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  • in reply to: FW in the snow #1156447
    Bograt
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    Four visitors through the gates today, so I’ve just been informed.

    FW is outside again, looks good in the snow.

    in reply to: FW in the snow #1155800
    Bograt
    Participant

    Would have been five if they hadn’t restricted access to the place. 😀

    Brian

    You didn’t miss a lot, although we did get the first flying visitor today!

    in reply to: Got a Jaguar GR3 For Sale? #1149779
    Bograt
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    They could always do a swap with the Indian Air Force using another of the BBMF airframes…..

    (I’ll get me coat)

    in reply to: Another Flug-Werke '190 airborne #1149783
    Bograt
    Participant

    The 190 was being dismantled when I arrived at DX this morning (in the snow!)

    …and you didn’t call in for a cuppa? Shame on you, Bruce…:)

    in reply to: BBMF Under Threat? #1147616
    Bograt
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    It’s OK, the Sunday Express will save them again :rolleyes:

    http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/52252

    in reply to: Before Flight Servicing on JP's #1147146
    Bograt
    Participant

    The CAA’s CAP637 has illustrations on marshalling –

    http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP637.PDF

    Doesn’t cover stuff like “bomb doors open” but that shouldn’t be a problem on a JP

    in reply to: 1960 Aircraft Restoration in BEA Hangar #1133053
    Bograt
    Participant

    I never knew that Rick Astley was an instrument fitter 😀

    Great video, thanks for posting!

    in reply to: P-51 nice landing………….. #1133058
    Bograt
    Participant

    Interesting to note the time the aircraft took to come to a halt…9 seconds. Must seem like hours to the occupants, and I’m sure the good people in Hollywood could make a crash landing last a couple of minutes at least!

    in reply to: 'live' airfield #1131545
    Bograt
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    they apparently need all the beauty sleep they can get

    Which would be why devastatingly handsome engineers who don’t need beauty sleep would still be up late at night posting on forums, eh Roobs? 😀

    in reply to: Chipmunk main wheels #1125591
    Bograt
    Participant

    Impatient, aren’t you? 😀

    I’ll check one out in the morning for you, hangar lights are out now…..

    in reply to: Chipmunk main wheels #1124792
    Bograt
    Participant

    As David says, it’s a six inch wheel, which is the diameter of the well. The rim is about seven inches, and the bearing aperture (‘ole in the middle 😀 ) is about 2½ inches. Bit hard to gauge the depth of this hole, as you would need the wheel to be off the aircraft. Hope this helps.

    in reply to: identification help – mystery Dutch fighter #1123570
    Bograt
    Participant

    I can tell you it’s Czech, not Dutch.

    in reply to: Duxford IWM #1123571
    Bograt
    Participant

    Don’t forget that you can hop on and off the bus wherever you like – it stops at each hangar anyway, and as it is a free service you can just make use of it as you wish. Watch out for the dodgy ex-police driver with the beard tho’….. 😉

    in reply to: BBC4 Tonight #1117797
    Bograt
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    Fascinating programme, really enjoyed it. One thing that I found puzzling was the jettisoning of the water containers over Russia – the crewman cut the tanks away rather than just emptying them. Now surely this could create difficulties down route when you desired to take ballast on again. Or, was the film actually showing waste containers being dumped, and that just happened to be a handy bit of film to use?

    in reply to: Flying high at Little Staughton #1112424
    Bograt
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    Maybe next time they’ll set up at Gransden and reactivate the FIDO to heat the greenhouses….:p

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