Now that we'll no longer see the Brunty one run, will she be doing high speed runs next year?

Pledges coming in...not much time to reach the target though. (Link below)

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-the- ... y-aircraft

I'm sure I read something a while ago saying it would be the first post war British aircraft to go into production of which there would be no complete survivors if its broken up. I'm guessing this now counts if the engines are going separate ways. It may have been military types, as there are no co...

XB259 represents the breed, regardless of its personal history. What if the owner kept it at Elvington, which is just up the road, boosting that museums income, and he charges people a small sum to go on board. Then in the future he uses that money, along with some from the museum for its upkeep? Ju...

Love the Arthur Negus livery.

50th anniversary in 2001, not 2008.

'Chinooking' a Bev would take several expensive trips:

Main fuselage
Boom
Wing centre section
2 x outer wings
Tail section

And then there's Engines, rear doors and undercarriage by road.

Aero Legends' Devon VP981 would be nice to see, especially in a formation with Rapides, (etc.)

I would most likely have gone to the season premiere show today, but now I can still give some financial support. I'll be magically transported to the Shuttleworth grandstand (in front of my TV) with a nice dinner...and I'll even have a bottle of red with me this year.

Back then, an airshow like that was probably taken for granted to a certain extent, but what we'd give to see that variety today!

Growing up under the flight path to RAF Benson, I saw a few unusual visitors. The most impressive was a Concorde in 1986, which was on the approach with gear down, but I judged it too high to land. It then came over again, but even higher. Never have found out why. I was used to the sound of Rolls-R...

Hi guys. I know the Shackleton AEW2 and naval stuff like the Sea vixen and Buccaneer are in dark sea grey, but RAF grey/green camouflage in the '70s/'80s seems to be named as the same colour, yet it sometimes looks more of a blue-grey than the grey applied to the Shack/Bucc/Vixen. Some photos of RAF...

Very worrying...again. I remember when MAT closed and the headline in Flypast , showing the previous scrapping of XH124 was: ' This must not happen again.' Thus, XB259 is the last of its type, and just because it's not a bomber or a fighter, needs to be saved. Not least to highlight the British appr...

They were on a stop over, ultimately on their way to the states to be re-engined to turboprops. One is featured in an Avion DVD that I have.

Could this be the beginning of end for 32 sqn?

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/raf-to- ... aft-fleet/

Yes, it was lovely day. Great turn out of both Moths and people. I know it's the holidays, but I was surprised at how many cars turned up. The only thing I was a bit miffed about at first, was when i was walking among the Moths - just after which the commentator had announced was about to become acc...

Looking forward to this and weather is looking very good!

Will there be much flying? Will Rapides the DH.84 Dragon be there?

Boscombe Down aviation collection is unaffected, so is safe!

I agree with you about the old propliners such as the elegant Britannia, or the sound of a Viscount....if only. The nearest thing to those now is the Hercules, and as it's such a global success, at least one ought to be kept flying in years to come. By the way, apart from the C.3 at Coscord, did any...

tankbuster wrote:anybody any idea of quantity/quality of visitors expected.

Should be a reasonable crowd of people.

Doesn't look a particularly great line up to me, coupled with cloud and possible rain, so I'm gonna wait till next months.

baggy wrote:Worst flypast in history

Nope, the worst flypast is a cancelled flypast.

A couple of queries regarding the Daks gathering: I know the C-53 had a different engine - or version of engine, but at least one other sounded different to me. How many had differing engines, and what were the differences, please?

Also, how many of those actually took part in D-Day?

Appears to be live stream now of para drops. Can someone clarify: Did they jump yesterday AND today?

Just wondered if anyone is keenly following these projects? I only found out about Plane savers the other week (Youtube). Mikey McBryan from 'Ice pilots' is restoring a DC-3 to fly in Montreal on D-Day. And a team at Coventry are restoring another one (C-47) called 'Night fright' - with a big announ...