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February 14, 2011 at 8:10 pm in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1118986

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Ooh! I got one right!

Here’s my contribution. Apologies if it’s been posted before.

FC

February 14, 2011 at 10:09 am in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1119609

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Blackburn B-3?

February 7, 2011 at 11:46 pm in reply to: Crashed biplane – identification needed #1127856

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It’s Snipe E6629 of 32 Sqn. Collided with telegraph wires Lympe 1/10/24 after engine failure in formation takeoff (from Lympe). Note NF roundels. E7629 did not survive into the postwar RAF (not listed).

John

And those are definitely 32 Sqn markings.

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January 10, 2011 at 9:50 pm in reply to: An impossible question? #1090277

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It’s seafront displays I’m tryiong to trace the Evening Echo do have a seach function on thier website but it only go’s back a decade or so, an E-mail to the editor had no result as they do not have the facility/resorce to look/let people look.

The Red Arrows display was 1978 was bale to track down a batted copy of the pull out supplement previewing the 1986 airshow! there is a tiny photo of the Gants banking round, with the subscript red Arrows displaying in 1978.

Cheers for the help

Why not have a look in Southend library? I’m sure that they would have copies of the old newspapers (probably on Microfiche). Most major public libraries do. Just a suggestion.

FC

January 4, 2011 at 11:01 pm in reply to: 44 Squadron on Canberras? #1097364

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According to “Bomber Squadrons of the R.A.F. and their Aircraft”, 44 Sqn went to Honington where they disbanded in July 1957.

I hope that this helps.

Cheers,

FC

January 3, 2011 at 1:05 am in reply to: Stranraer Boats #1099114

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There’s a photo taken by William T. Larkins on Flickr of a RCAF Stranraer visiting San Francisco early in the war; http://www.flickr.com/photos/34076827@N00/4422982544/

Cheers,

FC

January 2, 2011 at 10:39 am in reply to: East German Airforce – what happened after reunification? #1099796

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If I recall correctly, the West German Air Force took in some of the East German Air Force Aircraft, along with some of their bases and personnel. The aircraft that were kept the longest were the MiG-29 and the Tu-154 which were kept for several years. As I recall, the MiG-29s were eventually sold to Poland. The other that were kept for a much more limited period (1 to 3 years), but still received West German markings and serial numbers included the Su-22, MiG-21, An-26, Il-62, Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-14, Mi-24, etc.

All the other aircraft of the former East German Air force were disposed of fairly quickly, such as the An-2, MiG-17, etc.

Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong as I’m going on pure memory here which like my libido is gradually fading. :p

Cheers,

FC

January 2, 2011 at 12:15 am in reply to: Chipmunks And Bulldogs! #1099999

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XX621 is now registered as G-CBEF.

FC

December 24, 2010 at 9:04 pm in reply to: Your photo of 2010 #527690

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Here’s a few of my better ones from this year.

Merry Xmas.

November 25, 2010 at 6:57 am in reply to: Early Short Sunderland colours #1136205

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If you could get hold of Aircraft Profile No 189, it has a port side view of a Sunderland I in an “early wartime camouflage scheme”.

It consists of green and brown camouflaged upper and side surfaces and black undersides – the starboard side may be white but I’m just guessing there. Anyway, the roundels on the tops of the wings and fuselage sides are ‘Type B’ (blue/red), there is no fin flash and no codes and the fuselage serial number (N9046) is either white or light grey.

Underneath the wings (the port one at least), the roundel is ‘Type A’ and the serial number is large and white.

I hope this helps.

FC

November 13, 2010 at 12:48 am in reply to: Bristol Type 138 A #1149721

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According to Air-Britain’s ‘The K File’, the Bristol 138A, K4879 first flew on 11 May 1936. After it had broken the world altitude record of 53,937 ft on 30 June 1937, it force landed at Tangmere on 2 August 1938 consequently going back to Bristols at Filton on 26 August. It then went back to the RAE on 17 September 1938. On 21 June 1940, it was sent to 10 SoTT at Kirkham as 1951M, later being allocated 2393M on 11 December 1940 and then 2739M on 10 October 1941.

I can only presume that it was scrapped at Kirkham sometime after that. I would sat that the reason that it wasn’t preserved was that we had other things to think about at the time…..such as World War 2. 🙂

I hope that this helps.

FC

September 15, 2010 at 7:10 pm in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #13 #2404460

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As far as I recall,all Saudi Lighrnings were Mk 53 (an sort of export version of the F.6).
Regarding the scheme,there were two Lightnings painted with an expiremental scheme similar to this one.
Pics of it can be found in Aviation Workshop’s book about the lightning.

No, they weren’t. Seven ex-RAF Lightning F.2’s and T.4’s were also supplied to Saudi Arabia in 1966/7 as the F.52 and T.54 respectively, probably to train pilots up for the main batch of F.53’s that were to arrive later. The RAF serials were XN729, 767, 770, 796 and 797 for the F.2’s (F.52) and XM989 and 992 for the T.4’s (T.54). The aircraft in the picture 52-655 is a F.52 (ex XN767), hence the early shaped fin.

FC

September 9, 2010 at 7:43 am in reply to: Spotted #1155049

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BBMF Lancaster, PA474 flypast over Corsham yesterday lunchtime. Looked and sounded sweet. 😀

FC

September 1, 2010 at 7:29 pm in reply to: A Few from Manchester 28/8/2010 #517245

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Great photos Stu. You can’t have been stood too far away from me then. 😀

Cheers,

FC

August 31, 2010 at 6:59 pm in reply to: Embraer at MAN?? #531890

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The registration is CN-MBP and it came in at about 15:00 on Saturday.
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