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September 6, 2006 at 4:38 pm in reply to: Aviation Myths #1306120

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Scary enough! I knew there was a reason ghosts wore a sheet over themselves!!!! 😀 :diablo:

September 6, 2006 at 4:23 pm in reply to: Aviation Myths #1306173

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Sorry, the Lincoln ghost is not a myth.

I’ve seen it, and photographed it.

Moggy

So ghosts really DO exist then.

Post the pics Moggy, please.

September 6, 2006 at 4:21 pm in reply to: Incident at duxford – crew safe #1306291

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Oh dear.

Since the L37 incident Dux haven’t been at all keen on allowing visiting paraffin burners.

I’d guess this might put the tin hat on it.

Moggy

Moggy,

Isn’t the T-33 a Duxford resident?

C6

September 6, 2006 at 4:13 pm in reply to: Aviation Myths #1306303

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The thread on yet more buried Lancasters, made me wonder; what are the other forumites favourite aircraft preservation and other aeronutical historical, myths/legends, shaggy dog stories and spoofs?

Steve.

The Cosford Avro Lincoln springs to mind!

From the mouth of a fella I knew who worked there…

“Every time sales attendance went down, the “haunted Lincoln” would be primed for action. This included lights switched on and off and occasionally people would take a tea break in it to create a bit of noise”.

That’s started the ball rolling!

C6 😀

September 6, 2006 at 4:03 pm in reply to: Incident at duxford – crew safe #1306317

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The T-33 has had a mishap. The crew are safe. ANY MORE INFO AT THIS POINT WOULD BE ENTERING INTO SPECULATION.

C6

August 31, 2006 at 1:04 pm in reply to: Duxford Airspace hangar today #1317010

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Does anybody know if the Vickers Varsity will be going under cover?
I do hope so.

mick

Mick,

You have my vote. Varsities are thin on the ground and lets face it, they’re beautiful, if a little overlooked. Well beauty is in the eye of the beholder…..

As for the Shackleton, lets see it preserved. We have a picture of it in 1973, when my dad is holding me (as a baby) in front of it. I’d like to replicate the shot whenever I have the (mis)fortune* of having offspring!

Or when IWM/DAS (or whoever owns it), gets fed up of the embarrassment that it’s becoming, they could always cut it up and sell the engines for a reasonable amount to help fund some lunatic project like having the aircraft cleaned for a massive sum!!!!!!!!! NUTS

C6

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August 31, 2006 at 12:49 pm in reply to: Forgotten Princess, SR.45 #1317024

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Going back to the survival of bits of Princess, I always understood that one of the tip floats later formed the hull of a pleasure craft and for all I know may be sailing the Solent to this day. Can anyone confirm this (or tell me that my memory is playing tricks on me)?

William

William,

I don’t know about that, but the float I photographed the port float. Whether it was G-ALUN or not I don’t know. It was without a doubt cut off the upper strut with a blow torch and coated in a thick rubberlike preservative.

C6

August 30, 2006 at 10:31 pm in reply to: Vulcan XH558 discussion thread #1318304

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It was on the local news tonight that she’s been saved. The £million needed has been found and the project continues.

Happy daze. 😀

C6

August 30, 2006 at 8:27 pm in reply to: Forgotten Princess, SR.45 #1318633

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I was standing next to a float of the Princess a couple of weeks back. It was huge! I’ll post the image if my computer and camera will play ball.

C6 😀

August 23, 2006 at 12:03 pm in reply to: Vulcan XM603 to be scrapped? #1332019

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It would need a BIG PAIR OF HANDS to dismantle it eh C6?

You have nowt to say bwb, and you’re saying it too loudly (see you next time). 🙂 😀 🙂

August 23, 2006 at 4:41 am in reply to: Vulcan XM603 to be scrapped? #1332356

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Yawn.

Lots more “chatter” about another doomed tin triangle.

Remember those funny snail eating types on the other side of the Channel? What do they do when someone crosses em?? Get on an internet forum? No, they take physical ACTION.

What about a large organised PROTEST to increase public awareness? Yes I do mean to leave the keyboard alone and take a trip to Manchester and DO SOMETHING……….

Anyway, if you have any experience of the ENORMOUS task that carefully splitting any aircraft for transportation involves (and the Vulcan wouldn’t be on a list of “easy” projects), you’d stop even contemplating it now.

Left to chatter, IT WILL BE CUT UP, with ACTION it may be saved.

You make your bed…….

C6

August 6, 2006 at 11:25 am in reply to: RAF Museum, gaps in collection #1264123

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I shall be very naughty here and say Blackburn Beverley, or about the Avro Shackleton, was surprised to see that there wasn’t one at Cosford or was there’s cut up too.
There seems to be a large proportion of experimental aircraft in the collection so a Spiteful wouldn’t go amiss, nor would the Martin Baker MB5, when is the hybrid due to fly in the USA.

De Havilland Dove, Vickers Valetta, Canadair Sabre, Boeing Washington, Percival Prentice, Bristol Brigand, Dragon-Rapide.

Give up…

Pete,
The RAF museum have a Shack……the Science Museum in Manchester is its home.

C6

July 23, 2006 at 10:47 am in reply to: Vulcan 607 – An awesome book! #1282336

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I hope she gets a repaint soon. The Co should look after her….

Let him know your thoughts by writing to him…..(politely)
C6

July 19, 2006 at 6:38 pm in reply to: What's YOUR Fantasy Legends??! #1287811

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Come on folks, lets have more!

UNC, I never realised you had a BIG thing about American warbirds!?!?!?
Tomorrow mein frient!

C6

July 19, 2006 at 5:36 pm in reply to: What's YOUR Fantasy Legends??! #1287978

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Hi Steve,

All I can say is…….I like it!

As I said it is pure fantasy, but how good would it be to see the 4 Lancs together?
I am lucky enough to have been involved with PA474, and allegedly there were negotiations going on last year to get CWH’s Lanc over here for the 60th anniversary of the end of WW2. As is always the case these days, it came down to money, hence it stayed on your side of the pond. I think that was the big chance to get two airworthy Lancasters together, and it didn’t happen…….shame!

I also believe that IWM Duxford (or a subsiduary (DAS??)), were invited to leave ‘their’ Lancaster outside for Legends, but I believe politics reared it’s ugly head. Can anyone on the inside shed light on this?????

It’d be so good to see all that you mention, and although I have a soft spot for axis machinery (blame my Dad!), and what I’d give to hear a DB605 on full chat again…..

While we’re on the Axis subject, Cosfords Messerschmitt 410 Hornisse, Black 6, Dornier Do 335 Arrow (to even see this in the metal would be heaven!), and a Bf 110! Oh, it’s all too much…….. 😮 😀

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