VampirefanYes, my understanding is that she was imported for rebuild as a complete aeroplane but a better example was later available.
VampirefanHi, a slight update to this. Still after the engine stands, however we’re now also looking for a Leonides 126 (ideally) or 127, and any and all parts thereof. Ideally an old unused overhauled unit, but we’ll take whatever we can get, within reason……Propeller unit as well for a Piston Provost, and, again, parts thereof. Anyone know of anything available?
Thank you.
VampirefanLooking for the following (in the UK or Europe)……..
de Havilland Heron prop spinner and back-plate
Any Percival Provost parts (and Alvis Leonides parts)
Any T-6 Texan/Harvard parts
Any leads very welcome.
Thank you
VampirefanKlemm L25 G-AAXK
Any idea where G-AAXK is now Eric?
VampirefanWhatever happened to the Klemm (25, I think) fuselage that used to be with the Biggin Hill museum/collection many years ago?
Vampirefan[QUOTE=MrBlueSky;2318068]
regarding Mr Blue Skys 6 point proposal:
May I suggest you take a look see at the Andrew Neil selection of interviews, this one is particularly instructive as to show how CBI’s Carolyn Fairbairn likes picking cherries…
One thing, the year we joined the EU 1973 the 28 country’s that now make up the EU were 36% of the worlds economy – 1980 it was still 30%, today it’s 17% and tumbling by the minute…
Over the last 10 years China & India has doubled their economy, but the Euro Zone is the same as it was in 2006, its no place for a country like ours…
There is no point talking about future markets opening up – future sales do not pay the bills NOW. You seem to be missing the point.
There will be beneficial trade agreements in time between the EU and China and India. From my perspective, the EU represents an incredible market in which we are able to operate without hindrance NOW – not at some hypothetical future time. And as for India and China (along with most other countries outside of the EU for that matter), we cannot as a UK based company operate in these territories as their own protectionist rules preclude this. Such protectionist rules do not exist in the EU.
Again, as with Blue Sky, could I pry please as to whether you are of working age and still earning a daily crust, or are you one of the fortunate retired?
VampirefanBruce
I’d rather take the risk into the unknown than stay!
May I ask your circumstances Blue Sky? Are you of working age with a mortgage, dependent upon a secure and predictable income to secure your and your families future and will therefore be vulnerable to the negative effects of any post exit recession or slow-down in the economy may have on your employer, or are you retired, drawing a pension and pretty much insulated from any negative results of exit?
I suspect that I know the answer.
VampirefanThe website to let people register to vote in the referendum, crashed last night.
There are calls for the deadline to be extended.
It is more likely that those unable to register were in the 18-25 age group.
It is those in the 18-25 age group who are more likely to vote to stay in.
MMmmmm……I wonder if the deadline will be extended ?
Because, in fairness to them, it is actually those currently in the 18 to 25 age group who will be left to pick up the pieces of the disaster an exit would bring on this country. With all due respect to those in their 40s and above, we have had our time. This is a decision which will make or break the future of this country and it is only right that those who will be effected the most should have a say rather than inherit the previous generations mistake…..
VampirefanOne of the most pressing reasons for leaving the EU is ‘over the top’ regulation stifling both the continuation and development of businesses. Being slightly older than Vampireman and having run commercial enterprises both within and without the EU, it is clear in my mind that regulation, whether in the form of welfare regulation or the kind of regulation bestowed upon us by the Human rights Act, 1998, as incorporated, is responsible for many of the ills that bear down upon the desirable prospective of open, free and competitive industries.
The economic argument for leaving or staying does not permit of accurate scrutiny. Why ? Because no one can forecast with any accuracy the turn of future events. To forecast enduring trends is the economists ‘Holy Grail’. It is difficult enough in more certain times without the added difficulty of uncertainty.
There is a point to be made that is superior to all of the ‘smoke and mirrors’ arguments. It is undeniable and unarguable that to be in charge of one’s affairs and therefore one’s destiny is beyond all prize. To commit the future of this nation to the poisonous embrace of so profoundly an undemocratic institution as the EU is to surrender and betray all that this nation has fought to preserve during the passage of many centuries. There is hardly a family in the land who hasn’t experienced the death of family members in pursuit of liberty.
It is no surprise to me that at least around half of this countries voting population, after almost half a century of the malevolent influence of the EU, should be actively pursuing as rapid an exit from this corrupt organisation as possible. The EU as it presently exists is not a benign entity. In its pursuit of power and dictatorial authority it raises the hackles of those whom it presumes to govern leaving a residue of resentment and hate.
Meanwhile, back in the real world………
One criticism I do have of the EU is that they don’t shout loudly enough about the opportunities they bring UK business. How many small business owners have heard of OJEU and the opportunities which exist? Partly this is the fault of the EU for not shouting loudly enough, and partly the British government for not educating the business world over here. However as usual British industry and commerce could do a great deal more to educate itself about the opportunities that exist.
