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December 8, 2012 at 10:22 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #941321

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I received the same letter so I emailed my MP Adam Holloway about the discrepancy mentioned in post 251. He has now replied that he has written to Phillip Hammond asking him to clarify whether the family have been contacted.
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December 6, 2012 at 9:48 am in reply to: RAF Museum Hendon Visit (WW1 mostly) #943687

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Excellent report and photos Rlangham.
Perhaps the RAF Museum could now put the design team that laid out the G-W building onto the B of B or Bomber hall?
mmitch.

November 30, 2012 at 4:05 pm in reply to: Concorde #951879

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Amongst the equipment and parts that the Brooklands museum received was this cutaway display of the main undercarriage bogie. Even the tyre inflator valve is sectioned! The enthusiastic Concorde team reassembled it and it is displayed Under Delta Golf.
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November 29, 2012 at 6:41 pm in reply to: Concorde #952980

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Most spares were sold off or donated to the museums that have an airframe. They are therefore not available for airworthy uses. Some electronics were removed by BA to prevent their airframes from being flown again.I expect Air France did the same.
Why does a Concorde have to be in London when there is already Delta Golf at Brooklands on the M25? They also have the only working Concorde simulator as well. Much of the work was done by volunteers and certainly didn’t cost £30-£40M !!
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November 27, 2012 at 5:57 pm in reply to: TE311 To Fly This Year. #956226

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Big mistake in LLA Autumn mag, the new CO is Sqdn Ldr Duncan Mason.

Doh! I should have spotted their mistake myself! 😮
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November 27, 2012 at 10:23 am in reply to: TE311 To Fly This Year. #956874

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In the LLA Autumn magazine, the new CO, Duncan Sampson says the scheme ‘represents a Hurricane 11c of 34 squadron While serving in SEAC usually flown by F/Lt Jimmy Whalen with his personal insignia on the nose.’
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November 26, 2012 at 4:15 pm in reply to: TE311 To Fly This Year. #957722

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Well done to Fluffy and all the crew. I see there will be a press launch soon,
will that be with a nice restored Hurricane with it?
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Answering my own question. I see there is a bit of work on the Hurri still to do….
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/index.cfm?storyid=C0839190-5056-A318-A8B66DB80B71C78C
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November 25, 2012 at 11:22 am in reply to: 1950's Archive Part 2: Vickers Valiant #959228

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There is still a (part of a) Valiant at Brooklands. Photographed in the Strat chamber last week.
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Valiant BK1 XD816. Cockpit.

November 24, 2012 at 9:55 am in reply to: TE311 To Fly This Year. #959981

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Well done to Fluffy and all the crew. I see there will be a press launch soon,
will that be with a nice restored Hurricane with it?
mmitch.

November 23, 2012 at 11:12 am in reply to: Maintaining Warbirds… Major upheaval on the horizon #960993

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Any danger this could spread to fast taxi run airframes in the future? What if insurance companies are ‘encouraged’ to demand the same standards?
mmitch.

November 22, 2012 at 6:03 pm in reply to: UN Arms Treaty & Historic Weapons (inc. aircraft) #961638

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I would think that the transfer of a single example would be acceptable to most ‘clear thinking’ people. Perhaps not to an official with paperwork to shuffle though. It’s the airworthy airframes that would muddy the waters. May be a government licence like with other armaments would be an answer?
mmitch.

November 17, 2012 at 10:01 am in reply to: Sgt Jean Mary Youle (WAAF) MM #968115

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This website gives details of WAAFs awarded medals at Detling Andy.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/raf_detling_world-war_two.htm
A George Cross and two MMs including Mary Youle.

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November 16, 2012 at 9:39 am in reply to: Happy Birthday Royal Air Force Museum Hendon 40 yrs old today #969437

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I first went there in the Spring of 1973. I drove to Hendon expecting to see road signs for it. Finding none I stopped a AA man and he got directions over his radio! Always surprised me that they had kept so many different types when so much was scrapped during and after WW2.
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November 15, 2012 at 9:42 am in reply to: North Weald DC-4s sold?? #970852

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You just need to follow the Duxford Diary thread…..
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November 8, 2012 at 10:11 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #980848

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Is it one of those Merlin powered ones? 🙂
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