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May 22, 2021 at 1:35 am in reply to: Mark Hanna – Spitfires #764156

Elliott Marsh
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I’m sure I read his critique of a T.IX back in the 1990s, but couldn’t say whether this was based on having flown one or back-seated. I can’t imagine Mark Hanna back seating anything, to be honest!

TFC’s ML417 was mentioned and corroborated by interviewees, but I didn’t have a chance to verify this in his logbook. If anyone knows any different… Pretty sure the comments above re: PL983 are accurate, too.

That is indeed TE566 in part 4; a technical issue killed off the captions I spent hours writing out, sadly. There are some nice tidbits in them, so hopefully a future upgrade will bring them to life!

He flew MV293 on several occasions during the 1999, including at Hahnweide and an airshow in Switzerland (I can’t remember which – maybe Bern? There are photos on airliners.net).

One little aside that did come to light in reviewing Ray’s logbooks is that he flew TFC’s EP120 at one of the early Goodwood Revivals – a pilot/aircraft combo I’d love to have seen!

April 27, 2021 at 6:51 pm in reply to: UPDATE Full series now published – Mark Hanna – 5-part series #764374

Elliott Marsh
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Part two is now live… We’re heading to the mid to late-’80s, and Mark’s flying on Empire of the Sun, Piece of Cake and Memphis Belle. The years that saw Mark establish himself as “part of the Hanna family flying legend”.

Link (with the caveat that you may need to copy-paste into your browser): vintageaviationecho.com/mark-hanna-pt-2

April 19, 2021 at 10:01 pm in reply to: UPDATE Full series now published – Mark Hanna – 5-part series #764435

Elliott Marsh
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That happens for me too, but with all URLs from this forum! To anyone else having difficulty, just copy and paste the URL (or Google the Echo, as above!) to get around it the glitch.

April 22, 2020 at 11:13 pm in reply to: How difficult was it to fly the very early aeroplanes of 1909/1910? #777167

Elliott Marsh
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This is the Mikael Carlson article I mentioned – https://vintageaviationecho.com/mikael-carlson-bleriot/

“The Blériot will be the worst aircraft you will ever fly. You could fly it for 30 years and most of the flights will not be fun. But after the flight you have the huge satisfaction of knowing you’ve flown an authentic first generation aeroplane that is a pioneering design dating back over 110 years.”

April 15, 2020 at 11:07 pm in reply to: How difficult was it to fly the very early aeroplanes of 1909/1910? #777902

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I have a write-up of an interview with Mikael Carlson waiting for publication on The Vintage Aviation Echo. It’ll likely be a couple of weeks before it’s “live” as there is another article ahead of it in the queue, but it’s 4,000 words on flying the Thulin A / Blériot XI from a man who has flown the aeroplane for nearly 30 years and has crossed the Channel in one (twice). I’ll post a link here when it’s published as I’m sure it’ll be of interest to the OP.

November 7, 2018 at 2:18 pm in reply to: In-depth John Romain career interview #768495

Elliott Marsh
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Thanks for the kind comments, all.

Propstrike — quite right, there was enough material to easily double the length. Picking and choosing certain elements and stories to fit the overarching narrative wasn’t easy!

Trumper — the image link seems to have ‘tripped’ in my initial post. I’ve rectified this. Try http://www.vintageaviationecho.com/john-romain/ if in doubt.

March 1, 2018 at 12:07 pm in reply to: Hurricane BE505 to be converted into a two seater! #828863

Elliott Marsh
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Thanks for sharing the link. There is actually mention in there of HRL restoring Pegs!

Much us I love ol’ Pegs, if a two-seat conversion keeps the aircraft flying in the UK, I can’t really object to it. The modifications will be as subtle as can be. Also worth noting, for what it’s worth, that Pegs isn’t an original Mk.IIB (if we want to start down the provenance road).

March 31, 2017 at 11:58 am in reply to: Flying Legends 2017 #777251

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I can’t edit my post for technical reasons, but I’m told by people who know me better than I know myself that it was actually Mildenhall 1998 when I first saw Shipley. A mere 19 years ago this May! Apologies for the fake news. Point is, they’ve all been doing this for many, many years and are very, very good at it.

