Of over 3,000 Avro Lancasters used by RAF Bomber Command only 24 were successful in flying 100 or more operational missions. Of these, the most successful was Avro Lancaster B.III ED888, which completed 140 “ops” and became known as “Mother Of Them All”. Avro Lancaster B.III ED888 was built by A.V.Roe at Manchester early in 1943, […]
Vulcan Farewell at Sywell this week & New Tooling Announcement.
Delta Lady XH558 at Sywell Tuesday 13th October 2015 It has been a busy few weeks at Sywell recently, but I had not been told, nor was I expecting, a final viewing of the Avro Vulcan XH558 on my very own doorstep ! After last weekend’s official last ever public display of the Vulcan , […]
“HALT” Who goes there at Sywell this week?
Sywell entertained two new visitors this week. As many of you will recognize from the photograph above, the first of these visitors was none other than P51-D “Jumpin Jacques” operated by Hanger 11. I don’t know exactly what time she arrived, but when I made my morning trip to the Aviator Hotel reception (to collect […]
Recent Sywell Visitors
Well what a lot can happen in 2 weeks! I hope all of the technical issues are well behind me now and it is full steam ahead in adding New and Pre-Order products onto the website. Some of you will have already noticed that some Hobbymaster Military Vehicles have recently been added to the site. […]
Earning My Wings at Flying Tigers – Sywell site is now live
What a first full week at Flying Tigers that was! I did say in last weekends Newsletter that I had hoped that all the establishment problems that I had experienced would now be a thing of the past, but how wrong could I be? Over the past few days, I have been forced to endure […]
