Someone posted a Mosquito clip recently, can’t remember if it was here, which I watched and thought, I don’t ever remember seeing a cinema film of mozzies in formation with MKIX’s before? Then cut to a single mozzie landing.

It was CGI!! by some Japanese Wizard…..very very very good, frighteningly good in fact. On landing tail wheel twitched, mains skipped, surfaces reacted shuddered and looked all very realistic.. apart from the grass that was….
His efforts are only a year or so away from being pretty well indistiguishable from the reel thing for the masses at least.

Makes you wonder what our beloved Governments will be able to get away with telling us really happened in future…………….

I remember Ray Hanna displaying in a Corsair duet with another NZ pilot in the late 90’s at Duxford, which at the time stopped me in my tracks with its fluidity and aerial ballet qualities, beautiful. Something to remember for ever and a day. Not sure that everyone in the crowd fully appreciated what they had just seen at the time.

His son Mark once allowed me (trusted me as a stranger) to walk out on my own to his Spitfire on the apron (whilst he continued his discussions and coffee in our flying club, Spitfire out of sight too), press the button on the canopy, climb aboard and indulge in half an hours dream time in the cockpit of MH434. 🙂 I think his father may have shined through too in his character, though guessing.

How many 77 year olds out there were still flying their high performance aeroplanes until near end of their time? Thank you Mr Hanna.

Very sad indeed, though time to dig out the MH434 video and watch Mr Hanna Snr take off, from inside the cockpit, hood open, check gauges and off he goes…..

There was a beautiful piece of classical music which accompanied that sequence on their video, any ideas to the piece? Perhaps it was his choice?

I loved the Vulcan when it was in the air, and was very sad to see it go, but I believe that it’s had it’s time, and that not everything can be kept going forever; as stated, the Vulcan as a type had 10 years or whatever of airshow life beyond it’s operational days, and for a type that barely saw any real operational use in the role for which it was intended, that was pretty good going, and a real testament to what a fabulous aircraft type it is/was. The thing is, lots of other great types of aircraft have gone and stayed gone, and the Vulcan- with it’s MAMMOTH costs- should be no different. We’ve HAD the sights and the sounds, and those of that that saw the same should just count ourselves lucky.

For God’s sake, just let the thing retire with some dignity.

I loved the Lancaster when it was in the air, and was very sad to see it go, but I believe that it’s had it’s time, and that not everything can be kept going forever; as stated, the Lancaster as a type had 60 years or whatever of airshow life beyond it’s operational days, and for a type that saw operational use in the role for which it was intended, that was pretty good going, and a real testament to what a fabulous aircraft type it is/was. The thing is, lots of other great types of aircraft have gone and stayed gone, and the Lancaster – with it’s MAMMOTH costs- should be no different. We’ve HAD the sights and the sounds, and those of that that saw the same should just count ourselves lucky.

For God’s sake, just let the thing retire with some dignity.

What exactly is undignified about flying again? Should the Lancaster, Spitfire, Mustang etc etc retire now with some dignity? Sounds very New Labour to me?

I think you’ll fine that its those out there who still have a bit of good old British get up and go about their person, whom you will have to indoctrinate with your negative sentiments Lancman!

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No matter what you think about the Duxford proposal, A bird in the Air is worth two in the bush, especially in this case.

🙂

I wonder how ‘negative’ some of the forum posters would be if this was one of Mr Chadwicks company’s earlier designs such as the Lancaster, whose future was being discussed?

Anyone know how to get a Merlin/Griffon ringtone set up?

I think you’re right about them being Wellington’s, i would say initially that they are T.10’s though, as the nose turrets look faired over,so it may be later than the 1941/42 suggestion.
Not much idea on the location as not much in the background,Finningley ?

Early Wellingtons had no conventional nose turret as we would know them, so may be earlier.

Pegasus spinners.

I’d say they are early Wellingtons, not T10’s.