I have still not seen or heard anything about this in the UK media. How poor is that?

I wish them the best of luck but must admit that this kind of thing makes me extremely nervous.

Stuart

There is a little bit more info on the slip wing Hurricane on this site:

http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avhurr.html#m5

The top wing contained extra fuel tanks – wouldn’t the fuel lines and weight complicate the release further?

Rejected due to being too heavy.

Stuart

This is a very interesting subject. I think that the Wrights must still be regarded officially as the first to fly because their flight is the earliest that can be proved to have actually taken place from the film and photographic evidence. Until proved otherwise, the others must remain theories but very interesting theories at that.

Speaking of theories, an elderly relative from Northern Ireland swears that there was someone from there that actually flew first. Don’t know any details i’m afraid. Has anybody else heard this?

Stuart

A tenner says that it will NEVER fly.

Any takers?

All winnings to be donated to the Sally B Supporters Club.

I’ll have a piece of that. It wouldn’t surprise me if the project was delayed and suffered cost overruns etc but I do believe they will succeed. Best of luck to them, I have never seen a Vulcan fly and would travel a long way to see it (although thankfully Bruntingthorpe is only an hour or so for me). I will also donate any winnings to the Sally B Supporters Club.

Stuart

Good work, well done to all. Do I take it that the Americans were planning to recover the aircraft without BAS’s permission? Surely that would be theft.
How many Otters are left in the world? Is this the only one in the UK?

Stuart

Wish i’d been listening. I must admit that I don’t know much about the insurance industry but if it is like many others, it will be dominated by some very large US corporations. Would one of these not be interested in providing the insurance in some sort of sponsorship deal / charitable donation?
Considering the profits of some of these financial institutions, it would be a drop in the ocean and the least that they could do to give something back. Good PR as well.

Stuart

That almost certainley means you were the 10,208th person that joined the supporters club, membership numbers being consecutive. That doesn’t mean there are that many members currently paid up… :rolleyes:

A motor club I am a member of has about 200 paid up members, but the most recent allocated membership number was 3100 and something…… 😉

I’m sure that you’re right about that Firebird, although I hope the Sally B Supporters Club has a rather better retention rate of members than your motor club! Anyone know the current membership? Gained a few as a result of all this I hope 🙂 .

Stuart

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the comments. Got both bits of info from my Sally B supporters club membership card (always carried in my wallet), which has (eek!) just expired at the end of April 05. Where’s my cheque book?

Anyway, my membership number (allocated five years ago) is 10208. I added a couple of thousand to cover new memberships. Obviously, this makes a few slightly dodgy assumptions, like all members renew their membership (on time!) every year, which although they clearly should is not necessarily the case. Perhaps somone in the know could provide the exact number to make other letters more accurate.

The card says on it “USAAF WWII Memorial Flight”.

If, like me, you discover your membership to this very worthy cause has lapsed – renew it today.

Stuart