Sorry failed miserably in getting to Old Warden, hope you all had fun. I didn’t land back at Hardwick until 16.15, so at this point was already late so decided to roll the runway instead to take some of the winter ruts out of it. I will fly again in the morning to see if I was successful or not.

It’s ok, the guns are made from Aluminium and I linked the rounds together so it’s not likely to work, besides which it only has half the fire power of Janie. Now what I can’t see from the photo is whether the wiring is finished yet?

SadSack,

Tell me more, why do you think a conference is needed?
What we can’t forget is that it costs money to operate these machines, sometimes BIG money therefore it costs money for an airshow organiser to book them. Then we need to think about the number of people through the gate on the day and set an affordable price for admission to ensure you get as many people in as possible so as you can work out your budget for participants. Most if not all operators in the UK need to recieve some money from a show so as to offset the costs of actually getting it there.

You mean computers existed in 1979? Were these the big tape driven things like you see in the Italian Job?

That is Charlie Brown, don’t know who the bloke in the hat is though . . .

I do and I’m desperately trying to remember his name, he was a neighbour of mine when I was growing up in a Suffolk Village and the former Headmaster of an Essex School, oh and I think he once flew Spitfires.

I was due to go today, however the plan changed and the Mustangs went yesterday afternoon, as I had a prior arrangement yesterday evening I had to pull out. Still all is not lost it means I can bimble around in the 172 and build some hours while I wait for them to return

You should move closer to Duxford or North Weald Digby there are all sorts of old planes there. However if you are at a loose end one day I have a garden which needs attention, I’ve given up looking out of the back windows of my house now