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May 20, 2008 at 2:08 pm in reply to: Comper CLA7 Swift #1179016

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It certainly comes from a more civilised era of aviation…..an era where it seems that any decent chap, armed only with a set of drawing instruments, a spirit of adventure and the obligatory flat-cap could start an aeroplane business. These days you’d probably have to write a risk assessment for the drawing instruments (all those sharp points and all)!

I seem also to have been a bit harsh when it comes to the accident record of the Comper Swift too (having checked my facts :rolleyes:) although there still seem to have been some unlucky airframes.

It does also seem that one or two did make it into camouflage! 😉

May 20, 2008 at 11:45 am in reply to: Comper CLA7 Swift #1179204

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Can anybody explain to me why this aircraft is apparently so popular?

From the layman’s point of view very few seem to have been built and about half of those seem to have been crashed, some of them more than once, resulting in a high proportion of fatalities.

Aircraft with much better statistics have been termed ‘death-traps’ but not this aircraft, why?

May 18, 2008 at 9:00 pm in reply to: RAF Debden #1180921

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Creaking Door and i posted about the same time,good taste eh

Can’t argue with you there. 😀 It’s a great site for photos.

Its a shame but they recently ripped out several of the bomb shelters round the taxiways as their condition was apparently unsafe.

They also demolished the last Type-C hangar in 2003…..I think the Luftwaffe got the previous two in 1940!

May 17, 2008 at 8:40 pm in reply to: RAF Debden #1181597

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There are a lot of photos, including some excellent ‘then-and-now’ style, here:

http://wademeyersart.tripod.com/id32.html

May 17, 2008 at 4:11 pm in reply to: IWM London #1181806

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Eighteen months ago or so I saw the Lancaster cockpit (DV372?) on display on the first-floor balcony of the new atrium, the rear fuselage and one engine of the Hess Bf110 were on the same balcony.

Some photos from the web:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunocardoso/43302018/in/set-948103/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76579851@N00/1193780709/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/judgedredd76/2373941607/

The other engine is (was?) at the East Fortune Museum of Flight.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/achtungwolf/1355318384/

May 17, 2008 at 3:49 pm in reply to: Blenheim gets nose job(merged) #1181814

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Yep, I agree, not the prettiest Blenheim mark…

…but that doesn’t detract one iota from this incredible achievement and I think this is completely the correct decision. Well done! 🙂

May 14, 2008 at 10:07 am in reply to: Tickets for Derwent Valley #1184906

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Found the exact location on an OS map 110,from a road rally I did there years ago…

…90 right…medium left…into, slot left…..Oooh…look, isn’t that a Lancaster? 😉

May 12, 2008 at 11:36 pm in reply to: Another British Aircraft Becomes Historic #1186045

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Can we nominate this as the most anoying post of the month?

With malice towards none?

I don’t think I’ll be posting enything else this month then.

May 12, 2008 at 8:44 pm in reply to: General Discussion #337682

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Sorry, can’t add anything but thanks for posting.

May 12, 2008 at 8:44 pm in reply to: FRES competition winner #1909895

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Sorry, can’t add anything but thanks for posting.

May 12, 2008 at 4:58 pm in reply to: Another British Aircraft Becomes Historic #1186307

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To clarify: a British military aircraft was officially retired from service on 31st March 2008.

It was only supposed to be a bit of fun…..there’s no pleasing some people! :rolleyes:

May 12, 2008 at 4:42 pm in reply to: Another British Aircraft Becomes Historic #1186383

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And has it just been retired from the British military… Like Army or Navy?… Was it flying up until it’s retirement?

You were getting there…..but I’m afraid I just don’t know when the last one flew, training or otherwise.

Or a UAV, Jindivik if that was still flying?

UAV? So close!

Gotcha!

Bingo! Well done Carpetbagger!

May 12, 2008 at 2:52 pm in reply to: Another British Aircraft Becomes Historic #1186445

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Another clue…..you wouldn’t find on the RAF website but it did see British military service!

May 12, 2008 at 1:48 pm in reply to: Another British Aircraft Becomes Historic #1186510

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Nope…..it is a complete aircraft type rather than a particular mark…

…but it has seen some ‘action’!

May 12, 2008 at 9:36 am in reply to: Another British Aircraft Becomes Historic #1186729

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Surely it depends on what you define as historic?

Good point, I should have been more specific but I didn’t want to give the game away too easily!

To clarify: a British military aircraft was officially retired from service on 31st March 2008.

Not the Tornado F3 thankfully; my favourite current RAF aircraft, stunningly beautiful, underrated and much maligned…..long may they continue to fly! 🙂
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