Watched it with great interest and great to see the Gannet now back safely and getting some TLC. Now we await to see if, and when, she flies again?

Guys your all shooting this film down based on a few mins of trailer time.
First of all none of you guys or girls have seen this film yet as it has yet to be finished.

Don’t be so quick to say this film will be crap because it may not be historically accurate or it has CGI instead of real aircraft or that the budget is quite small in comparison to other block buster films. As they say don’t judge a book by its cover.

And im afraid CGI is the road most of this films will be going down due to the costs involved in making films with real aircraft. CGI is the more financally and logistically viable option. When filming with aircraft you have to not alone source the aircraft. You also have to get the right pilots to fly them, Engineers to keep them flying, Painters to get them into correct livery and also all the support that is needed to look after those guys too. And then you have to figure in the cost of Fuel and Insurance and also the hire of a location to film.

I would love to see another Battle of Britain style film with all live action filming but unfortunatly it ain’t going to happen in the current econmic climate.

Guy and girls lets just wait till its out and we have seen it before you start making assumptions that it is going to be crap.

That’s exacty the point I made Matt. However, I have to say that if they need to use CGI, at least make it realistic and believeable! Watching the trailer, the skies are unrealistically crowded as it seems they are trying to fill the screen with action – and it’s far too much. Also the sudden ‘flip up’ by the P-51 is an unrealistic manuouvre ( looks like a Flanker ‘snake bite’ manouevre!). I’m happy to accept CGI if it is realistic.

Can anyone provide a vaguely accurate indication of the actual colour as I have seen a few photos with varying shades but all will have been based on photos that have discoloured with age and I don’t fully trust them.

If you look at the nose close-up photo in post #1 at the start of this thread, I would say that’s a pretty accurate representation of the purple colour that hasn’t faded. We know the RAF roundel colours which show to be correct, so this is a good indication. The flash and lettering on the nose is ‘cream’.

It’s historically significant and about quarter of the price of the Demon (I would think)

I was wondering if they have an ulterior motive, purchase the Wildcat and refurbish/repaint it, then sell it for a profit in order to purchase the Demon?

I am very pleasantly surprised that the old string bag will be at Duxford

I don’t think Mark is that old?;)

I thought it was going to Odiham first for painting, before it goes to Coventry?

Out of curiosity, what is the going rate rate for pleasure flights – in the UK and mainland Europe – these days?

Around £40.00 for a 10-15minutes flight. Depends on aircraft, operator, duration etc, If you want a 70-minute Dragon Rapide flight over London, it will cost you £199.00, which is still not bad for what you get.

I am sure everyone on here is well aware of the costs involved, but that is not the purpose of this thread. The thread was started to speculate and suggest what might/should be done with the airframe. I am sure we are all aware of the logistics and costs involved, but we don’t know what funds are available to the owner and whist contemplating that, it is nice to share thoughts with forumites on what should/could be done if money was no object.