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  • March 23, 2013 at 2:36 pm in reply to: Shawbury Tornado F.3s #953983
    mmitch
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    The fuselages arrived this week. The wings next week.
    mmitch.

    March 22, 2013 at 9:38 pm in reply to: MAPS hands Defiant back to RAFM #954642
    mmitch
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    They currently don’t have a building large enough for an airframe of that size anyway. Currently there are two narrow sheds, one for a fuselage and the other for wings. with side workshops for engines etc. In which they manage their stunning restorations.
    There are proposals to develop part of the airfield with better facilities for them, but that is in the future.
    mmitch.

    March 21, 2013 at 4:47 pm in reply to: LLA- the future? #955882
    mmitch
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    As a member of the LLA I suspect that the question of support for the BBMF will be raised at ‘the most important meeting in the associations history’ Perhaps its future too. As I live more than 200 miles away I expect I’ll find out afterwards. 🙁
    mmitch.

    March 16, 2013 at 8:52 pm in reply to: LLA- the future? #959886
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    The LLA I believe has about 6000 members nationwide and abroad. It is also a registered charity. If a commercial club means a ‘Memorial Flight’ type magazine full of adverts and spam through the post and web, count me out.
    mmitch.

    March 16, 2013 at 8:49 am in reply to: LLA- the future? #960474
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    To be fair both ways, the BBMF PRO was also the honorary PRO for the LLA for the last year or so. On the other hand I believe the LLA contributed around £100,000 toward the cost of TE311s wings. They also helped with the cost of the Bomber Command memorial stone at Beachy Head.
    I still don’t want to be part of a commercially run club.
    mmitch.

    March 15, 2013 at 6:22 pm in reply to: LLA- the future? #960973
    mmitch
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    I certainly will not join a commercially run supporters club.
    Profit from remembrance?
    mmitch.

    March 13, 2013 at 7:48 pm in reply to: Canberra photos #962873
    mmitch
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    There is this now historic site.
    http://www.bywat.co.uk/canframes.html
    mmitch.

    March 12, 2013 at 9:45 am in reply to: "Hair dressers could be a threat to Duxford collection"… #964773
    mmitch
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    Maybe Clarkson wandering around sneering ‘Another hairdressers biplane.’
    mmitch.

    March 2, 2013 at 6:11 pm in reply to: M25 landing of Beagle Pup, (Old news) #977215
    mmitch
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    I seem to remember a student on a first solo had the engine stop over the M25 and successfully landed in a field right by it. I think he got an award?
    mmitch.

    March 1, 2013 at 6:22 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2013 #978158
    mmitch
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    The BBMF website has an article and photos of its Hurricane’s engine run
    at Duxford this week.
    http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/index.cfm?storyid=7ED25EB0-5056-A318-A89F1F807C9F548D
    mmitch.

    February 28, 2013 at 4:00 pm in reply to: Hatton Cross Concorde #979631
    mmitch
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    I understand that she has been move to a site visible from Myrtle ave at Hatton Cross. In a car park there
    https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/426061_10200164455907476_1923288196_n.jpg
    LHR wanted to make more room for aircraft to park where she was. She is planned to stay there for about 12 months.
    She has little interior as it was stripped out for replacement which was stopped when the retirement was announced.
    mmitch.

    February 28, 2013 at 3:50 pm in reply to: Sea King Programme #979636
    mmitch
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    ‘Britains Flying Past’, I hope it will mention the Sea Kings’ American ancestory!

    Is the Sea King being retired by the RAF and replaced by the contract SAR this year?
    I assume the RN Junglies will be around for a few more years?

    I have read elsewhere that the Sea King is supposed to end its service in 2016. They are having a second go at setting up a civilian SAR service contract at the moment. There have been long running threads on Pprune about the rights and wrongs!
    mmitch.

    February 27, 2013 at 9:17 am in reply to: 60 years ago today #981383
    mmitch
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    On the same page is a panel about a dinner and the unveiling ceremony
    on the 1st of May. It has Eric Brown’s photo in it.
    mmitch.

    February 26, 2013 at 10:14 am in reply to: 60 years ago today #982519
    mmitch
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    What happened to the Test Pilot memorial supported by Aeroplane? Was any money collected? Was it completed?

    The Test Pilots Memorial is to be unveiled at FAST Farnborough on 1st May.
    http://www.codystatue.org.uk/news.html
    mmitch.

    February 26, 2013 at 9:47 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #982526
    mmitch
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    I suspect due to the current instability of the political situation in Egypt.

    It didn’t seem to hinder the RAFM expedition.
    When I read the lengths the USA goes to recover their missing from Vietnam, Cambodia etc I despair of our MOD.
    mmitch.

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