RE: To post or not ?

From a personal point of view having worked and occasionaly flown with some of those pilots lost in UK Warbirds in recent years I would very much like to see the pics again. These same aircraft also have very many happy memories attached to them for many people.

RE: 3rd DC-4 inbound for North Weald

Below is a message regarding the 3rd DC4 taken from Vintage and Warbirds:

Just an update on DC-4-1009 ZS-AUA, ex PH-DDS of the Dutch Dakota
Association. Yes,
Michael J. Ward certainly wasn’t as “ignorant” as he often states to be, it
was indeed GERMANY and not North Weald where this Douglas flew to today….

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Don’t know about anybody else but I was a little alarmed to read in the current Flypast about the DC4’s that they had been acquired by Aces High. I do hope they find new owners soon after filming is complete.

RE: Piccies

At one point G-BDAM was registered to Norman Lees, Euan English and Victor Gauntlet. Tony Haigh Thomas owned another camo Harvard at one time based at North Weald as did Anthony Hutton. I don’t have the info to hand at the moment but am fairly sure that in more recent times Norman and a member of the English family owned her before passing her on to Karel Bos. Either way a much missed Norman Lees operated this aircraft on the circuit based initially at North Weald and more recently Duxford

RE: A36 – Clipped Tail Feathers!

The A36 is genuine, bought in the 50’s and stored for 25 years before rebuild started, serial 42-83731 N251A

RE: Who’s taking over the reigns?

I saw Angie Soper’s Yak 11 at Biggin Hill, very nice display particularly as the aircraft is very special to me. The Yak is a very under rated aircraft, a lot of organisers don’t know anything about it, and don’t want to know. This was certainly the case some 8 – 10 years ago when G-OYAK was the only Yak 11 being offered out for display, back then it was very difficult to get bookings, in the end the then owner used it for his own pleasure. Somewhere I have some great pictures of G-OYAK being displayed with great enthusiasm by Gary Numan at Earls Colne on a couple of occasions in the early 90’s

RE: Who’s taking over the reigns?

You need to add a few more to that list,

Robs Lamplough
Graham Warner
Anthony Hutton
Tony Ditheridge

As for the future I feel that we will see more smaller collectors such as

Rob Davies & Maurice Hammond and others

With a few aircraft used as much for the pleasure of the owner as well as airshow audiences. That said I do feel that airshows will not in the future be as Warbird rich, or as plentifull as they have been in recent years, although this could be a good thing, lets face it when was the last time you saw a T6 or a Yak 11 at an airshow and actually stood and watched it rather than it being a break between the fighters. This is purely my opinion, we’ll see what happens

RE: Stearmans, and lots of ’em!

Thanks very much, if it would be possible to get a larger version of the bottom P51 pic I would appreciate it.

Many Thanks

RE: Stearmans, and lots of ’em!

Great to see your photo’s Furturshox, it was a very nice day as it turned out after a decidedly shaky start. Would you happen to have any pics of the P51 as it taxied in and shut down after it’s arrival in the morning, I would very much like to see one at this time for my own personal reasons.