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November 16, 2008 at 5:45 pm in reply to: Aircraft Instrument Panel Projects #1221006

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Also be prepared to pay good money – few hundred pounds to start with should see you well on your way to filling them.

Jon

November 14, 2008 at 11:52 pm in reply to: Handley Page Halton Pannier Still Surviving. Action required. #1222420

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Am happy to get involved if needed.

Jon

Offer still stands – plus I have an idea of what to use it for 😀 –

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.britisheagle.net/pictures/G-ALEF.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.britisheagle.net/G-ALEF.htm&usg=__GeS3yAsMbUkhAPLC2MAZiSyeF_c=&h=590&w=868&sz=94&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=4osdQaQvxYqfbM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=145&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dg-alef%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

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November 14, 2008 at 4:13 pm in reply to: Help Identifying items please #1222819

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Bit of detective work on google gives –

“Navigational Master Watch GCT-Hamilton Type 5470 – This was used by the US Army Air Corps for navigation in WW2”

Jon

November 14, 2008 at 2:42 pm in reply to: 4 Bladed Piston engine and MOD vehicles #1222960

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Wonder where the scrapyard is – first thought was Den road, Kirkcaldy, but not sure – the main shed is a bit more deteriorated than in the 2000 aerial shots

http://www.multimap.com/s/lgRd3MKA

Looks like a good guess to me. Whilst stuff in the yard has been moved around the buildings etc in the background match.

Jon

November 11, 2008 at 12:56 pm in reply to: Wanted:Vickers Viscount for Transport Museum #1226206

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Whats the reg of this one??

An educated guess would be 3D-JAP. Could be wrong though 🙂

Jon

November 11, 2008 at 12:38 pm in reply to: Czechoslovak squadrons in GB, WW2 photos #1226280

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A truly illuminating collection of pictures.

I would suggest pictures #8 & #10 relate to the following –

“The squadrons first victory was a Junkers Ju 88 above Liverpool by Alois Vašátko, Denys Gillam and Josef Stehlík on 8 October 1940.”

On Saturday must make a point of finding the same spot and taking a picture.

Update: then rather sadly #11 documents the squadrons first fatality a mere 2 days later – http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/Hurricane%20L1547.htm

Jon

November 7, 2008 at 10:28 am in reply to: Viscount Incident at Liverpool Speke #1230623

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Quote: The Viscount hitting the terminal incident would have been the time when British Eagle’s G-AMOE suffered a siezed mainwheel brake while taxying and swung round into a doorway with the proverbial sickening crunch.

Think it was a Cambrian Airways Viscount and I think it was being taxied by the engineers, if it is the same incident.

PS I was there shortly after it happened!

PPS Thread drift but does anyone remember the Connie sitting on its bottom after the fag run from Dublin?

Slight update to this story after a recent chat with an ex eagle/cambrian engineer. The siezed mainwheel brake might have been the official explanation but was NOT the actual reason. 😉

Jon

November 4, 2008 at 12:26 am in reply to: Photo's of an RAF career 1930's to 1960's ! #1234284

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Jon H, Thank you for that, Yes when I first saw these I thought Farnborough ! The month made me think ? But by this time this person was a senior citizen, and hey that comes to us all, just so grateful for what he recorded from his earlier years !

Keith.

Oh I think we can allow a few months out 😉

Have also found a picture of the Herald for you at the event –

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Maritime-Central-Airways/Handley-Page-HPR-7/0765722&tbl=photo_info&photo_nr=1&sok=WHERE__%28airline_%3D_%27Maritime_Central_Airways%27%29_&sort=_order_by_photo_id_DESC_&prev_id=&next_id=0118415

Trust you are aware then that this a/c still exists today? If not will give you a clue – its in your local a/c museum 😉

Jon

November 3, 2008 at 11:57 pm in reply to: Photo's of an RAF career 1930's to 1960's ! #1234296

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Two more, rather later photo’s, from the same photographer, both tagged March 1963, I assume from an airshow/event, but what/which event ?

I would suggest they were actaully taken at Farnborough 3rd – 9th September 1962.

(http://www.farnboroughspotters.com/62.html)

All a/c pictured are listed as exhibiting plus the livery information provided for the Herald fits perfectly with the one behind the HP.115 in the first picture. 🙂

Jon

November 2, 2008 at 11:00 pm in reply to: Burtonwood Airbase #1235140

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And so work has begun 🙁

Jon

October 29, 2008 at 6:05 pm in reply to: Little gems #1238452

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Solent Sky has the only remaining piece of Seagull III (I think that’s right)

It is on loan from one of the bigger museums (namely the Fleet Air Arm Museum) so not sure it meets the criteria laid down by WP840 🙂

That said i have to say I would have had no idea myself if I had not just googled it to see if I could find any pictures!

Jon

October 29, 2008 at 3:08 pm in reply to: Long Marston collection #1238592

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and Meteor T7

Only one out is not bad going 🙂

Jon

October 23, 2008 at 4:50 pm in reply to: 2008 Anniversaries #1166320

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50th anniversary of Britannia G-ANCF’s first flight (19th November 1958)

Jon

October 16, 2008 at 4:08 pm in reply to: What is there to look forward to in 2009 #1173999

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Apologies if I have missed it elsewhere Jon; but might I enquire what is your latest pit? 😮

You heard it here first 🙂

Jon

October 16, 2008 at 3:29 pm in reply to: Burtonwood Airbase #1174007

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Apparently they are going to turn it into a Titan prison site? One of the hangars has a mural of a B25 in it.

Amongst others – http://www.rafburtonwood.org/DSC00964.jpg
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