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  • September 15, 2003 at 12:29 pm in reply to: Handley Page Hastings…..? #2080956
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    And here’s the Engineers Station, which appears to be modeled on a Victorian Signal Box!

    September 15, 2003 at 12:22 pm in reply to: Handley Page Hastings…..? #2080961
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    Hers’s Newark Air Museum’s TG 517 a few years ago:

    September 15, 2003 at 11:35 am in reply to: lightning survivors #2080983
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    Here’s XS897 at Aeroventure, looking a bit tired but its been taken apart properly:

    September 15, 2003 at 11:30 am in reply to: Saved From the Scrappie – Whirlwind Rescue #2080992
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    And finally:

    September 15, 2003 at 11:26 am in reply to: Saved From the Scrappie – Whirlwind Rescue #2081024
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    They have quite a colection of Helicopters at Doncaster:

    September 15, 2003 at 11:20 am in reply to: Saved From the Scrappie – Whirlwind Rescue #2081026
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    They have made a nice job of the Whirlwind, and for those of us who havn’t seen it in Flypast:

    September 10, 2003 at 2:20 pm in reply to: £1 Million to spend #2082886
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    Originally posted by Mark12
    LA546 & LA564 both.

    Mark

    I remember seeing one of those in a shed in Newark many many years ago. It was in a pretty poor way then. Seem to remember there was a bit of controversy over the ownership of the aircraft at the time.

    I think one went to Peter Arnold the Spitfire historian?

    I think we need to start a Seafire thread!

    September 10, 2003 at 9:53 am in reply to: £1 Million to spend #2083084
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    Originally posted by redtop
    I’d donate some to Newark Air Museum so they could get some more of those great types indoors (how much hanger do you get for a million these days?). Top up the QRA shed funds at Bruntigthorpe & lastly get Beverley XB259 out of the rain at the Museum Of Army Transport. Think i’d have any change for Thunder City? Purely for research purposes of course……. 😀

    Well for about half a million you get a 2400m2 building that will take a Varsity and ten other aircraft.

    I reckon we should join forces, as for two million we could extend the hangar so it’s big enough for everything in the collection (including the Bev which we could buy and move to Winthorpe). 😉

    Incidentally work on the new hangar at Newark starts next month. 😀

    Thanks for the pic Mark12, its a bit of a beast isn’t it? I was getting confused with one that’s on rebuild in my locality but that’s ‘only’ a Mk 17! 😮

    September 9, 2003 at 9:07 pm in reply to: £1 Million to spend #2083259
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    Exscuse my ignorance, but where is the Seafire?

    Me, buy the Bev and put a roof over it.;)

    September 8, 2003 at 3:45 pm in reply to: Best Vulcan #2083897
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    Hi alamo

    Yeh I appreciate that the APU, sorry AAPU, provided electric power also, but the point I was trying to make (albeit badly) that it was originally designed to make the aircraft self sufficient, but as the bleed air facility was removed, it wasn’t, you needed a ground cart as well (not unless you relied on the rapid start fuction).

    Just seems a typically British way of going about things, reminds me of the Trident 3B, “the worlds first five engined tri-jet”:D

    September 7, 2003 at 11:12 pm in reply to: Best Vulcan #2084068
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    If you look at the elevons on a Vulcan it is usually a good indication as to weather the aircraft is still powered up or not.

    If they are in line with the trailing edge of the wing then it is, if they are drooping down then probably not. The Norwich ones are in line in the picture, so it looks like its been powered up recently.

    The Olympus engines are fitted with air starter’s, so you need an external air supply to start them, ( a Palouste trolley or similar). Originally they could be started internally off the APU, but they found it wasn’t man enough for the job and discontinued the practise. Which was a shame ‘cos that was the whole point of having an APU in the first place!

    September 7, 2003 at 8:11 pm in reply to: Clarkson's Lightning #2084184
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    Apparently it was only at his house very briefly, a bit of a con really!

    September 7, 2003 at 8:09 pm in reply to: Clarkson's Lightning #2084187
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    And whilst I’am on a bit of a roll attaching images there was also a cockpit section outside the company which owns the Lightning /Hunter on the gate.

    September 7, 2003 at 7:57 pm in reply to: Clarkson's Lightning #2084192
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    Heres the Hunter:

    September 7, 2003 at 7:54 pm in reply to: Clarkson's Lightning #2084193
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    The Lightning in question is XM172 and its curently on the gate at Wycombe Air Park (Booker). It is in very poor condition, having had both wings cut off and the tail, in fact it doesn’t have a port wing attached at present!

    Its a shame as its an F1A and I don’t think there are to many of those around anymore. Parked next to it is a equally tatty looking Hunter in RAF c/s, I think it’s one of those ex Danish jobs though.

    I think they are both owned by a aircraft parts / scrap business on the airfield.

    I will try attach an image of it taken a couple of weeks ago.

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