Makes it easier to get to see her, and in a great location.
Is the move to EK purely based on resident Merlin techs being available or Elvingtons hangar space?

Red tailed Mustang over Stratford Upon Avon this afternoon, anyone know what one this was?

It is his aircraft and he can do what he wishes…having got that out of the way, I wonder what the reasoning is behind selling on an aircraft like the P-40 and indeed one of his other mounts namely the Hurricane. Is it that the types he is keeping and the Spitfire he is restoring are all combat veterans and therefore of more interest?

He has a unique collection with the four types. If it is about the cost of keeping all four, I would have thought both the P-40 and the Hurricane were more beneficial regarding airshow bookings, rather than Mustangs and Spitfires that are becoming …well sad to say a bit ‘common’ now.

Good news and good luck for the future, also nice to see an airport being so accomodating, especially in these days of increased hangarage shortage.

My now dead father in law insisted he was strafed on the Beach at St Ives Cornwall, that seemed a stretch of the imagination to me at the time of telling, and still does !

A major factor with American bombs is the terrain and sub-surface conditions at many of the sites. A great many bombs penetrated the ground, drove down to a gravel layer and bounced back towards the surface leaving their nose fuse pockets facing upwards. This left an air pocket around the fuse gaine and the vapours of the fulminate have crystallised around the mechanism and thread. These crystals are very unstable and just moving the bomb or attempting to unscrew the fuse to make the bomb safe can result in the fuse triggering the main charge.

Anon.

Add to that mix the now very corroded alloy fuses themselves.

A slow steady supply of Upkeeps and parts

Anon.

Any idea just how many practice drops there were?