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  • in reply to: Duxford Airspace #1377880
    Will J
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    Note to Duxford people, for a true Commonwealth perspective Airspace needs a Jindivik, there must be a few left and it would not take up much space!

    PS Best looking Hunter…. T8M, by miles 😉

    in reply to: Kemble Airday anyone else going ? #1380387
    Will J
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    I ought to be there all things going well, probably after a heavy bout of jet polishing 😀

    in reply to: Latest 262 Repro Roll-out #1380743
    Will J
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    Nobody has picked up on the other snippet of info there.. destined for the Messerschmit Foundation in Germany. With a 262 in Europe, we may see one in a mock ‘dogfight’ with a Meteor yet 😀

    in reply to: Hullavington anyone going? i know i am :D #1382694
    Will J
    Participant

    Sounds like it was a great weekend, I’m gutted to have missed it..

    (although with my university final assesments on Tuesday, one more weekend sketching diagrams of ekranoplans was probably a wise choice! Only a couple of weeks and I am thrown out into the real world, if you can call Air Atlantique the real world… it’s far better than that 😉 )

    …Colerne next year should be brilliant.

    Was ‘Primrose’ up against ‘Baltic Bear’ , whilst I love Antanovs (see avatar), they have no chance against an enthusiastic Twin Pin! And I thought my suggestion for a Scottish Aviation/Antanov formation display team had fallen on deaf ears…. just need to think for a name for it!

    PS It was just as wet in Coventry!

    in reply to: Vimy Atlantic attempt #1383169
    Will J
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    Does anybody know what the future holds for it as and when it reaches its destination, I remember reading that it might be up for sale (from @eroplane monthly I think :confused: )

    in reply to: Seafire 47- Caption competition? #1384312
    Will J
    Participant

    Mr. De Cadenet was reported to be very pleased with his stunt double for the forthcoming Seafire documentary.

    in reply to: RAF Museum Cosford Current State of Building #1384867
    Will J
    Participant

    No fear.. we still do open days, see http://www.classicflight.com, there will be at least one more this year.

    There is a report on the latest open day on the front page of http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk that includes some nice pictures taken from on board our Twin Pin, G-APRS ‘Primrose’, come along and join in the fun!

    ‘PRS will be putting in appearances at Hullavington this weekend, and will find her way to Legends as well, all in all a busy year 🙂

    in reply to: RAF Museum Cosford Current State of Building #1384901
    Will J
    Participant

    Maybe the Twin Pin is represented in that diagram by what looks like a Jetstream, which is sat under the wing of the Belfast, which on closer inspection looks to be a Hercules?

    in reply to: LA FERTE ALAIS 2005 – Rainy days #1389119
    Will J
    Participant

    Next year will be even better . . .

    I guess many of us are kicking themselves that we managed to miss out for yet another year!

    -Probably time to encourage a certain Coventry-based classic aircraft operator (with an appropriately French sounding name) to send some aircraft there. Also, if there was enough support/bookings, I bet it is well within Dakota/Twin Pin range… if anybody fancied it.

    Do any other operators run passenger flights into the event?

    in reply to: ARDS AIR SHOW MAY 2005 PIX #1390030
    Will J
    Participant

    The shot of the aircraft on the ground gives a nice comparison of the Catalina and the ‘baby’ version (look between the Whirlwind and the fence)..

    It must be 1:6th scale 😮

    Beautiful pictures by the way!

    in reply to: Top Secret British weapon… #1390244
    Will J
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    Depends on your definition of exciting… but then I get excited about short Seamews 😀

    in reply to: Top Secret British weapon… #1390644
    Will J
    Participant

    A cold war squadron of Walrii sounds less silly when you think of Polikarpov biplanes being used (in Korea :confused: ) to play psychological warfare with American soldiers, keeping them awake at night.

    Logically, several hours of ‘steam pigeon’ lullaby to deprive you of sleep and then a bouncing bomb through the wall of your barracks would be enough to sap the morale of the most stoic enemy…

    in reply to: Swiss Mustangs #1392534
    Will J
    Participant

    Happy Birthday Martin!

    (From sunny Coventry.. happy birthday from the Mustang Restoration Co. 🙂 )

    in reply to: Is the NDN Firecracker historic yet?? #1397399
    Will J
    Participant

    I believe this one, here at the Airshow in 2003, has now moved on, the might still be bits and pieces on site though?

    in reply to: Sponsored Warbirds…. #1398452
    Will J
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    Judging by their DC6, ignoring any question of historical accuracy, a Red Bull B17 would look absolutely stunning.

    As I see it, a ‘warbird’ wearing a promotional livery, as a flying advertising hoarding, is no different to say, an aircraft of a similar vintage in civil colours as a fire bomber…

    ..it is just another chapter in the history of that particular airframe.

    ~Ducks to avoid hurled missiles~

    It is a slightly different matter if the particular aircraft is in itself recognised as a monument to wartime sacrifice. So the question there is, what kind of logo is sufficiently subtle and appropriate?

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