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Torbay Aircraft Museum question

I’m currently working my way through a load of slides which have been donated to the museum & which we will be selling to raise funds for the museum.

Amonst these slides are 15 from the Torbay Aircraft Museum. From the following featured aircraft can anyone give me a date range for the slides?

Meteor WF877, Bouchon ‘F’, Sycamore XG544, DR1, Vampire ’53’ [XE995], Sea Hawk, Sea Venom, Dragonfly ‘Y’ [WN499], Provost T1 ‘O-J’ 7615M [WV679]

S/N in brackets are not visible on slide but are from my research.

Cheers

Geoff.

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By: Geoff K - 27th April 2006 at 20:02

Thanks guys

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By: Jagx204 - 27th April 2006 at 12:38

See this thread from here:

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32702

The forum search is rather good… 😀

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By: Pete Truman - 27th April 2006 at 11:47

Beleve it closed down years back

So what happened to the a/c and why is the local tourist page advertising it as a WW2 experience.

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By: Old Fart - 27th April 2006 at 11:29

Beleve it closed down years back

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By: Pete Truman - 27th April 2006 at 10:13

Somewhere in the loft, I’ve got some slides and a programme from August 1973, don’t ask me to attempt to look for them.
However, my amazing memory tells me that all 3 BoB replicas were on site that day.
We stayed in a campsite down the road and just about every tent but ours was washed away in a horrendous thunderstorm the night before our visit, we walked up there the next day.
I’ve Googled, but can’t get much info, is the collection still there.

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By: Old Fart - 26th April 2006 at 23:13

Sea Hawk is WM961
Sea Venom XG629
Bouchon is a Replica built for Bob Film

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By: wildcat - 26th April 2006 at 21:29

Geoff,

I have (somewhere in the attic archive) a guide dated around the late 70’s.

All the aircraft mentioned in your post are included along with ‘potted’ histories.

pm me with details if you want it posting down.

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By: Colin Wingrave - 26th April 2006 at 21:14

Hi Geoff, I am sure the Buchon was a BoB film rep Keith Fordyce had 3 reps from the film Spit Hurri and 109 I Know my father has some slides or pictures somewhere will see if I can pick his brain but im guessing early 80s

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