BluBear

Great vids Arthur! That SA one is incredible! Some of you may know that down in NZ they have a Mosquito very close to flying (scheduled for the end of this month!) Here is the first glimpse of her 'coming alive' Pics here: http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Airshows&thread=16707&page=21

Can I have fries with that?

Splendid! We'll see you there matey. It's unlikely I'll be able to stay too late in the evening after the show now due to other commitments and work the following morning. But I may be able to throw a sausage or two down my neck haha

Sounds like it's Sunday then chaps? It's good to get there for gates opening or there abouts. As Tom says, flying starts early at Shoreham. So, who else is in other than Fen, Painless and myself?

Weather looking good for both days so far. Looking forward to it!

Available here: http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/2012/reno_nv/index.html Makes for interesting reading, and confirms a lot of what many of us initially predicted. "during which the vertical acceleration peaked at 17.3 G" Bloody Hell.

Happy belated Birthday Nick old chap! Hope you had a splendid day.

This one is hilarious.

Hahaha!

Couldn't agree more mate! :-/

ROFers and enthusiasts of WW1 aircraft in the UK may want to check out this thread: http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=118674 The Shuttleworth collection have just taken delivery of a reproduction Snipe, RE-8 and Albatros from Peter Jackson's NZ workshop. Rumour is they will operate them for the rest of the year (yes flying!) and then they are destined to be static at RAF Hendon (BOOO!) So if you want to witness these rare birds (original engines too I believe) then you may want to toddle over to Biggleswade before the year is out!

It's comedy Swep!

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Painless? hehe.

The one and only Kermit Weeks taking his Curtis Pusher repro up for a test flight. Now this is flying!

I sincerely hope you are well enough to join us Mr P! If there are a few of us, then I'd be happy to make an evening of it too. There are plenty of eateries around there, being close to Brighton and all. Who knows, perhaps we should have a jolly good thrash in the city?! It's only about 70 miles for Fen and I, and the journey is normally pretty straight forward. It would be an honour to experience Chez Painless though!

Thanks Arthur, nice find! Also really enjoying his Gliding videos...

Ok so we had the P-40 in NZ firing blanks... So how about this guys, P-51 Twilight Tear firing her .50s LIVE on a range! OH YEAH! http://www.facebook....&type=2 It's only on FB, so you may need to be logged in, not sure.

Well, I would text you, but you never bloody reply!!! I've sent you an FB message, you might want to read that one

Hi chaps, Who would be interested in going to the Shoreham Airshow this year? It's held on the 1st-2nd Sept. I've been going for a few years now and it's rather enjoyable. However, I understand due to it's location (south coast) it may only appeal to us southerners. The line up this year looks good (Vulcan, huzzah!): Panavia Tornado GR4 x 2 - XV® Squadron BAE Systems Hawk T1 - 208® Squadron, No 4FTS Shorts Tucano T1 - 72® Squadron, No 1FTS (SUNDAY ONLY) Beechcraft King Air B200 - 45® Squadron, No 3FTS Grob Tutor T1 - 115® Squadron, No 1EFTS Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Avro Lancaster B1 Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Supermarine Spitfire Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Hawker Hurricane IIc RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team, No 1PTS (SATURDAY ONLY) Fairey Swordfish II - Royal Navy Historic Flight Red Devils Parachute Display Team, Parachute Regiment (SUNDAY ONLY) Avro Vulcan B.Mk.2 XH558 - Vulcan to the Sky BAC Jet Provost T5 - XW324 - Heritage Aviation Scottish Aviation Bulldog T1 - Justyn Gorman/Phoenix Flying The Red Sparrows - De Havilland Canada Chipmunk T10 x 4 Supermarine Spitfire Ia P9374- Mark One Partners/ARCo Supermarine Spitfire Vb BM597- Historic Aircraft Collection Supermarine Spitfire LFIXb MH434 - Old Flying Machine Company Supermarine Spitfire IXT PV202 - Aircraft Restoration Company Hawker Hurricane XII Z5140 - Historic Aircraft Collection Hawker Hurricane IIb BE505 - Hangar 11 Hispano HA1112-M1L Buchon G-BWUE - Aircraft Restoration Company Bucker Bu181 Bestmann Mk6 G-TPWX - Swanborough Farm Messerchmitt Bf108 Taifun (Nord 1002)G-ETME - Vintage Fabrics North American P-51D Mustang 44-73149 - Old Flying Machine Company North American P-51D Mustang 44-72035 - Hangar 11 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sally-B - B-17 Preservation Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina - Plane Sailing Great War Display Team - RAF SE5a x 4 Great War Display Team - Sopwith Triplane Great War Display Team - Fokker Dr1 Triplane Great War Display Team - Junkers CL1 x 2 American Champion Decathlon - Justyn Gorman/Phoenix Flying The Blades - Extra 300LP x 4 Breitling Wingwalkers - Boeing Stearman x 4 SWIP Team - Silence SA1100 Twister x 2 GliderFX - MDM-1 Fox GliderFX - Piper PA25 Pawnee TRIG Aerobatic Team - Pitts S-1D Special x 2 The Matadors - Xtreme Air Sbach XA41 x 2 The Redhawks - Fournier RF4D x 2 The Tiger 9 - De Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth x 9 I probably won't commit to one day until i've got a clearer idea on the weather situation! So, who's in?

Not an aeroplane yet... but, a milestone for sure! Possibly the first running of a Yak 1 Klimov V12 since the war. This engine is earmarked to power the original Yak 1 one being restored over here by the Historic Aircraft Collection/Retrotec. Would love to hear this in the flesh!