Display team GB

[Weaver]

On the subject of display teams a airliner/heavy lift team would be awesome. I think most airliners are theoretically capable of barrel rolls (theres a 707 doing one on youtube and apparently its been done in a concord as well). but other manuvers would be cool to if possible, all concord display team anyone? theres a few of them knocking about unused after all such a team would no doubt be sponsered by some e><tr33m product or other, scarlet sloth energy drink, or DaFROG'S racing bread perhaps

Concorde can barrell roll, ever seen Airport '80 (also known as Airport '79)   If the rest of the Airport series are bad, that one's the icing on the cake!!!

Yes, a movie masterpiece indeed. I'm not sure which bit I liked best: the bit where they opened the cockpit side window at 30,000 ft to fire a flare gun out of it to distract the heat-seeking missiles, or the bit when they landed in France afterwards, having avoided being shot down by looping an airliner full of passengers, and all the pilots did was stroll off casually, discussing which club to go to and what girls they might pull. Obviously all in a day's work......

[PR19_Kit]

(And where can I get a kit of the SARO?)

There is, or was anyway, a vacform of the SRA/1, I think by Formaplane. It wasn't that good, being moulded over male moulds as I recall.

If anyone was likely to do a more modern one I'd have thought it was Magna, but seems they haven't bitten that bullet yet.

[Mossie]

Yes, a movie masterpiece indeed. I'm not sure which bit I liked best: the bit where they opened the cockpit side window at 30,000 ft to fire a flare gun out of it to distract the heat-seeking missiles, or the bit when they landed in France afterwards, having avoided being shot down by looping an airliner full of passengers, and all the pilots did was stroll off casually, discussing which club to go to and what girls they might pull. Obviously all in a day's work......

So bad it's good!   I've recently seen a few bad aviation movies but they still make me chuckle.  Recently managed about 10 minutes of 'Stealth Fighter', I should have guessed what was coming when I saw it starred Ice T & Erika Eleniak!   There's quite a few turn up on 'movies4men' on sky, usually worth watching for a few minutes, then turning over quickly to avoid a potentially fatal case of the giggles!

There is, or was anyway, a vacform of the SRA/1, I think by Formaplane. It wasn't that good, being moulded over male moulds as I recall.

If anyone was likely to do a more modern one I'd have thought it was Magna, but seems they haven't bitten that bullet yet.

Planet released one, it's forty quid, so not cheap, but then again it's lot bigger beast than you'd think.  Should reduce some of the gnashing of teeth caused by the Vacform, Leigh did a fantastic Schneider trophy aircraft, I'll have to see if I can find the link.

Here's the Planet kit at Hannants: http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=PLA04472

[Aircav]

There was to be a AAC Skyvan display team 

[Mossie]

As promised, Schneider Trophy '46 Saunders Roe SRA.1 vacform by Leigh:
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,13001.15.html

[ChernayaAkula]

Always wondered what the MiG-1.44 would look like in "Swifts" colours?  Or a Su-47 Berkut in "Russian Knights" livery? 

[lancer]

I did a 1.44 in the colours of the Red Banner display team from the 60'2 a while back,. I thought it looked pretty good. But it'd look even better in either of those colour schemes.