MMMmmmiles
It is Jan Cooper I believe who is restoring the ex-Smithsonian Miles Hawk - what a gorgeous aeroplane that is! - for Richard Earl.
He tells me that it should fly this year.
It will be the first time in probably 40 years (?) that a Hawk (not to be confused with the Maggie - the earlier Hawk has trousered legs and a Falcon-type swept fin/rudder) has graced our skies?
What a pity that the RAF Reserve Collections Hawk - in spurious military cols. - is in such poor condition. I doubt whether there are any short-term plans to do anything with it but they won't part with it. If they did restore it, it would only be a static anyway. Ho hum...its theirs, they can do what they want with it I suppose....
These machines are as rare as hens teeth and - wow! - sooooo pretty!
I dream of owning one but will probably dream on......
MMMMMMmmmmmmm!
HP