Unless the RNHF have suddenly acquired another pilot with with a very unusual name, its likely that the pilot flying the Sea Fury was Chris Gotke!

I am fully aware of who the current RNHF Sea Fury pilot is thank you !! Perhaps you should read my previous post properly and understand it before offering smart a**e replies !!

Emergency Systems

The Historic Flight Sea Fury DVD shows the efforts made to lower the undercarriage on TF.956 and the aircraft being abandoned over the sea.
It also shows various parts of the systems of a Sea Fury which are much easier to see on the wreckage of 956.
It is well explained by John Beattie who has very good technical knowledge of the aircraft. He goes on to say that there is an emergency system fitted for lowering the undercarriage on the Sea Fury but in this case a hose had failed meaning that none of the lowering systems would have lowered the still retracted leg or raised the one that was down and locked.
A very good insight into Operating and the work involved in Flying the Sea Fury and plenty of good inflight and in cockpit footage.
If you haven’t seen it or already got it maybe obtaining a copy from the Historic Flight shop would be a small help in the circumstances

I think that to maintain the international flavour of Flying Legends next year the organisers should retain the services of the knowledgeable Australian commentator and bring Bernard back to the other seat to add a bit of flavour and give our man from the South coast a break.

I thought that the solo Mustang display by Frederic Akary was really in the spirit of past Legends shows, the other solo displays by the hurricane and Sea Fury for my money were the highlights with Pete Kynsey’s routine in the Bearcat just a breathtaking display of airmanship.

Nick Grey has more than stepped up to the plate with his ‘Joker’ routine being a performance that I am sure his father would be proud of.

Steve

Definitely a good effort there by the pilot, the Buchon looks like a proper handful to land when its all going well. Lucky that he has been flying it quite a bit so reasonably experienced on type which probably saved him and the aircraft.

Steve

I would imagine that the value of the Hellcat would be substantially more if it is fully airworthy to UK standards so it would make sense to spend a bit of time and money on it if the intention was to sell it. We also don’t know what might have been offered for it in full airworthy condition. Mr Grey might just have fancied a change.
TFC has always bought and sold and invariably maintained a collection of around 15 airworthy aircraft with others being restored so I doubt that the collection is being run down.
I was disappointed to see the P-47 leave so soon, but again we don’t know what kind of deal was offered.
Look on the bright side, Legends is approaching fast, there may well be new acquisitions lurking in containers waiting to see the Duxford daylight in July.

Steve

Not quite sure how to take that…?! I think my layout offends most purists as I just buy and run what I like rather than keeping to a set era/area. But I don’t care, it’s my hard work and money goes into it so I’ll run what I like! If people don’t like it, tough… :diablo:

I wouldn’t worry about that, I have built up a large collection of vintage
Tri-ang Hornby models from the 60’s and still run them on the original track.Its not uncommon to see Flying Scotsman hauling teak coaches with a freightliner train passing and just a mixture of different period loco’s and stock all on the same layout. Its all about pleasure and nostalgia for me. Also have a big collection of the battery operated Big Big Trains(who can remember those ??) made by Tri-ang in the mid 60’s. I exhibit those at various toy train shows throughout the year. Its good fun and there are a lot of memories jogged when people see those trains.

Steve