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  • in reply to: Hangar Damage #1331568
    philip turland
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    Hangar Damage

    Hi Guys

    it is a real kick in the teeth, we have spent almost a year doing this. mainly a couple or 3 of us doing all the work.

    not been able to work on the plane for all that time or the year before it after we were asked to come out of the main hangar 9less said about that bit the better)

    The intention is to clad to the top on the rear section. A set of sliding doors will be manufactured and installed on the front and then clad from the top of the doors to the top of the hangar.

    It would be so nice to button it all up of an evening and not have to worry but no such luck and look at the weather today, i don’t know if it gonna be there on saturday.

    in reply to: Hangar Damage #1332442
    philip turland
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    hangar damage

    They think they will but they have another think coming and it is gonna cost them a lot of money soon

    in reply to: Hangar Damage #1333122
    philip turland
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    hangar damage

    So that’s ten minutes on the job, fag break, read the paper, slope off for a pint, lunch, afternoon nap, fag break, tea break, go the loo to read the rest of the paper, knocking off time, off to the pub… :diablo:

    some of the people we have in our “team” don’t even do the first ten mins, cus they never turn up and that is a really annoying, problem is they won’t see this so i am wasting my time again.

    in reply to: Hangar Damage #1333633
    philip turland
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    hangar damage

    i think the forecast is for south westerly winds upto 70mph.

    south westerly not too bad for us, rear left corner of the hangar which is more protected now.

    not much we can do but hope

    philip

    in reply to: Hangar Damage #1333665
    philip turland
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    hangar damage

    cheers guys, it is awful, so much hard work and gotta do it again.

    At least the back held up ok

    here are some pics

    Here we see the damage to the front of the Beech Hangar

    http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5842/img0587vq5.jpg

    the damage fortunately is only limited to the first ten feet of the front canvas, no damage whatsoever to any of the aircraft.

    This picture shows the undamaged rear aspect

    http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5200/img0588qq7.jpg

    thanks Andy, i think we will be ok but might give you guys a shout if we start to struggle, i mean struggle more than we already are struggling that is.

    philip

    in reply to: Remaining FGR2 airframe life #1264989
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    phantom windscreen

    The F4 fleet certainly had a fair amount of life left in it. Not long before the fleet was drawn down, there were plans well in advance to equip the remaining aircraft with a one piece windscreen and various other upgrades to make the aircraft good for a further decade or so. But the ill-advised and short sighted “peace dividend” effect made it seem that the RAF could manage without.

    I did have a picture of an FGR.2 modified with onepiece screen, not sure where that went to, might still have it somewhere.

    shame there are none flying over here, thank goodness for the collings foundation huh.

    in reply to: Dakota/DC-3 at RAF Church Fenton #1307125
    philip turland
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    only just seen this one

    super flight in this on my birthday in 2005

    wait for it 9/11

    mucky day, waited for cloud to clear a bit (1 1/2 hours maybe) Paddy offered me a go.

    Sat chatting to him and i must say he is a very nice bloke.

    eventful flight yes VERY, probably not the place to explain what happened.

    pt

    in reply to: Airfix in trouble… #1307946
    philip turland
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    not sure that a company that doesn’t invest and grow with the times should deserve to survive.

    Airfix kits were always very poor and probably always will be until someone invests in new tooling and modern methods of manufacture, just like the japanese did.

    pearl harbour didn’t work out so they flood the world with super kits and take over the world.

    pt
    i know not very patriotic but so what.

    in reply to: No pleasing some people! #1307955
    philip turland
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    Not married but my girl is brilliant.

    I can buy planes, guns, helmets, more planes, military vehicles, anything i like and she doesn’t moan one little bit.

    She is one of a kind and no i won’t have her cloned

    TT know what she is like. a real diamond

    what should i get her for christmas guys.

    pt

    in reply to: Non aviation (Wehrmacht field kit item) Identity #1309866
    philip turland
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    it is a water purification bottle

    contains liquid to purify water for the soldiers

    in reply to: Desford #1328165
    philip turland
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    i think they knocked the tower down in the eighties, i used to drive past it to go to work

    in reply to: B-25C Recovery #1335043
    philip turland
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    It was Mega Movers.

    very well presented, not all that Hype normally seen with some of the documentaries from that side of the pond

    in reply to: Wanted Hunter Weapons Pylons #1335061
    philip turland
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    hunter pylon

    Is that a Hunter wing pylon propped up in the genny shed then? Damn thing, trip up on it every time!

    Yep, that is one of em arl righty

    in reply to: Attention Phantomfixer and other Phantom fanatics #1250491
    philip turland
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    Only 1 shot of her when at Fairford. slide dated 05.07.87 in marking os 123 FIS.

    Would really like to sell the lot as one, not split it up into bits and pieces or singles.

    I gave someone working on that F-4 a re-heat cover a few years ago. It was a Spey/British one………….was that you i wonder, must have been about 10 years ago now.

    in reply to: Attention Phantomfixer and other Phantom fanatics #1252691
    philip turland
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    108 USN Slides
    100 RAF Slides
    752 USAF Slides

    offers appreciated………

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