Yeap, those are Ferguson´s TE-20s

….. do some research and get a life.
Please don’t waste our time anymore.

Says he of Duxford´s Buchon fame:D

Regarding the U.S breaking the japanese code system in comunication, IIRC, no ENIGMA was involved. I read this years ago, so there might be holes in it, but as far as I remember the U.S intelligence secured a more or less complete set of japanese code books from a whaler that was sinking near the antartic in 1939/1940. By the use of those books, they broke most of the coded messages sent by R/T.

Maybe my memory is not so great, so corrections would be welcome:D

Pete Truman, get off your high horse.

I´ve no idea about your qulifications, maybe you are a certified Buchon driver, but judging by your posts on here you were not even there on the day. How on earth dear you say the pilot of the Buchon displayed “Stubborn bravado” during the display by getting airborne? These guys are professional, and they judged the conditions to be within limits. These guys know what they are doing, they took off, did the display and landed without incident.

You on the other hand, do not have a clue about all of this. So spare everyone the next lesson in armchair aviation. Next time you would like to open your mouth, think about the fact that you might be doing an irreversible damage to display flying of old aircraft by implying irresponsible handling during displays.

If I had said what I really wanted to say I´d be banned forever.

The Aussie 748`s were also on his list on the Northside, as were the 737-200, F27 and Shorts 330/360 on the “McD`s Apron” – still I guess he only wants the best for SEN new modern future :p

Thread creep warning:eek:

You mention a 737-200 that is about to be scrapped. That 73 wouldn´t happen to be the ex-TF-ELL, which to my knowledge was last seen gracing the ramp at SEN??

If so, what an absolute waste of money. It´s extensive corrosion repairs, demanded by it´s owner, nearly bankrupted my former airline in 2003!

I really, really understand your anger. I feel the same all the time, albeit in a different country:rolleyes:
I´ll never understand the the hold the f*cking tree hugging “artistic” clan has on the purse of the authorities. For an example, here in Iceland, an opera building is being built for (estimated, sure to overrun by 150%) 10 billion Icelandic kronurs. If we, historical aviation enthusiasts, were given 10% of that figure, we could build a museum to house all the irreplaceable treasures of Icelandic aviation. But NO!!! We do not even get a planning permission for a museum which we would fund ourselvs!! (You can add all the known curses within these brackets). All the while, irreplaceable treasures are left to rot in less than ideal conditions. We are doing our outmost to preserve them of course, but it is only so much you can do with out propper housing, particulary for the larger exhibits.

Like I said in one argument with a civil servant, the history of aviation in Iceland is volatile, it will disappear with time if not cared for properly. The operas of Bach, Motzart etc. will not go away, you can always make them happen. That argument fell on deaf ears. He is known to be in the f*cking tree hugging department.

Rant about conditions in a different country over!

It was early attemptes to camouflage the aircraft. Was discontinued in the early summer (june/july) of 1940 when the “sky” colour took over. This is just from memory. Sure someone can pin it down.