I started reading this thread, but having managed to wade through the first few pages and come across reference to being in effect governed by “foreigners” I really didn’t have the motivation to continue. For me, such attitudes should have died out a long time ago, and I hope that the next generation will care much less for someone’s nationality or where they live, and place much greater importance on their humanity and what they can bring to the table, both intellectually and morally. We are all first and foremost people, human beings. Nationality, a purely artificial concept has, along with religion, been one of the most destructive forces in the history of modern humanity. National borders will, I hope, be of much less importance in the future, however there are bound to be those who for whatever ideological reason feel uncomfortable with this.
VampirefanI can only speak from my own personal experience. I’m in my mid 40s so have grown up with the freedoms that the EU brings and I use these to the full, dividing my time between the UK and France. I have no recollection of the time before the EU, so have no nostalgic hang-ups of such times. However, I run a business which operated in both the UK and Europe, and does so very successfully because of the freedom EU rules allow. The rules we have now, and benefit from now. Current rules. Not some hypothetical future gamble.
I’ve endured endless people saying that we can simply switch our operation to working in the US or some other country. Why? And no, we can’t. We cannot operate in the US, Canada, Australia and a myriad of other markets because they still employ the same market protectionist activities that the EU rightly did away with years ago.
Ditch the EU? You’ve got to be kidding.
That’s simply my perspective. When you have a business model that works, you don’t ditch it. And contrary to what you’ll hear elsewhere, when it comes to business the EU works, and it actually works bloody well.
Now, everyone is entitled to an opinion and to express that opinion in voting whichever way they see fit. However, all I would ask of people is to actually do their own research and not rely on the cr@p being pumped out by the Brexit jokers – for like it or not they are nothing more than snake oil salesmen trying to sell you a vision of a better world that in actual fact will never be. At best it will take a generation to put us back to where we are now, at this current time, in regard to trade opportunities.
Is the EU perfect? No, of course not. But if you’re prepared to get off your backside the EU offers both business and social opportunities that are unrivalled anywhere in any other marketplace. And if we leave it, the EU will still exist, happily developing without the UK having any say in its future. And if we wish to trade with the EU post exit, we will still have to work to the EU rules – rules over which we will have no control.
If you work for a company, ask yourself how this will effect your job security. If you enjoy any of the social freedoms that the EU brings, be it passport free travel within the EU, cheap flights to some wonderful destination, or the hope that you could one day retire with minimum effort to some warmer location within the EU, think very carefully before you vote.
Be careful what you wish for, you might just get what you think you want………
VampirefanCertainly interested Dave. Any more details? Thanks
Got some T6 Harvard canopie frames , over at my fathers.
Dave
VampirefanThanks for the heads-up, but both too good for our needs.
VampirefanLooking for any T-6 or Harvard parts including windscreen, canopies, wheels, rear (triangular) instrument panel, instruments, engine cowlings. Anything is on interest!
Thanks
VampirefanIn the sector we work in (non-aviation) we cannot do business in the USA as they have protectionist rules preventing anyone other than domestic suppliers from working in this sector of their market. Those restrictions don’t exist across Europe, thanks largely to that oh so terrible legislation that the EU so crassly pumps out and imposes on everyone. The fact of the matter is that we can currently transact business anywhere within the EU, and that freedom is essential to success. We do not know what restrictions or conditions may be placed on this ability if we leave the EU, and that uncertainty alone is not good for business even ignoring any final outcome.
And we are not alone in this. Most employees who are not actively involved in the business development side of their employers business have no reason to understand the full benefits of the UK’s EU membership – why should they? However, they are constantly bombarded with the never ending stream of self-serving rubbish peddled by the UK private media and politicians who simply regard the referendum as an effective way of banging their own drum to better their own career without even considering the real world results of their actions. You can bet your bottom dollar that the likes of Boris Johnson, IDS and Gove made sure that an exit wouldn’t have any detrimental effect on their personal wealth and circumstances before they decided to push for an “out” vote. But those it would significantly effect, well, they can go to hell on a hand cart, can’t they……….
VampirefanIn the sector we work in (non-aviation) we cannot do business in the USA as they have protectionist rules preventing anyone other than domestic suppliers from working in this sector of their market. Those restrictions don’t exist across Europe, thanks largely to that oh so terrible legislation that the EU so crassly pumps out and imposes on everyone. The fact of the matter is that we can currently transact business anywhere within the EU, and that freedom is essential to success. We do not know what restrictions or conditions may be placed on this ability if we leave the EU, and that uncertainty alone is not good for business even ignoring any final outcome.
And we are not alone in this. Most employees who are not actively involved in the business development side of their employers business have no reason to understand the full benefits of the UK’s EU membership – why should they? However, they are constantly bombarded with the never ending stream of self-serving rubbish peddled by the UK private media and politicians who simply regard the referendum as an effective way of banging their own drum to better their own career without even considering the real world results of their actions. You can bet your bottom dollar that the likes of Boris Johnson, IDS and Gove made sure that an exit wouldn’t have any detrimental effect on their personal wealth and circumstances before they decided to push for an “out” vote. But those it would significantly effect, well, they can go to hell on a hand cart, can’t they……….
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