Tim,
Our Skybolt, G-KEST, was built in the USA by a guy called Alex Todd in the late 1970's. Impoted into the UK mid 1980's and severely bent in a precautionary landing due poor weather in the early 1990's. Bought from the insurers by two guys from Leicester named Kevin Eld And Steve Thursfield - hence KEST. I bought a one third share which provided the cash to initiate the extensive rebuild. Three other guys helped in a big way and got a 5% share each as a reward for their effots to be realised if and when the airplane is sold. Finished in 1997 and kept at Leicester. Has an IO-360 with Christen systems anf flies beautifully. A docile version of an S2A without the twitch but with less performance. OK to intermediate but no firther unless you want to go over the limits we have set along with the PFA. Burns 8 gallons an hour average mainly on aeros. A better way of converting hydrocarbon into sheer hedonistic pleasure I have yet to encounter.
Cheers,
Trapper 69
or, long ago, Rothmans Blue 2