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July 29, 2005 at 6:57 am in reply to: CL-44 skymonster @Bournemouth – status? #1368356

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Ken,

is that a recent picture of the Tu114 at Vnukovo and did you know it has been converted into a classroom inside? (I have a pic on Anet of the inside) (some of the aircraft at Monino are not in good condition either)

July 26, 2005 at 6:33 am in reply to: Saturday at SOU #544800

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LBArules,

well – it does but only at certain times – during the summer, Saturday mornings is ok with the Air Europa + Iberworld + Austrian but we do get Air Berlin as well (early am on 3 days / week). There is talk of Air Berlin adding new routes from SOU so fingers crossed it might be somewhere more interesting than Paderborne. Sunday pm can be ok with Aer Arun / Eastern Airlines + the usual Flybe etc.

July 25, 2005 at 2:52 pm in reply to: Saturday at SOU #545121

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andrewm,

I was on top of the car park and there is a cleanish window through which I took the photos in the stairwell. Now that the spectator area in the terminal has been used to form another part of the departure lounge there are very few places to go. Let me know when you are next likely to be there and I will look out for you.

July 25, 2005 at 11:33 am in reply to: Compton Abbas Air Race #421152

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thedoctor,

no problem with getting some high res pictures – have put together a small digital slide show of the event which I would be happy to send you along with some other pics.
Have sent a pm as well.

well done btw 🙂

July 25, 2005 at 11:27 am in reply to: Saturday at SOU #545127

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Steve,

SOU stands for Southampton – or as the locals call it Eastleigh International 😉
Very historic airfield – was a US Naval Air Station in WW1 and was where the first Spitfire flew in March 1936.

July 25, 2005 at 11:23 am in reply to: HMS Daedalus – Lee on Solent #1374383

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Graeme C,

VP-BPS is going to Ireland at some point – hence the centre wing section on the trailer. As for N423RS as far as I know it has been sold and it is just a question of buyer / seller meeting to finalise the details. I have heard rumours about what is intended but would not like to make them public until such time as more details are known for certain.

July 25, 2005 at 10:17 am in reply to: Saturday at SOU #545320

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The Privatair was a rumoured / surprise visitor and (i think) brought in passengers for a cruise ship (maybe QM2). The Canadian lear was a medical flight. Flybe are very common now with, at one point during the morning, 7 of their aircraft on the ground and with the other operators around there was maybe 1 spare stand.

July 25, 2005 at 10:11 am in reply to: HMS Daedalus – Lee on Solent #1374445

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yes – both have been reported as being sold but as one of the team of volunteers we were always the last to know 😉

July 25, 2005 at 7:21 am in reply to: General Discussion #374076

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Kev35,

if our road fund license actually went on improving the roads they would be in a much better condition than they are.

As for the closures and diversion it is standard practice to try and keep the ‘works’ and the public apart for health & safety reasons. If a contractor can work on the whole road width it will, in the long run, be quicker (and often cheaper) than only working on one side at a time with traffic lights controlling the traffic. What would you rather have – 1 month of a closure with a signed / advertised diversion route or 2 or 3 months of traffic lights / queues etc.

July 25, 2005 at 7:21 am in reply to: A shopper's Nightmare….. #1943582

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Kev35,

if our road fund license actually went on improving the roads they would be in a much better condition than they are.

As for the closures and diversion it is standard practice to try and keep the ‘works’ and the public apart for health & safety reasons. If a contractor can work on the whole road width it will, in the long run, be quicker (and often cheaper) than only working on one side at a time with traffic lights controlling the traffic. What would you rather have – 1 month of a closure with a signed / advertised diversion route or 2 or 3 months of traffic lights / queues etc.

July 22, 2005 at 2:00 pm in reply to: Compton Abbas Air Race #421160

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Steph,

a race is 4 laps over an approx 25mile circuit with monitored turning posts and is done on a handicap system with the slowest aircraft off first and fastest last with the aim to have them all finish roughly at the same time. In this case it workd quite well with the first aircraft off crossing the finish line approx 30 seconds before the quickest. The start order was – Rallye, AA1, B121 Pup , AA5A, Bulldog x2, AA5B, RV7 x2, TB20, SF260, Be55 with the finish order being Rallye, Be55, vans RV7 etc
The pics I took with the aircraft coming towards me were from the scatter point at the end of the runway which is the first turning point to ‘join’ the proper circuit.

July 22, 2005 at 9:13 am in reply to: Compton Abbas Air Race #421169

paulc
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Thanks for the comments – at least these pictures are in the correct forum or perhaps the Tiger Moth should go in historic.;)

Glad you liked the RIAT pictures – I think you were the only reply.

July 22, 2005 at 6:47 am in reply to: Compton Abbas Air Race #421177

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2nd batch – Yaks did not take part but did a couple of practice shows during the day – very impressive.

July 22, 2005 at 6:27 am in reply to: Spain: Cuatro Vientos FIO flying day pics #1379445

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Great pics – was unable to get to a FIO display as I was only there during the week – another reason to go back sometime though

July 21, 2005 at 9:33 am in reply to: Boeing / McDonell Douglas MD-11 #548989

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Steve,

true you cannot blame the MD11 itself but it was a fatal accident and total hull loss – a safety record would include all accidents on type regardless of cause.
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