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January 28, 2018 at 9:47 pm in reply to: Douglas DC6 G-APSA To Be Scrapped In February 2018 #770414

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Quote from SADSACK “Mike Collett will have done all he can. He will have been paying parking fees for more than two years with no money coming in.”

FYI, G-APSA is not owned by MC (nor for that matter is the Diner G-SIXC).

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January 28, 2018 at 12:36 pm in reply to: Dormer Pramet helping ambitious project to rebuild ‘extinct’ Stirling bomber #770602

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An amazing project with some ncredible work done to date. I was intrigued by the quote:

“Our eventual aim is to have a completed cockpit on display at RAF Museum Hendon, where future generations can view and experience the Stirling.”

Has the RAFM sanctioned this as the outcome or has it yet to be discussed / agreed?

January 27, 2018 at 6:31 pm in reply to: Boulton-Paul Sea Balliol T21 #770898

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Likewise with the Sea Venom.

January 23, 2018 at 2:46 pm in reply to: Why is the DH Dove tail asymmetrical? #772698

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Those examples were built in 1949 and 1947 respectively and so were early examples delivered prior to the adoption of the asymmetric elevators.

January 21, 2018 at 9:26 pm in reply to: BAR- British Air Reserve – what happened? #773610

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The Sea Fury involved was of course G-SALY (WJ288) which ended up in the USA.

January 21, 2018 at 12:56 pm in reply to: Why is the DH Dove tail asymmetrical? #773999

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Here you go Christer:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Jordan-Air-Force/De-Havilland-DH-104-Dove-7/806438

January 20, 2018 at 11:19 pm in reply to: Why is the DH Dove tail asymmetrical? #774134

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See the penultimate paragraph in this link:

https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1970/1970%20-%202057.PDF

January 19, 2018 at 5:19 pm in reply to: Bensen G-ASME #774629

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W&R reports it as at North Coates held as spares for G-BIHX. Still there at Feb 2016. There is also a photo of it there in the report linked below, dated April 2011.

http://qsyon-route.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/north-coates-09-04-2011.html

January 18, 2018 at 4:11 pm in reply to: Dove plus 5 engines for sale #775199

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Yes this Argentine “Maggie” was offered for sale some years back, but the latest advert seems to repeat OOD info on the number of airworthy examples surviving as the are four in the U.K.

January 14, 2018 at 5:10 pm in reply to: Hawker Hunter Mk 51 N611JR Ex G-HUNT #777939

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Static external display at Oshkosh for a long time would not have helped.

January 14, 2018 at 3:41 pm in reply to: Whole Month Missing From 1690 BDTF's ORB #777952

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For those who are bemused by all of the acronyms quoted (I was for example not familiar with BDTF), the following link is to a site which contains a very useful explanation of RAF and related ones. Scroll past the slang terms also explained and you will find a pretty comprehensive listing. Hope this might be of help / interest to readers.

http://www.rafaberporth.org.uk/page25.html

January 13, 2018 at 8:27 pm in reply to: Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous….. !? #778365

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One quotation site claims it originated in the 1930s from Capt. A.G.Lamplugh of the British Aviation Insurance Group:

“Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.”
Captain A. G. Lamplugh, British Aviation Insurance Group, London. c. early 1930’s.

This famous phrase has been reproduced on posters and plaques many times, almost always with the attribution of ‘anonymous.’ I was told at a book signing that André Priester (one of the first Pan Am employee’s) may have said it, and decided to check this with the late R. E. G. Davies, then curator of air transport history at the Smithsonian and author of a book on Pan Am. Ron called me back and told me the phrase pre-dates Priester. His research showed the originator of the phrase was Captain Lamplugh, who was quite well known in British aviation circles after WWI.”

January 13, 2018 at 5:49 pm in reply to: Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous….. !? #778490

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Is there a reason you have opted to place this question in the Historic Aviation Forum or are you raising a broader question?

January 13, 2018 at 12:43 pm in reply to: Hawker Hunter Mk 51 N611JR Ex G-HUNT #778591

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That history of G-HUNT says it was the first Hunter on the British register. It may have been the first privately owned example but certainly not the first on the U.K. civil register. They seem to have overlooked G-APUX and G-BABM. G-HUNT was registered in July 1978 but it was preceded by demonstrators G-APUX in 1959 and G-BABM in 1972.

January 3, 2018 at 7:03 pm in reply to: RAF Chivenor 1963 #783424

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It is probable that the Aerovan involved was OO-ERY ex G-AJOG

Aerovan Mk.4 OO-ERY had been owned by Importation-Exportation-Transformation-Compensation SA (Imextraco) of Grimbergen until sold to Mrs O J Marmol in 1955, it was then resold on 16 Sep 55 to Maurice Looker / Devonair Ltd. and ferried from Southend to Chivenor. It seems the purchase wasn’t completed due to contractual issues. The registration was cancelled in Feb 1960. (I assume it would have been restored to its original U.K. identity of G-AJOG if the the sale had been completed.) The aircraft was eventually scrapped on the old civil side of Chivenor airfield (to the east edge of the military airfield) known again then by its pre-war civil airfield name as Wrafton Gate. The Aerovan sadly was burnt there on 5 Nov 1963.

So it seems it was hidden from view somewhere at the time of your visit. The above details were gleaned from the superb “Miles Aircraft – The Post-War Years” by Peter Amos, published by Air-Britain.
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