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As I understand it so as to be accurate and also historicaly correct the film is to be made in India, and Mel Gibson (yes a direct decendant of Guy ) is to play Barns Wallis just to show that it was the good old USA that provided the means and expertise . While Guy Gibson is to be played by that excelent young movie actor Samuel L. Jackson ( Gibson as you will be aware was a member of the Eagle squadron and had flown form the USA with a new Bomber destined for the French Air force but they could not hold out in time for his arrival so he returned to great britain with this fine war prize – the First Beoing built Avro Lancaster Special ).

Well alls well that ends well and the yanks wone the war again

Oh I forgot there is a romantic interlude, Gibon, (Samuel L. Jackson) falls for
a young Waff officer( never just an erk ) who is played by English actress Jessie Wallace late of TV Eastenders in the part she plays an east end girl who has lost her family to the bombing And finds new hope with Guy(Samuel) in the USA after the successful Damms Raid.
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Let’s do the whole thing properly with Eighth Air Force B17s using a single 500 lb bomb carrying iot the raid in daylight. Who will care for N*gger then

It appears to have been owned by Miles or related companies right up to it accident, so why was it based a Glasgow instead of Shoreham?

Most of the test flying for the Student was carried out by Duncan Macintosh, later to become MD for Loganair. When George had his disagreement with the Beagle board, and had to remove the aircraft from Shoreham, he took up an offer from Duncan to base the aircraft in the Loganair hangar at Glasgow.

I had an unconfirmed report that when he retired in the mid 1980s, George sold the Student to Doug Arnold of Aces High who re-registered it as G-MIOO. It reputedly had an engine flame-out at 600 ft when flying out of Duxford, and was seriously damaged in the ensuing forced landing. I have no knowledge of any injuries to persons on board. It is currently being rebuilt to display condition at I believe the Museum of Berkshire Aviation.

My interest in the Student stems from the time I spent as an apprentice cleaning and polishing it!!!

Some comments on previous posts to this thread

Accountant built by Aviation Traders at Southend registered G-ATEL. This was one of the first out of sequence registrations, not far behind was G-AHDM for the Miles HDM105.

I think JEA were using a Twin Pin on their Shoreham to Jersey route in the mid to late 80s, using the TwinPin now owned by Air Atlantique

Channel Airways was operating the Shoreham – Portsmouth – Jersey service with Dragon Rapides in 1956 and changed about 1958 -59 to Doves. The only one that I remember was G-ANVU and also G-AO??

I remember seeing the 4 x Leonides Major engined Herald spending two days at Shoreham sometime during the period 1958 – 1960 for rough and unprepared airfield trials

If you put a Napier Sabre in a Spitfire airframe it wouldn’t be a Spitfire, but a *******. It wouldn’t sound like a Spitfire and removes one more airframe from the ranks of authentic Spitfires

I say “no deal”

At least she’s found a good home

I had a similar problem nlast year when BA were onnly offering flights LGW-MPL up until 30th March due to the purchase of Gib-Air by easyjet. Have you tried slumming it with Ryanair or easyjet?

Turbo powered B206

The 206 is a notoriously difficult and expensive aircraft to operate and all credit to Key for keeping this one alive.

If it were to be fitted with alternative engines, not being a permit aircraft, the mountain of paperwork and associated costs would exceed the aircraft’s operational ceiling and it would also no longer be an authentic preserved aircraft.

Educated guesses only.

Moggy

As a very junior member of the drawing office I remember a rumour about the Beagle B208 which was a turbo powered 206. Can anyone from the Design office confirm this?+