Talk:Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

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A fact from Battle of Britain Memorial Flight appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 July 2005. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight contains the world's oldest airworthy survivor of the Battle of Britain, alongside ten other historic aircraft - two of which fought over Normandy on D-Day? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/July.

This is my first attempt at writing a Wikipedia article - I chose it because I figured I could keep it short for a first attempt. I will add to it later, but for now, I will be happy with any comments or criticisms to assist me in improving my work. Thanks!

Not bad at all. I've expanded a bit, added a brief history. You might want to consider registering, incidentally; makes it easier for people to leave you messages, &c.

The article could benefit greatly from an image; we do have an image of the BBMF Lancaster, but it's likely to be deleted soon for copyright reasons. Ho hum. I'll see what I can find. Shimgray 4 July 2005 17:45 (UTC)

oops. When I said "consider registering", I hadn't realised you already had... Apologies. You can sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes, like so: ~~~~. Shimgray 4 July 2005 18:58 (UTC)

Yes, it seems I forgot to log in when I was writing - sorry about that. I was wondering what the tildes thing was about, and didn't quite understand, so thanks for informing, and I like the expansions to the article. Kris Hansen 6 July 2005 10:12 (UTC)

No problem. If you've any other queries, do let me know and I'll see if I can help. Shimgray 6 July 2005 20:48 (UTC)

A few queries/observations:

1. Were the aircraft of this flight - all 12 of them, never crewed by British airmen? Because at the moment in the 'Service history of the aircraft' section the text does not include them.
2. What is the 'THUM' flight? There is no introduction or explanation.
3. What is meant by '...due to its tendency to return to the ground on an Emergency State Two;' ? It's to do with the Devon in the 'Coningsby' section, but how,...?

I have raised these points because I have no idea of the answers. RASAM (talk) 15:06, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

re point 2; BBMF site says:By 1957, the only three remaining airworthy Spitfires available to the RAF were being flown by the Temperature and Humidity Monitoring (THUM) Flight at RAF Woodvale. With their operational careers over, the three Spitfire PR XIXs of the THUM Flight – PM631, PS853 and PS915 – were allocated to the new memorial unit. They flew to Biggin Hill on 11 July 1957, when what we now know as the BBMF was formed as the Historic Aircraft Flight (HAF).

PS853 was later sold to finance the complete repair of Hurricane 2C LF363, which crash landed in Wittering in 1991.

can't see enough to make an article, but i will expand the abbreviation. IdreamofJeanie (talk) 16:33, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Would information regarding the schemes worn on BBMF aircraft be notable enough for inclusion?

For example "During 1992, the Lancaster wore a scheme of WS-J of No. 9 Squadron RAF". Would this be encyclopedic enough for inclusion?

Gavbadger (talk) 18:58, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article says "... the BBMF comprises a total of 12 aircraft:" and lists 6 Spitfires. This needs to be adjusted? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:55, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do they have another in reserve? Or are they building a new one? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:35, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The BBMF does still own MK356, despite it being destroyed in the crash. Of course not airworthy, but I would suggest leaving the article as is until the investigation is completed and the fate of the aircraft is known (eg. scrapped, to be rebuilt etc.) PerArduaAdAstra (talk) 22:19, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]