry’ – he was marking where the stencils needed to be applied and flagging-up any blemishes/scratches etc… as you can see from the picture, all of that has now been taken in hand and it looks pristine.

You can see the Buchon at Legends and at Breighton the weekend after.

Ah-ha. That was our opening question to ‘your Barry’! You know, the forum favourite “Will it be at………?”. Bit nervous about asking for fear of being run off the airfield for asking probably the most asked question of the day!

She does look good and look forward to seeing her aloft. Well done to the entire team. It’s really noce to know that there’s an airfield and team only an hour or so away from here with such a superb collection and attitude to match! Plus the bacon butties are woth it!

Hi Adam. Not very far from Tollerton (Notts Airport) at all. That’s just due east on Nottingham and Rolls Royce Hucknall (i.e. the factory and airfield) is just two or three miles north of Nottingham and is located immediately south of the town of Hucknall, off the B6009 (Watnall Rd), here

However, I couldn’t say what is liley to be seen there during ‘normal’ hours of business as it’s a private airfield. Clearly, the main runway cannot be fully used as it has an engine test rig on it which is, erm, large!

Hi Chrisj94.

Nothing wrong with those! You’ve posted ’em up it’s your first post and your first go. There’s absolutley nothing wrong with that. We all had to start somehwere. The camera I use is a borrowed (thanks 1Group!) Olympus C-370 3x optical zoom (3.2 megapixel jobbie) and it produces adequate results. Sometomes, all that is required is just a little imagination. Pop some more up, I’m sure the more experienced photographers on this forum will give give you friendly help and advice – I know I need some (cdp waits for the barrage of remarks now!!)

! Group – if that doesn’t get some comments………….

Interesting ‘landing’ technique too, not to mention the rest of the display.

Another good reference for this subject are the two books written by S. Finn in the early/mid seventies “Lincolnshire Air War” Books 1 (1973) and 2. There are many accounts in these taken from local eyewitness statements and also those noted by the Royal Observer Posts throughout the county, who seem to have recorded in great detail what fell where and the subsequent damage, even down to the number of cows ‘killed in action’!

Again, some of the ‘targets’ seem to hold no military value: Gainsborough, Alford, Louth and Market Rasen all seemed to have somethin on them. The only reason which can be sensibly reached is they all have a main road through them. Either that or it was simply in error.

It seems that HE and incendiaries were being lobbed out of aircraft all over the place, either by hit and run raiders over the East Coast, opportunists, lost aircraft and those damaged by fighter or flak over the towns of the East Midlands. Very interesting read, both of these books, if you can find them! One was up on E-Bay recently for a fiver.