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  • March 16, 2012 at 4:32 pm in reply to: Talented aluminium welder wanted! #1028814
    chumpy
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    Have seen this guy’s gas welding in the past most impressive! http://www.markcolemetalforming.com

    March 9, 2012 at 11:17 pm in reply to: Spitfire X4650 flying at Biggin today #1024347
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    C’mon Mackerel show us yer pix!….did the wings look good?

    March 9, 2012 at 11:17 pm in reply to: Spitfire X4650 flying at Biggin today #1033789
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    C’mon Mackerel show us yer pix!….did the wings look good?

    February 16, 2012 at 9:05 pm in reply to: Saunders-Roe A.37 Saro Shrimp – help please #1060024
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    Hi Santiago,
    Scan of an old press photo from my collection, shows the Shrimp at Cowes, the photo dated March 1940. The ‘censor’ has been at work blotting out the registration / serial!

    Hope it is of interest.

    Chumpy.

    February 11, 2012 at 4:24 pm in reply to: Aviation books – where to sell? #1066647
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    Ahh the thorny subject of ebay fee’s etc!

    Ebay impose a max figure of £3.25 that can be charged for UK postage and packing if you list the ‘item’ in the Books and Magazines category. As far as I know this is the same for Biz and private sellers.

    Fine if the book is a slim volume weighing up to about 750 grms…over this you have to take a hit as £3.25 will not cover Royal Mail postage prices for a large and hefty book. There is no upper limit for overseas postage, so you can charge ‘johnny foreigner’ what you like!

    One way around this is to list the ‘item’ in the Collectables-Transport-Aeronautica category…no max UK postage limit on this. (Many books to be found here).

    January 4, 2012 at 10:14 pm in reply to: Supermarine Aviation Works #1025434
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    Possibly to do with retaining the services of R.J. Mitchell?

    According to various works, around this time he signed an agreement with Supermarine employing him as Chief Engineer and Designer for ten years. Along with this a technical directorship and the proviso that he would serve in this capacity if Supermarine to be taken over by another company.

    So it would seem that the liquidation was a bit of ‘internal restructuring’, to make sure R.J. was firmly part and parcel of the concern.

    According to ‘Industry and Air Power’ by Sebastian Ritchie, Supermarines were a small but profitable company during this period. Ideal take-over material …along came Vickers..the rest is history etc.

    January 4, 2012 at 10:14 pm in reply to: Supermarine Aviation Works #1035497
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    Possibly to do with retaining the services of R.J. Mitchell?

    According to various works, around this time he signed an agreement with Supermarine employing him as Chief Engineer and Designer for ten years. Along with this a technical directorship and the proviso that he would serve in this capacity if Supermarine to be taken over by another company.

    So it would seem that the liquidation was a bit of ‘internal restructuring’, to make sure R.J. was firmly part and parcel of the concern.

    According to ‘Industry and Air Power’ by Sebastian Ritchie, Supermarines were a small but profitable company during this period. Ideal take-over material …along came Vickers..the rest is history etc.

    December 20, 2011 at 10:16 pm in reply to: Holland Fly-in at Rotterdam, June 3rd, 1978 #1052977
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    I want that HM19!

    Now available in color..well sort of, the Pou at Ecuvillens, Switzerland 1975..it was getting dark!!!

    December 16, 2011 at 9:00 pm in reply to: Jordans scrapyard Portsmouth '64 #1057124
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    More Pompey scrap from earlier years ..Beaufighter being hacked up on site by the then Hants and Sussex Aviation company, now H+S Aviation.

    The photo cribbed from their website…their gallery of historic images well worth a look.

    December 6, 2011 at 7:07 am in reply to: W.A.R replica FW190 #1071229
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    ….the way it was Cranfield 1984!

    October 1, 2011 at 9:11 pm in reply to: Shoreham Aerojumble – Sat 1 October 2011 #1060922
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    Well done Andy..had a nice day out..roll on the next one!

    Cheers, Chumpy.

    August 25, 2011 at 11:39 pm in reply to: Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 #1037400
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    The Vickers archive at Brooklands holds copies of most of the VGS drawings.

    Their resources and time are rather limited, the archive only open on Tuesday’s. A polite request to Albert the guy in charge of the archive, will probably result in a copy being made available.

    …Sorry I do not have the telephone number to hand.

    Chumpy.

    August 20, 2011 at 4:09 pm in reply to: SPOTTED – Thread Part Deux #1046078
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    Sea Vixen overhead Ryde, Isle of Wight heading east 17.05 hrs…really nice to see!!

    July 28, 2011 at 10:27 pm in reply to: Vikings buried near Heathrow ? #1080083
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    ..Not if the Pikeys got there first!

    July 25, 2011 at 11:42 pm in reply to: Spitfire Mk I P9374 #1084081
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    Alas the hovercraft in the photo is not an SRN4, but a French SEDAM N500

    Two of them built, one destroyed by fire…the other scrapped and made into Spitfires!!

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