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November 11, 2006 at 7:44 pm in reply to: No pleasing some people! #1311131

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Assure your wife that Viscount Pilot’s seats are really comfortable; we have two that came out of the aircraft that inadvertently made a wheels up landing at Belfast International Airport some years ago.

November 10, 2006 at 6:16 pm in reply to: Red or White #1312190

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Red, what other colour could you wear!

Eric

November 10, 2006 at 12:26 pm in reply to: Bluebird (K7) Project #1312736

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Hi.
Bluebird lifting off the water on 4th Jan 67 is something I’ll never forget.
I think it should be restored and taken to coniston water on the above
date in 2007 to complete its ill fated second run, and lay a wreath where
Donald Campbell lost his life. Then put it in a museum with the biggest
union flag as a backdrop to honour a truly great british hero.
Phil.

Here, here!

November 8, 2006 at 6:49 pm in reply to: Sydenham Spitfire #1315256

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Definitely 72 Sqn with SD codes and sqn badge in fighter spearhead on tail. I have the F540 at home (on nights just now) and will check for a serial number tie in.

Tom

I will be interested to see if you can identify the aircraft.

Regards

Eric

November 7, 2006 at 4:34 pm in reply to: Sydenham Spitfire #1316892

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… Short Sturgeon and Sea Otter. In the background, could that be a Short Shetland Flying boat on a beaching trolley, a Sunderland and a Scion?

Mark

Mark,

The aircraft in the background on the right hand end of the line is the Mamba powered Sturgeon.

Eric

November 6, 2006 at 10:00 pm in reply to: Cubs, Champs, Taylorcrafts and thingz #1317818

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The Bird Dog at Old Warden in September of this year!

November 6, 2006 at 9:13 pm in reply to: Sydenham Spitfire #1317866

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Seafire Picture

Eric, that is a lovely picture of a Seafire 17 (would have been nice to have had that earlier this year for a certain painting project). Very interesting to compare roundel positions with SX336 – lower wing identical, top wing roundels are positioned a little further aft than many other aircraft in this instance. The under wing serials have a stencilled look to them which I have not observed before. Any chance of a higher res version of this please?

Mark can you make room on your mailbox, pm waiting to go to you!

Eric

November 6, 2006 at 8:44 pm in reply to: Sydenham Spitfire #1317932

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Eleven Years on!

James & Mark

Eleven years on and as you can see things had moved on a bit, still Sydenham in Northern Ireland, however Naval Aviation was now the thing!

Eric

Ps: In the picture looking towards the shipyard etc, have a look at the background, some interesting aircraft to be seen!

November 6, 2006 at 4:37 pm in reply to: Sydenham Spitfire #1318206

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Yes a fascinating photo. Just think it might be K9942.

Note the short M/G stubs protruding out of the leading edges of the outer two guns.

Mark

Mark & James,

The photo was taken by my late uncle, I have studied the picture in great detail, sadly no serial number is visible.

The picture is to my knowledge the earliest pictorial record of a Spitfire in Northern Ireland, although one did appear at RAF Aldergroves Empire Air Day in May of that year.

Eric

November 6, 2006 at 2:00 am in reply to: Brussels AIr Museum #1318981

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In total agreement James, I seem to remember making a similar point some time back. Sadly the United Kingdom does not have that vain of philanthropy that we sometimes see in the States, so it is left to the little people!

Eric

November 6, 2006 at 12:33 am in reply to: Jervis Bay #1319009

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Well remembered.

I guess I should really blitz this post as having no historic aviation relevance.

But I won’t.

Brave, brave men.

Moggy

Thanks Moggy, it is all to easy to forget!

Regards

Eric

November 1, 2006 at 4:48 pm in reply to: Ollie makes twenty. #1324745

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Rather late I’m afraid Ollie but happy birthday mate 😉 Mark 😀 😀 😀

Like Mark rather late but happy birthday Ollie, wish I was twenty again!

Eric

November 1, 2006 at 6:47 am in reply to: Lansen split open #1325490

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Some lovely shots there PL, I love to see these type of pictures from an engineering point of view.

To me it’s not just whats on the outside that makes an aircraft interesting.

Regards,

John.

I agree with everything John has said!

Regards

Eric

October 22, 2006 at 6:20 pm in reply to: Blue Prints/ Production Drawings #1334014

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Silly question perhaps, but do you have a pop-up blocker on your machine?

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Eric

October 18, 2006 at 6:54 pm in reply to: Axalp 2006 [5MB] #543135

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**** me!

Could not have said it better myself!

Regards to All.
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