Ah good…I’m glad you’ve posted your pic here Learning Slowly, now I know who to look out for…saves me wandering into the Classic Wings booking office and going “Hi, is Learning Slowly about?” only to met with baffled looks 😉

This is the most recent pic I have of me, which given as it is nearly 3 years old should really be updated…I’ll get Mr Ashley to take one with our nice new camera…(and yes, that’s Mr Ashley in the photo with me looking a bit sozzled :))

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HURRICANE 477!

Here you are Mark (taken from the Fighter Collection’s website)

~Magically appearing~

Yes Snapper? 🙂

Originally posted by Learning_Slowly
Depends how high the cliff is…

Well we could always try pushing it off the top of the Superhanger and see what happens…(don’t birds chuck their offspring out of the nest to encourage them to fly..i.e. flap wings and fly or hit ground hard…)

But seriously, as Learning Slowly has quite rightly pointed out, the IWM’s restorations are only to static condition, using as many original parts as possible…although the downside of this is that the aircraft stays wheels firmly planted on the ground (no, let’s NOT discuss suspending aircraft from the ceiling again! ;)) but as much of the original aircraft remains as possible.

For those of you with longer memories than I have, was the IWM Gannet started up on occasion during the late ’70s? I have some footage of the then Deputy Director of the IWM, Christopher Rhodes, presenting a piece to the camera while a Gannet fires up very noisily behind him…I know some of Duxford’s aircraft used to fly (the Varsity for example)

Ashley

Sounds like the sort of advert I see in Air Mail (the RAFA magazine) and Motoring and Leisure (the CSMA magazine)…verrrrry fetching they look too…

NOT 😉

I have to say Mark, I’ve not seen any adverts for “dating services” in any aviation magazines…could be interesting reading…

E.g…”Male Spitfire owner 32, 6ft, brown eyes, seeks Spitfire loving female in her 30s, to enjoy romantic strolls around Museums and attending airshows, and cosying up over the latest copy of Wrecks and Relics with a bottle of red wine in front of a roaring fire…”

Hmmmm…maybe there’s money to be made in this…;)

Ashley

Afternoon Anna 😉 Woke up with a bit of a headache but was nothing a couple of Ibuprofen didn’t fix 🙂