(Fixed for you. Moggy)

March 31, 2017 at 11:47 am in reply to: Flying Legends 2017 #777259

Elliott Marsh
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Decades of experience flying warbird fighters (in Steve Hinton’s case, 7000+ hrs on warbirds) and decades of close formation aerobatic experience in numerous different types make them about as qualified as anyone in the world, surely? Ed Shipley is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s best formation aerobatic pilots. I first saw him glued to Lee Proudfoot’s wing in a P-51. That was at Duxford, nearly 19 years ago.

Looking forward to seeing them in whatever combo they present!

February 5, 2016 at 6:25 pm in reply to: The death knell for many UK aviation events? #851314

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And what percentage – if I may ask – of the UK voting population is actually involved in going to, officiating at, and/or flying/maintaining/paying-for airshows? Miniscule is the answer. There is NOT “a very significant industry”. Therefore, it is a minority sport. So there is no overweening need to keep any of them in existence. Would save an awful lot of needlessly spent money. One could, possibly, exempt RIAT and Farnborough? They are, after all, not airshows but corporate bunfests where manufacturers and/or bankers try to flog NEW aircraft, as opposed to displaying OLD aircraft. And I speak as one who did a significant number of the very early IATs at Greenham (working 18-20 hr days/nights!).
HTH – but I know it won’t because minds that are already made up are not susceptible to reality!
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32,000+ people bowled up to Goodwood on a Tuesday morning in dogsh*t weather to see Spitfires and Hurricanes take off and fly away. Thousands turned out across the country to watch the Vulcan fly past once. Duxford sold out. Twice. Many other shows sold out. The appetite for aviation is still going strong.

I’d suggest you consider a reality check of your own.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to book me some Duxford tickets before the minority who don’t give a crap buy all the tickets to watch vintage aeroplanes needlessly flown around for our viewing pleasure at great cost. Cheeky ******s; misguided, all.

December 1, 2015 at 1:15 pm in reply to: Ray Hanna #898320

Elliott Marsh
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Hard to believe it’s been ten years. I’ve written a few personal recollections of Ray and the impact both he and Mark had on an impressionable young aviation enthusiast – anyone interested can have a look at http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2015/12/01/editorial-december-2015-remembering-ray-hanna/. Photos courtesy of our own JDK!

September 8, 2015 at 4:24 pm in reply to: Biggin Hill 75 #888886

Elliott Marsh
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Thanks for the plug. :eagerness:

I hope the article is of interest. Dan Griffith (flight leader), Brian Smith, Paul Bonhomme, Dave Puleston, Stephen Stead and Chris Fairfax (owner of EE602) all contributed, meaning that at least one pilot in each of the three sections offered their recollections of the flights. A fantastic day, and a real pleasure to have worked with those guys to put the article together.

July 15, 2015 at 10:48 pm in reply to: OLD WARDEN 2015 #859241

Elliott Marsh
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For the love of god!!! Lovely shots David, thanks for posting. Hoping for good weather on Saturday.

*Makes no apologies for the nice pics m8 post

June 18, 2015 at 2:35 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #884210

Elliott Marsh
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There are many things that play on my mind throughout the day – will the Costa round the corner have restocked their ice by the time I head home? Have I missed the boat with the HMV summer sale, meaning I’ll have to pay full whack for the final series of The Thick of It? Will the P-40C be airworthy by Flying Legends? Will there be enough towels left in the office showers for me to use three (one for the top, one for the bottom, one on the floor to dry the soles of my feet) without feeling guilty?

Whether or not photographs posted in a thread on an aviation forum can be categorised as historic or otherwise is not one of those things.

Keep it up gents, the photographs and news from Duxford are always of interest to me! 😉 :eagerness:

June 12, 2015 at 11:18 am in reply to: Biggin Hill Battle of Britain Event #890760

Elliott Marsh
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Accordinging to their web site this is completely sold out (18,000) and you can’t purchase tickets on the day. However, I did notice someone that was selling tickets on the Biggin Facebook page.

It’s this Saturday’s Festival of Flight that’s sold out. The 18 August Battle of Britain event tickets aren’t on sale yet. Before the website disappeared I recall it said tickets went on sale on 15 June and were limited to 3,000.

The website also said there are plans for 26 Spitfires & Hurricanes to fly in three formations over three different areas in the south-east. There will also be a flightline walk and re-enactors. Tickets priced at £40pp.
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