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March 31, 2025 at 3:26 pm in reply to: Miles Messenger #1158585

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Are these the parts that came from Peter Amos and the Miles Aircraft Collection?

March 31, 2025 at 3:20 pm in reply to: Looking for some parts for an auster restoration #1157268

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For some time now, it has looked like this:

Are you sure that you didn’t acquire a set of Agricola drawings by mistake – or maybe the wings will be a in different position before they feel the wind under them again!

March 31, 2025 at 3:20 pm in reply to: Auster – Faster Than A Speeding Pullet #1157287

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It’s a shame the Zaunkoenig V2 is not still on the UK register. Put any Auster up to fly in formation with the little German and the Rearsby Rocket will think that it’s a high powered, fast and highly manoeuvrable aeroplane – well, comparatively speaking! But I suspect that if you haven’t got oodles of time on your hands, don’t want to see the scenery passing slowly (assuming that there is no head wind), don’t expect to get your hands dirty and don’t want to be the butt of many a flying club joke, you don’t buy an Auster! It’s a bit like asking a man why he bought a frog eyed Sprite rather than a BMW Z-4!

March 31, 2025 at 3:18 pm in reply to: What will you do with your book collection? #1156846

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I’m taking mine with me. I’ll need something to read when I get up there (says he, hopefully). The technical ones will be particularly important. Without them, how am I going to make the necessary modifications to the aspect ratio of my wings – and I’m definitely going to add flaps. I’ve heard tell that they’ve been using the same basic design for over 2000 years! I can’t be doing with a slow rate of climb and a propensity to drop a wing in the turn. But don’t ask me where I’m going to stick the rudder. I only hope that I don’t need to refer to those books dealing with take offs from hot and low locations!

March 31, 2025 at 2:56 pm in reply to: Heston Phoenix G-AESV #1152546

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But back to the subject, it occurred to me that it is likely that the French authorities would have investigated the crash and that a report would have been produced. Thus I have contacted the BEA, the French equivalent of the AAIB, to ascertain if they have such a reoprt and, if not, to enquire of them where I might find more information about the crash. So watch this space.

Despite the passage of nearly three weeks, I have heard nothing from the BEA. However Christmas and the new year did intervene. I’ll now chase them for a reply. It would be nice to know where the Phoenix came down; in what condition it then was; and what, ultimately, was its fate.

March 31, 2025 at 2:56 pm in reply to: German occupation of Channel Islands – civil aircraft destruction #1152561

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Gosh, it looks as if this is too obscure, even by my standards, to get any input here. Are there not any CI resident forum members who might, at least, suggest to me where I might pursue this enquiry further?

March 31, 2025 at 2:56 pm in reply to: Miles Whitney Straight #1152569

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Nice to see you back, Hairyplane. I haven’t seen you around these parts for a while.

March 31, 2025 at 2:56 pm in reply to: Heston Phoenix G-AESV #1152411

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Laurence, assuming that it did crash in the French Alps and having regard to the fact that you live in Switzerland and I live over towards the Atlantic coast of France, I think that there is little doubt that you would win the proximity competition hands down!

March 31, 2025 at 2:55 pm in reply to: German occupation of Channel Islands – civil aircraft destruction #1152229

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I’m curious as to why you are posting all these obscure civil aircraft destruction questions over the last few months?

Simple – it’s because this obscure subject interests me!

March 31, 2025 at 2:47 pm in reply to: German occupation of Channel Islands – civil aircraft destruction #1150617

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Thank you for the support. Do you think that we should have a team anorak?

March 31, 2025 at 2:38 pm in reply to: German occupation of Channel Islands – civil aircraft destruction #1148907

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I declined the offer as I knew I would never have the funds to get her certified as a new type by the CAA.

My wife has said, repeatedly, that I should be certified but I don’t think that she had in mind this being done by the CAA. She mentioned something about the Mental Health Act!

March 31, 2025 at 2:37 pm in reply to: Seen On Ebay Thread #1148642

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I’ve just noticed the number of replies to this thread – it’s 666, the number of the beast. Is there something they haven’t been telling us about eBay!

March 31, 2025 at 2:37 pm in reply to: Douglas Baders tin legs #1148650

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What’s ghoulish about tin legs? I could understand such a sentiment if there was a demand for the real ones to be put on display!

March 31, 2025 at 2:34 pm in reply to: Patrick (Patrique?) Reyre, Lancaster Captain #1148138

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I suspect that the pre-anglicisation version of your parents’ former neighbour’s name might have been patrice rather than patrique – so perhaps this might be useful as the third line of enquiry!

March 31, 2025 at 2:21 pm in reply to: WW2 Flying Boots?? #1145380

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………….and there’s me thinking that someone had come across a cache of geordie Sunderlands!
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