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January 29, 2016 at 11:44 am in reply to: Harleyford books… #857221

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Bruce Robertson was closely associated and sadly he died a good few years ago: possibly the two are related, though I can’t recall anything new from Harleyford since the 1970s.

January 29, 2016 at 9:43 am in reply to: Wingless airframes used in catapult trials late forties #857326

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Having been in salt water for 60-odd years, there would be nothing left apart from the maker’s plate.

So yes – they would make ideal projects. :eagerness:

January 26, 2016 at 7:12 pm in reply to: EX-RAF Sabres possibly available…. #858465

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There is also this sabre canopy in UK.

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Sad to say this isn’t F-86 at all: the aft part is too narrow/small and there’s no sense aerial inside the ‘glass’. Any idea where it came from?

It looks like one of the Scimitar canopies from Flowers Yard in Chippenham.

January 26, 2016 at 9:39 am in reply to: EX-RAF Sabres possibly available…. #858752

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Let’s not forget that three Sabres still exist in the UK: Sabre 4 at RAFM Cosford, F-86D at NEAM, Sunderland and the F-86A at MAM, Coventry.

I also have quite a lot of bits!

January 25, 2016 at 6:24 pm in reply to: How Low Can You Go (2016) #858910

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Not sure if we have had this DC-6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MpSks-h3jE

Doesn’t really count as a low pass since all take-offs tend to be low at some point!

January 24, 2016 at 6:55 pm in reply to: EX-RAF Sabres possibly available…. #859493

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[QUOTE=R J A Taylor;2288603]Looks like I need to find a copy of Michael O’Leary’s Osprey ‘Sabre’ book (was this the publication? http://www.amazon.com/Jet-Warbirds-Michael-OLeary/dp/0854298894/ref=la_B00287O05O_1_21?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1453650669&sr=1-21&refinements=p_82%3AB00287O05O

It’s not that one: the book is called ‘Gunfighters’ from memory.

Great photos – thanks for posting.

January 24, 2016 at 4:30 pm in reply to: EX-RAF Sabres possibly available…. #859683

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Fingers crossed there will be a nice QF-86E article in a forthcoming issue of The Aviation Historian magazine.

On the subject of G-ATBF, I saw it when it was still with Tom Bracewell, and followed it for many years afterwards. I can’t locate a photo of it with FSI at present, but can confirm it was indeed taken on the ramp at Mojave. FSI would appear to have reassembled it briefly, but as stated, it was out of kilter with their Sabre 5/6 target tug and Sabre 5 drone conversion programmes, so of little use for anything except spares recovery.

January 24, 2016 at 1:35 pm in reply to: Which airfield? #859813

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Second is Wildenrath I think.

January 24, 2016 at 10:32 am in reply to: EX-RAF Sabres possibly available…. #859942

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Reminds me of the final fate of the ex HAPS Sabre which was sold twice at auctions in the UK and despite being ex RAF never got back on display.It was scrapped.

A very complete but damaged/corroded airframe. Sadly when it went to FSI, it was among Sabre 5s which were in far better condition. Being J47-engined, it would have never made it into FSI’s fleet, or even for conversion as a drone. I did wonder why FSI bought it in the first place, but I strongly suspect it was purely as a source of airframe/systems spares, and so scrapping was inevitable.

It didn’t see squadron service in the RAF and I can only hope that the Honduran examples (all of which did) will make it to safer pastures.

January 24, 2016 at 7:10 am in reply to: EX-RAF Sabres possibly available…. #859972

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My post exchange: they’re not available, and having been involved in two aborted attempts to get them in the past, I’d say it’s unlikely they’ll come this way if they ever do get released.

I can imagine that one day they’ll go to an American collector, sit in a storage yard for years and eventually get restored to fly, in fake Korean War colours.

Sorry if that sounds a bit negative, but these aircraft have been ‘for sale’ for a long time and are now part of a complex web of legal claims and counter-claims.

January 19, 2016 at 4:43 am in reply to: US Navy Flying Boat "4-P-10" 1934 #863011

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Got there in the end – good work all.

January 18, 2016 at 7:41 pm in reply to: US Navy Flying Boat "4-P-10" 1934 #863206

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4-P-10 sounds very much like a unit marking rather than a type. 4th Patrol Sqn maybe?

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Patrol Squadron FOUR has a long and distinguished history dating back to pre-World War II. The first squadron designated Patrol Squadron FOUR (VP-4) was established in 1928 and was based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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P2Y?

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January 18, 2016 at 2:53 pm in reply to: Aircraft successfully landed safely by non pilot #863463

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The accidental take off of a mechanic in an EE Lightning springs to mind….

Not a mechanic but a JEngO: Lightning was XM135 at 33MU Lyneham.

Great also to hear about Bush Barrey: I only knew him as a 66 Sqn Sabre driver.

January 18, 2016 at 2:03 pm in reply to: Work starts on the CL-44 Guppy #863484

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Saw it a week or so ago: showing signs (mildew on fuselage etc) of a good year or so of inactivity.

January 17, 2016 at 6:23 pm in reply to: "Conflict of Wings" on Talking Pictures film channel #863993

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A wonderful film, IIRC and not on terrestrial anywhere near often enough!
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