Very interesting everyone thanks for all the good replies. Thanks for the above points alertken, food for thought!

Pete,
I have seen 211 super chargers and casings coming up on ebay every so often so there are ones avaliable out there
Matt

Excellent Stuff, I saw an engine you had helped with run for the first time last month, indoors I might add, It was quite an experience! It will be fantastic to see the 211 going, you can get an idea of what it may sound like from this super rare footage of the 213 running,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y5LBUVS1T8&feature=channel_page

Please keep us updated of any progress and what parts do you require (I will keep my eye open)
Matt

Surely they could have forseen that flying in the afternoon in summer would be a no go, even on a perfect clear calm day you get coastal breezes starting up. The French chap had the right idea, early in the morning and calm.

I’ve had a good trawl through youtube but you seem to come up against the same stuff you see on TV programmes etc and it’s usually fairly compressed, I like this pathe footage as you can actually make out some great detail in it. Surely there was masses and masses of it filmed, how much survived and is it accessible? There is another reel of this on the pathe website at the bottom on related, this one is called F-127 and the other is F-125, where are the rest!
Matt