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  • May 8, 2006 at 6:13 pm in reply to: Spitfire seat part? ID #1294515
    stuart gowans
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    See what I mean £160- for a priceless piece of heritage ,not a lot when you think that you could build a compete A/C from that piece ,it giving just enough credibility ,to ensure you were the envy of your ….er, ..self !!

    May 8, 2006 at 3:46 pm in reply to: Spitfire seat part? ID #1294699
    stuart gowans
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    T’aint Harvard matey thats why I ask – I know the T-6 series pretty well…

    Not much of 248 – a few battered panels thats all, mostly scrap, one panel ebayed and went to Airframe Assys.

    The reason I know it was 248 is cos it had an original stencil marking on it (yes I do know the difference between a fake and original :p ) ‘TD248’ in yellow paint….

    Thanks anyway guys

    TT

    Ben, I think you’ll find I might have been a touch facetious !! (yes I had to look it up!!) I’m suprised that you didn’t give me all your spit bits, rather than wasting your time putting them on ebay – they never make anything you know!!

    May 8, 2006 at 11:56 am in reply to: Spitfire seat part? ID #1295130
    stuart gowans
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    Perhaps it Harvard, if it came out of a box with spit and harvard bits therein..

    May 7, 2006 at 8:55 pm in reply to: Speedy Spit. #1295984
    stuart gowans
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    The windscreen extended well forward of the normal windscreen ,by as much as 12” that allowed a more gracefull curve (streamlined) aero dynamic (I’ll get there in a minute!!)

    May 7, 2006 at 4:04 pm in reply to: Latest News on "Dambusters" remake #1296264
    stuart gowans
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    To my mind ,the best that could happen is that they add colour to the original using the friese greene (spelling?) technique, anyone see that on BBC recently? The performances by Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave are so good ,that they will never be bettered, and any cgi, will ensure I never watch it, as the only thing worse than poorly built/ filmed models, has to be cgi which is so fake, that actual events (true life stories) are reduced in the mind of the watcher to the level of star wars ,(it doesn’t matter how exciting it gets ,deep down we know its not real).

    May 7, 2006 at 12:49 pm in reply to: Burmese Seafires #1296580
    stuart gowans
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    Wasn’t there a move to convert at least one 57/58 griffon to single prop shaft? they are only single stage aren’t they , but they are two speed ; what mark were the XV Seafires griffons originally ? and how do they compare with the 57/58’s.

    May 7, 2006 at 8:21 am in reply to: Will it be at Legends???? #1296922
    stuart gowans
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    Does each tee shirt come with a free migrant worker inside? for delivery purposes of course; Still think the best thing for the “connie” is gate guardian duties at RAF Felixstowe, pole mounted at an oblique angle possibly with one door slightly open in original Hanjin sqn markings what a sight

    May 6, 2006 at 11:27 am in reply to: Will it be at Legends???? #1298008
    stuart gowans
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    Area 51 becomes even less accessible

    May 5, 2006 at 11:06 pm in reply to: Will it be at Legends???? #1298541
    stuart gowans
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    Is it a well known forum members ebay purchases from last year? (they say 6 weeks ,but surely nobody believes them!)

    May 5, 2006 at 8:54 pm in reply to: Interesting trophy?…but what is it? #1298814
    stuart gowans
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    Looks like a barometer… sorry is that not silly enough? not from a Hawker Heart are they?

    May 5, 2006 at 10:04 am in reply to: Will it be at Legends???? #1300201
    stuart gowans
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    I think the real question is whether the container should be made airworthy ,and loose most of its originality; (rebuilt from its ISO plate upwards) or should it remain in its original condition as a static display, although if left out side ,the British climate…..

    May 4, 2006 at 8:10 pm in reply to: Will it be at Legends???? #1300838
    stuart gowans
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    Maybe it contains 100,000 inflatable spitfires and a million rubber dog poos for sale on the stalls?!!

    Can I take it that you are less than impressed with the quality of the mechandising at your typical Dx airshow; I think they do a very nice line in see through RAF ensigns, and kiddies flying jackets made from inside out poodles; (probably humanely starved to death)

    May 4, 2006 at 12:37 pm in reply to: Calling Spitfire Experten #1301486
    stuart gowans
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    according to drawing no. 35033/ sht 6 (which incidently is the same as 30033/sht 6 )the elevator drum rear mount is on the front of frame 9 and no part of it extends beyondthe C/L except some of the nut; the only reference point given is that the top mountion hole is 25” below the C/L of the datum

    May 4, 2006 at 7:54 am in reply to: OFMC spitfire mk xvi #1301830
    stuart gowans
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    I know the chap that took it into Halton originally. Indeed it was looking a bit sad back then.

    Suspect it will take loads of wonga and even more TLC to get it back to what it should be (and even there some folk scratch their heads deciding what it was in the first place).

    I believe there is a skunkworks at the eastern end of Duxford that could probably sort it. Just find a rich uncle first. :rolleyes:

    I,m suprised at that ,as when I was there a couple of months ago , “it looked so pretty to me” (just like it always did ) like the spanish city…..

    May 4, 2006 at 7:42 am in reply to: Will it be at Legends???? #1301834
    stuart gowans
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    Is it me ,or does that white lump (crane) look like Concorde, without the wings sitting on top of the containers?

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