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  • September 27, 2003 at 7:20 pm in reply to: Closure of Gatwick Viewing Terrace #649133
    mmitch
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    Biggin has got a small enclosure just inside the gate but of course you cannot see the whole airfield.
    When Rochester was taken over by the group trying to keep it open, they put up an enclosure by the main gate. When an airfield (big or small) is threatened and they want the locals onside this can help.
    I have yet to see an enclosure at North Weald…..
    mmitch.

    September 22, 2003 at 10:02 am in reply to: Prestwick increased traffic? #653809
    mmitch
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    I’ve bumped this back up as it got swamped in the forum crash over the weekend.
    Is Prestwick really getting that busy again?
    mmitch.

    September 17, 2003 at 10:18 am in reply to: HP Victor photos #2079917
    mmitch
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    Very nice Gareth. Especially no 2.
    mmitch.

    September 14, 2003 at 6:51 pm in reply to: Closure of Gatwick Viewing Terrace #661741
    mmitch
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    If BAA want to make LGW and LHR more secure they should start checking passports properly. In the ‘Daily Mail’ Reporters flew in from abroad and hand their wife/ partner or photographers passport in and were waved through without a remark. The same trick at various foreign airports was picked up.
    mmitch.

    September 13, 2003 at 7:32 pm in reply to: The forum Battle of Britain 'At home' display. #2081372
    mmitch
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    I would also bring a Spitfire 1A, AR213 ( G-AIST) It was the first Spit I saw up close, at Silverstone in the late 70s. It was owned by the Hon. Patrick Lindsay then and Tony Bianchi who looked after it gave a breathtaking display during the lunch break. I was a motor racing nut then but that day steered me back towards aviation.
    mmitch.

    September 13, 2003 at 2:54 pm in reply to: Pics from Germany's largest vintage aircraft gathering #2081407
    mmitch
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    Excellent photos Kenneth. A treat to see some rare types.
    mmitch.

    September 12, 2003 at 7:21 pm in reply to: Another Spitfire pilot found #2081724
    mmitch
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    The RAF website has a report and photos of the ceremony and the RAF bearer party at the Menin Gate afterwards. See:-
    http://www.raf.mod.uk/ptc/carmichael.html
    mmitch.

    September 11, 2003 at 9:49 am in reply to: Hollywood rumours…. #2082669
    mmitch
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    Perhaps it will be the (true) story of Billy Fiske. Wealthy American playboy who used his connections to join the RAF and fight in the Battle of Britain. He was shot down and died and is buried in an English churchyard. When I read the story I said Hollywood couldn’t have made it up better.
    mmitch.

    September 10, 2003 at 8:42 pm in reply to: Red Arrows Incident? #2082793
    mmitch
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    I wonder how it will get off Jersey. By sea or air? Could a big transport (like a C17) land there?
    mmitch.

    September 10, 2003 at 9:36 am in reply to: Red Arrows Incident? #2083090
    mmitch
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    There is a bit more info on the Reds website at:-
    http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/news.html
    mmitch.

    September 9, 2003 at 8:39 pm in reply to: 2000+ posts ! #668778
    mmitch
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    Congratulations Ren you got your digital camera just in time!

    Reading your sig. by line reminds me as a young English lad working in Glasgow in the 1960s I had terrible trouble getting our snack order. There was Gammon, Ham and Bacon which didn’t come out the same as down south……:)
    mmitch.

    September 9, 2003 at 8:15 pm in reply to: Battle of Britain theme to forum? #2083269
    mmitch
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    Does anyone have a clear idea what is happening at North Weald
    this Sunday ? (the 14th) Their website mentions a memorial service and fly in. Presumably the service takes place at the memorial by the museum and the fly in on part of the airfield but will they be connected?
    mmitch.

    September 6, 2003 at 7:44 pm in reply to: BA to fit anti-missile systems? #672760
    mmitch
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    Some years ago I used to see Il 76 aircraft at Manston with a glazed dome under the tail. I used to joke that it was a sun lounge for off duty crew! What it really was of course, a rear gunners position.
    Some Aeroflot planes were fitted out for use in war and the fitting of (twin cannons?) was a simple defensive measure. The 747 at least has the APU exhaust in the way there. Pity 🙂
    mmitch.

    August 30, 2003 at 11:02 am in reply to: Fighter pilot training #2087028
    mmitch
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    In Geoffrey Wellum’s book ‘First Light’ he is posted to 92 squadron. In answer to the adjutant and S/Q Roger Bushell’s questions. He gives the following details.
    169 hours total flying time, 95 solo.
    Did not finish final course on Harvards.
    Has not seen a Spitfire, let alone flown one!
    After a check ride in a Magister he gets his first flight in a Spitfire
    a couple of days after the squadron lost four pilots on their first day in battle over Dunkirk.
    Oh yes and he was just 18 years and 10 months old.
    mmitch.

    August 26, 2003 at 8:26 pm in reply to: Non flying Merlins #2088296
    mmitch
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    Are these the ones, see:-
    http://members.lycos.co.uk/pwgrieve/index.html
    mmitch

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