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  • February 15, 2006 at 7:09 pm in reply to: Nimrod S1581 #1384257
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    Hi Alex

    According to an article by Tony Holmes in the Flying Legends programme 2004 the remains of S1581 were recovered from Coley’s Scrapyard in the early 70’s and donated to the RAFM. They kept the wings and Viv Bellamy used the fuselage as a pattern for Fury I replica for the Hon Patrick Lindsay. Aero Vintage then purchased the remains and a rebuild commenced sometime the 1994.

    At DX for the Press Day in 2004 was AVM Geoff Eveleigh (93 years young at the time) who actually flew S1581 on a few occasions in 1937. He told many tales of his time with 802 NAS aboard ‘Glorious’ and amassed around 1000 hrs in Furies and Nimrods.

    Chris

    February 3, 2006 at 3:50 pm in reply to: GATOW – 1947/48 #1402715
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    And the final batch

    8 – He111
    9 – GCA
    10 – Tempest II’s
    11 – Tempest V’s – 33 Sqn
    12 – Vickers Viking?

    December 15, 2005 at 11:48 am in reply to: Ray Hanna #1373062
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    Thanks for the wonderful memories

    March 22, 2005 at 1:55 pm in reply to: OFMC Corsair pictures #1388676
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    Here’s a John Dibbs shot of OFMC’s Corsair which is availabvle as a ‘screensaver download’ on the Plane Picture Co website

    March 4, 2005 at 11:41 am in reply to: Spitfire 18 SM969 #1421904
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    Here’s a couple more of the Spit XVIII at Cranfield in ’91 as well as one of the Bearcat

    Andy Sephton was the pilot of the XVIII.

    Not sure about the Bearcat and Wildcat. I think Chris Bevan flew several WoGB aircraft around that time so he may be one of the pilots

    February 23, 2005 at 6:08 pm in reply to: Stunning fire-fighting Neptune #1345031
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    Hopefully attached is the CAF Minnesota Wing’s PBY flying after the Midland, Texas show back in 2002 which still obviously retains the old fire fighting tanks. Think she may have had a paint job during late 2004 but should be doing the rounds again in 2005.

    The Minnesota Wing also has a 2nd PBY, which is being restored to stock military configuration after suffering serious storm damage back in ’98.

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