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Old Aircraft Manuals

I picked these up many years ago at an estate sale and just recently dug them out again. The Solent manual is in great shape but the Comet manual has seen better days with the binding being a little tatty.

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By: Gary Cain - 6th June 2009 at 00:11

Yes the Solent manual was indeed a find. Tell your friend to drop me a line.

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By: Pondskater - 5th June 2009 at 23:24

Oh, that Solent manual was a nice find. If you are looking for a home for it then I know somebody who might be very interested. I was shown round their Solent in San Francisco just a week or so ago for a long term project of mine. There’s only two Solent survivors, the one at the Oakland Aviation Museum in San Francisco and another at MoTAT, New Zealand.

Meanwhile, here’s a couple of view of the aircraft it goes with:
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc106/pondskater/DSC_1917.jpg

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc106/pondskater/DSC_1880.jpg

Inside, upper deck. (Harrison Ford sat in the front left seat for a scene in the filming of the first Indiana Jones film)
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc106/pondskater/DSC_1586.jpg

And the cockpit:
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc106/pondskater/DSC_1615.jpg

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By: Gary Cain - 5th June 2009 at 22:43

Hi Bruce indeed asking is allways OK! Send me some details on the project.

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Cheeky post – would you be interested in donating the Comet manual to the current cause of preserving Sagittarius at Lyneham?

If you dont ask!

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By: Bruce - 5th June 2009 at 21:03

Cheeky post – would you be interested in donating the Comet manual to the current cause of preserving Sagittarius at Lyneham?

If you dont ask!

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By: Gary Cain - 5th June 2009 at 20:48

And these too were in with the bunch. I had completely forgot I had these!

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By: Jon H - 5th June 2009 at 20:42

Lovely items 🙂

Would happily have either of those in my collection!

Jon

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