According to Wikipedia there is one airworthy example (a T5) in South Africa
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Dec 22, 2019
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"Brian Gaff \(Sofa 2\)" snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in news:qtq2r5$m4f$ snipped-for-privacy@news.albasani.net:
The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust - Hucknall Branch are building a display replica - based around 2 Derwents rather than the larger Nenes. I guess they want to diplay it in the entrance to their Wing Test Hangar.
1958 or 59 was the first I remember , Dad who died young shortly after was a real aviation enthusiast who had done his National Service in the RAF just as WW2 wound up. He occasionally would contrive to pass by the airfield on days out and I remember was a bit niffed when on one occasion I was more fascinated by the train in the street than an aircraft he was trying to point out.
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It was the best part of 3 decades before I visited again using a pass from work because we were involved in setting up some stuff for the show on the hospitality side.
Same with airshows generally, with far less aircraft manufactures in existence a show may say they have xxx number of aircraft participating. but xx will be basically the same US built plane wearing the insignia of different airforces.
One of the most interesting displays I have attended in recent years was the Shuttleworth collection in Bedfordshire . Main reason for attending was that it was just about the last public show the Vulcan was displayed , we hoped to see it at Old Sarum (now closed ) but it turned away en route with mechanical issues. Managed to get some tickets for Shuttleworth before they sold out and found the display of older machines or replicas based on them very interesting compared to the roar and speed of fast jets. A bonus was the weather towards the end of the afternoon was calm enough for them to demonstrate the replicas of really primitive machines from the very early days of flight which need to be flown in little or no wind. An added bonus for Shuttleworth /Old Warden is the ornamental gardens of the adjoining house may be of interest to the missus as a break from aircraft and there are some interesting old cars as well.
GH
I remember seeing it at the London Science Museum a long time ago.
John
There is a guy in France with the biggest collection of fighter jets in the world apparently, but since he seems to have nowhere big enough to keep them under cover, one wonders how long they will last. Brian
snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in news:717c51fc-95fa-4cba-a7c5-d0dc0d3e2188 @googlegroups.com:
A display replica is being built by the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust at Hucknall. It will be based around smaller Derwent Engines instead of Nenes
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Don't you mean the 'thrust measuring rig' .
I don't think take-off and landing in formation is allowed these days. I guess it's called progress!
How recently did that change? I've seen (via video), various display teams doing that.
SteveW
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