David Collins' fully restored Vampire FB.5 instrument panel. We saw it, in un-restored condition, at Cockpitfest 2007 but this year it was displayed again showing the results of a beautiful restoration job.
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On a slightly smaller scale than his award-winning Canberra PR.9 of last year, Ross McNeill displayed his Avro Anson II project.
Interior view of Ross' Anson II.
Steve Austin's Jet Provost T.4 XP558 was previously operated as part of the Macaws aerobatic dislpay team - a fact proven when Steve discovered the team's logo while stripping off old paint.
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The superbly restored interior of XP558.
Mike Davey's Meteor F.8 WK914 was a first time visitor to Cockpitfest and normally resides at the RAF Millon museum - click here.
Making a return visit to Cockpitfest were members of The Stirling Project, this time with their cockpit rig and restored FN5 turret (see below).
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Photo: John Lathwell
The Stirling Project's fine FN5 front turret restoration was also displayed complete with .303 Browning machine guns recovered from two separate Stirling crash sites.
Photo: The Stirling Project
Although Frank Millar's Canberra PR.9 is a permanent resident at Newark Air Museum, he invariably enhances the exhibit with a fine display of instrument panels and related items.
Andy Blair's Jet Provost T.3 XN549 was exhibited at CockpitFest last year in it's unrestored state. This year Andy showed some of the progress being made by displaying it's impressively restored instrument panel.
Photo: Andy Blair