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Anyone know where it’s going?
https://www.platinumfighters.com/invent ... ght-p-36c/

I hope she stays in the UK. It would be a shame to lose another one of my favourite aircraft from The Fighter Collection after the sale of their Corsair.

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Didn't realise it was up for sale but with the very similar H-75 in their collection, not surprising, and with the Corsair also gone recently, wonder if they are down sizing a bit, though they have just bought a Lysander.

Maybe focusing on more domestic related aircraft for them? Though the Corsair was in FAA markings that seemed to fit pretty well...

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Where did the Corsair go?

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The new owner of the Corsair bases his TF-51D Mustang at Fairhope, Alabama, so the Corsair will likely be based there too. It may very well end up undergoing major overhaul first, before returning to flight in the US.

Would be great to see some serious action taken on that Beaufighter restoration.

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I shall be at Duxford on Thursday and will see if I can get an update.

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I wonder if it will retain the now rare fabric covered wings?

Thank you, John...

I spoke with them about six months ago and one of the main issues was the engines. They can't find or don't have the proper variant of Hercules. I think they have later variants but need the earlier variants.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Hercules

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I'm sure the issue with all of these is related to the need to guarantee correct/full oiling. It's possible that this relates to the need for a specific Hercules variant.

Why not put supported (engines you can find or at least get parts for) on it?

It has been my contention for awhile that in the UK warbird community there doesn't seem to be much interest in multi-engine types. Considering its role in WWII, I'd have thought a Beau would have been flying years ago. There still isn't a airworthy Mosquito in the UK several years after the type started flying again (thanks to NZ shops), and the Tigercat and the long time resident B-25 Grumpy have been sold off.

True, there is Sally B, the Duxford Catalina, a Bolingbroke, and a few C-47s/Dakotas.

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There are various issues at play here and various things that influence the situation. Multi-engined types are more expensive to operate, that's one big issue. As for flying Mosquitos, all of the restored ones have gone to the USA where they can fly on an experimental registration. The UK CAA is not all that accommodating. The TPM project is working on a restored Mosquito, but all of the woodwork will be done in the UK so that the CAA will recognise it as a proper restored Mosquito. Changing out the engines on a Beaufighter will lead to similar issues, in that it is not a recognised modification for the type. So if you want to fly it in the UK, you need to convince the UK CAA that this new modification is suitable, safe and so on. Ideally, you find an airframe/engine combination that fits the original design specs. With the airframe, they are limited to what they've got. There are no other prospective flyers out there AFAIK. So you need engines that fit that airframe subtype.

I think (but could be wrong) that the Tigercat got sold off when Stephen Grey lost his multi-engine rating. The B-25 left at a later stage, perhaps it was then that the multi-engine rating story turned up. I cannot remember all the details.

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A couple of things to clear up. Beaufighter engines are at an overhaul company in the UK. They're building "hybrid" engines using ex Hastings engined mated to the supercharger & rear end components of earlier Hercules Mk.16/18.

The TPM Mosquito is registered with the UK CAA as a replica. I understand this is more of an identity issue rather than construction requirements. The Biggin Hill airframe is registered in New Zealand as an original aircraft already.