I don't who the first two blokes on the electric Harleys are. Sounds like a contrived reality tv BS trip. In te second vid @Poucher one of them is definitely an annoying twat. The other twat is nicely wrapped inside a bikini!
Chap at work is buying his Wife a Spitfire flight. Considering at the time they were built they were classed as a disposable item and not built to last it’s a mighty feat to have some still airworthy even they may well be a ‘Triggers’ broom.
I believe the kill joys will want the flying certificates revoked at sometime soon on these old warbirds....
The flying spitfire company will happily build you a new one. many of the ones flying are in reality, hence not being that expensive vs one with genuine wartime provenance.
Deep pockets are still required for such a bespoked purchase & don't forget the all important maintenance costs,without that you have no safety parachute.
Theres a wrecked Gryphon engine scattered on the south side of lochnagar if your looking to trim costs
Come on guys keep on topic FFS, anyway where were we, ahh yes what can beat a full english breakfast?
The court found that the pilot was having a bad day at the office,but was not imprisoned for some stupid reason.
Sausages, eggs, beans, BACON, mushrooms, black pudding and a side of toast all washed down with a nice cup of tea.
Ok, it's all relative. For bobby Billionaire, it's a toss up between say a Gordon Murray T50 or a spitfire at 3.5million. The running costs and maintenance in the grand scheme of things aren't that bad, as is getting the tail dragger licence to fly it. compared to.... FAST JETS. Now you're really showing people you have a metric fuckton of cash. You can buy a fast jet for around 250k, but getting the permissions to fly it (its by no accident that many of the warbird jet pilots are all ex forces) and even if you did, getting the money to keep the thing up there is a whole different level. This is coupled with the caveat that if the jet had an appaling safety record in service then you as a civilian flyer stand no chance of getting the bugger up in the air, the CAA won't take the risk - especially not now after captain BA cockstain took out all those poor people at Shoreham (and developed selective amnesia when it came to the trial. But according to his flying bus driver mates he should have been let off and just go round schools giving lectures about not being naughty). Anyhoo... An old cold war jet can happily do 80k in fuel for a days airshow flying and then you have to factor in the minimum number of flying hours you need to do to keep them in the air, otherwise you have to re-certify you and them. Then theres the service costs - the one that grounds most of them is the wing torsion beam inspection, or more accurately the take the whole plane apart to get to it service. It's not like cars. No maintainance stamps, no flyee. Simple as that. That's why you'll find fast jets two a penny on the resale market compared to a prop driven warbird. The price of entry is nothing compared to the Jesus Christ on a Lettuce Leaf fisting your pocket gets to keep the thing up in the air. Fill yer boots.. the project section is very nice https://www.platinumfighters.com
