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June 17, 2014 at 11:47 am in reply to: B.S. 2130 ? #886552

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Might still be relevant since BS2130 is for, “Bearings, precision ball in corrosion resisting steel for instruments and equipment”. The Standard wouldn’t apply to another specification, so if not this one, then possibly a mistake on the drawings?

June 12, 2014 at 8:12 am in reply to: Must Have / Core Aviation History Books #891021

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Dammit! Knew I’d missed it somewhere! 🙂

June 12, 2014 at 5:40 am in reply to: Must Have / Core Aviation History Books #891163

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I can’t believe no-one’s mentioned two of the greatest aviation books ever written:

Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint Exupery
Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K Gann

I’d also like to suggest Cannibal Queen by Steven Coonts.

June 11, 2014 at 9:40 pm in reply to: ****Announcement **** Golden Apple Operations F-86A #891367

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I’m gutted to hear that, although it’s not totally unexpected.

Happy to say that I enjoyed a huge number of her displays in the UK in the 14 or so years I’ve been airshow-ing.

And it’s hard to believe she’s been in the UK for 22 years now.

June 11, 2014 at 1:10 pm in reply to: Man defends war grave. #891975

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They all open to a readable size, with No.1 stating that, “Bodies of those categorised Missing believed killed not yet recovered from wreckage”. One of the subsequent pages details how the dig was abandoned after the first 5 bodies were recovered, due to subsidance.

June 11, 2014 at 12:49 pm in reply to: Man defends war grave. #891999

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Did anyone actually read the attachments in post #7 above?

June 11, 2014 at 12:08 pm in reply to: ****Announcement **** Golden Apple Operations F-86A #892027

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It has been an enormous challenge and an immense privilege to operate the world’s oldest jet powered aircraft, the only airworthy F-86A and the only Sabre flying in Europe.

Sad to see it go, and I hope it will find a happy home. That’ll be two airworthy F-86As in the USA in the next few years…

Duncan

June 10, 2014 at 11:37 am in reply to: Man defends war grave. #893075

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Some interesting correspondence here, courtesy of National Archives of Australia:

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June 10, 2014 at 9:42 am in reply to: Man defends war grave. #893188

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…and paint the blades black, with yellow tips.

June 10, 2014 at 8:56 am in reply to: Man defends war grave. #893298

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Seems to be a 5th April 1945 crash – Lancaster III ND639 of 1667 HCU, which crashed at Crowle:

Airborne 2200 from Sandtoft for a Bullseye exercise. Crashed Crowle 0258, after presumed loss of control. P/O J.E. Grayson RAAF KIA, Sgt S.J. Crawhall KIA, F/S M.B. Kilsby RAAF KIA, W/O E.J. Castor RAAF KIA, F/S W.S.Bennett RAAF KIA, F/S T. Evans RAAF KIA, F/S D.L. Hayes RAAF KIA.

June 10, 2014 at 5:46 am in reply to: B…..BBB……BB…..BBB…..Blimey! #893458

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How do they know it is the last flight it will make to the UK? Basically, nobody can say it is, even though it may be unlikely to return in the near future.

Pete

More accurately , the headline should surely be, “…in the UK for the FIRST time”? (I assume, since it’s Canadian-built). Or did it come across in more recent times?

June 6, 2014 at 6:17 pm in reply to: B52s at Fairford #896161

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A few from this afternoon. Doesn’t look like good weather for the flypast however…

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June 5, 2014 at 5:47 am in reply to: Project GunVal F-84F #897428

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It’s a strange one however: despite F-84F, F-86F, F-89C and F-94D being mentioned specifically in GunVal documentation as candidates for the project, it’s only the F-84F that eludes identification in this context.

I also suspect that the ‘entry into service’ date doesn’t have a relevance, since the GunVal aircraft were still under test post-1954, and GunVal wasn’t tasked with evaluation of in-service machines in any case (though in the instance of the F-86F, the test installation was evaluated in ‘in service’ conditions).

May 30, 2014 at 8:46 am in reply to: FW200 Restoration Progress #902393

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A few more, just to show what the team are having to tackle. And yes, that is a barnacle! (windshield frame).

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Duncan

May 30, 2014 at 8:36 am in reply to: Bill Sweetman vs. Wikipedia? Mosquito research query #902419

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At the risk of being flamed, I think it’s usually the best option to go straight for the primary source data (DH archives), since books are so often plagiarised, and the errors plagiarised along with that activity.

Maybe time for a new Mosquito book, just to clear things up?
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