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March 31, 2025 at 10:05 am in reply to: p-51 wreck and restoration sweden #1092381

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Great inspiration to see this wonderful work in progress on ´26084´, I wonder if it was crashed,found in a scrapyard or just been a range target??

March 31, 2025 at 10:02 am in reply to: p-51 wreck and restoration sweden #1091850

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Many thanks to Lars for telling me that this wreckage was recovered from a Swedish swamp.We have seen planes recovered from Russian and PNG swamps in the past, it makes sense that some are also hiding in european swamps, so that out of the tradgedy of a crash a rare museum exhibit can be recovered.I hope the pilot survived the crash of 26084.

June 3, 2020 at 6:21 pm in reply to: There it was, gone….gone #773557

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The reality seems to be that almost all the news is shared on individual facebook pages these days by owners/operators/restorers or places like flickr by photographers and we can engage directly with them there – aviation journalists no longer have much or any advantage in timeliness of information and organizations that once were secretive are now actively promoting themselves on FB so a lot less digging needed and little need to wait for a once per month update

January 20, 2018 at 11:45 pm in reply to: G-FURY #774131

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I grew up in Stanmore and have plenty of happy memories of seeing & hearing both G-FURY & G-FIRE in the air from our garden – not many places in the UK in the mid – late 1970s where it was common to hear a Griffon Spitfire & Sea Fury overhead

February 25, 2015 at 8:22 pm in reply to: Iraq takes the Russian appraoch to battling ISIS #2219013

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http://www.globalresearch.ca/iraqi-army-downs-two-british-planes-carrying-weapons-for-isil-terrorists/5433089
There are a couple of reports on fringe websites from yesterday claiming 2 British planes downed by Iraq while resupplying ISIS – one other site show a photo of a Hercules dropping pallets – anyone here know of 2 Hercules gone missing over Iraq or Syria 2 days ago, on monday, or is this a hoax???

October 8, 2014 at 8:05 pm in reply to: Sweden – A source of Spitfire stuff? Surely not. #929765

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Great to see photos of both Mark 12 and Dylan´s projects – havent read anything about Dylan´s tail number anywhere before………….

January 27, 2014 at 6:36 pm in reply to: Big black thing on a beach #996517

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WW2 bomber tyre -remains of dissolved hub visible around centre rim of rubber

January 20, 2014 at 7:37 pm in reply to: SAAF Spitfires + other aircraft,a personal album of 180 pics Italy '44-'45 #1003660

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Superb photos, a privilege to see them, thankyou for sharing the links 😮

July 2, 2013 at 2:43 pm in reply to: The Hendon Lancaster #943520

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Its should be the original 1942 cockpit nose section bolted on to a reconditioned freshly overhauled machine – I read that identities remained with cockpits during overhauls/rebuilds because different componenets required different lengths of time to be rebuilt so the rest of R5868 is likely to have previously flown under various identities or even be new build dating to its last full overhaul.

March 17, 2013 at 5:04 pm in reply to: More early 1950s Box Brownie pix #959241

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Hi – first post. I’ve seen a photo of G-ALBB elsewhere and have mentioned that it was my grandfather, Brian McGinn, who was the pilot on the day it crashed at Heathrow and was written off (the plane, not Brian fortunately) (01-08-52).

The photo here says it was taken in June ’52 – my question is, if it’s not too impertinent, how do you know the date? Only reason I ask is that there is someone sitting in the pilot’s seat – potentially my grandfather….

Thanks.

That is the date my father wrote on the back of the original print most likely when the print was made

February 19, 2013 at 11:21 am in reply to: Spitfire from Lowestoft. #990862

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It is amazing to know that the real MK805 is the survivor from the Italian gunnery ranges – i wonder if Mr Cooper has been to Italy to see his former plane ??

January 18, 2013 at 12:06 pm in reply to: Peter Vallance #958077

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Rest in Peace Mr Vallance, safe with the assurance that your plans and team are in place and will succeed

January 11, 2013 at 7:24 pm in reply to: Your first Spitfire #969249

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Some sort of Royal Tournament in London at the end of the 1960s before I started school – probably either TE311 or TB382 came on in between cavalry and gun carriages – even at 4 or 5 years of age the Spitfire was the highlight for me! First one in the air was Spencer Flack´s red one as soon as it took to the air in his hands,i grew up not far from Elstree where it lived!

December 25, 2012 at 10:19 am in reply to: What was the first model aircraft you built? #993668

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Airfix 1/72 Spitfire MkIX in a bag from Woolies when 6 years old….

December 15, 2012 at 11:23 pm in reply to: Why has this Beaufighter not been recovered? #1007676

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There is also a Beau in shallow sea off Malta that could be recovered if there were funds available to conserve it which there arent!!
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