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June 9, 2017 at 2:49 pm in reply to: Irish Air Corps Spit TR.9 & refueller! #816794

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that second photo is interesting

Looks like a Leyland Comet in the background, but the one in front looks like a pre-war W Type Bedford with a tank added – The tank almost looks as if it originated on one of those Brockhouse trailers often seen during the war. Was this picture in-service or was the tanker a “bitza” made to be blown up in a film?

June 5, 2017 at 12:39 pm in reply to: Mk 20's series Spitfire/Seafire 46/47 projects #818370

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This hypothetical project has been discussed since the good old days of the Warbirds Worldwide forum. One point though-as the Supermarine Type 538, the Pakistan Air Force Attackers were land based so did they actually retain the folding outer wings. If not, surely the hypothetically surviving wings could be used in the recreation of a Spiteful rather than a Seafang.

My understanding has always been that the Spiteful fuselage was essentially late series Spitfire with a raised cockpit area. (That might have come from an early Air Enthusiast article) Is that an oversimplification

May 30, 2017 at 11:18 pm in reply to: Japanese AH-1S serial numbers? #820184

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on the subject of AH-1 cobras, nobody seems to have mentioned the accident that befell the Red Bull Cobra last week

https://airshowinfo.hu/airshowfeed/2017/05/25/flying-bulls-cobra-crashed-in-tyrol/

May 30, 2017 at 11:53 am in reply to: Sea Vixen wheels up landing #820272

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You do not need to be either a pilot or an expert to recognise and admire the skill of the pilot in pulling off that text-book forced landing which must have minimised the inevitable damage to the airframe, even if they are probably built like a brick %hit-house to reflect the vicissitudes of carrier life. It is to be hoped that the airmanship shown is reflected in an appropriate manner at an appropriate time

May 14, 2017 at 5:26 pm in reply to: "Against The Odds"; Elvington at War Weekend #827341

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Is the Spitfire being refinished as TE199 – the personal hack of the AOC of 21 Group based at Swinderby in the late 1940s – in which case it might sprout gold wing tips and spinner and (call the roundel police) gold outlines to the C type roundels………

April 30, 2017 at 5:54 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2017) #833934

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Final stage I know, but often the thing that lets a restoration down Here is a useful, erudite discusion of the MXY-7 colours by an acknowledged expert on Japanese aircraft paint and colours

http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2011/09/fine-molds-148th-yokosuka-mxy7-model-11.html

April 8, 2017 at 7:29 pm in reply to: Metheringham Watch tower #840519

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It’s a very long term project but it’s in safe hands and will one day be a lasting tribute to Bomber Command and hopefully mirror the excellent USAAF Control tower projects in Norfolk. Partly to blame for the slow progress is the diversion of funds towards creating the airfield MT Section.[ATTACH=CONFIG]252411[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]252412[/ATTACH]

There’s a K2 ambulance for sale on Milweb at the moment……..?

March 21, 2017 at 9:47 pm in reply to: Lancaster NX664 Restoration #781622

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that last shot just highlights the sheer difficulty of clambering over the wing spar in the fuselage to get to the front or back of the airframe – particulaly in full flying kit

There is a certain irony in it being towed out of the hangar by a BMW…..

A lovely restoration – but is the pilots seat still being used as a dentist’s chair?

March 12, 2017 at 8:31 pm in reply to: Categories for aircraft projects #786855

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Presumably those who need to know an airframe’s provenance will know it or will find it out and for the rest of us it doesn’t really matter. It’s not as if we can’t make up our own mind from the information readily available to us

February 16, 2017 at 10:27 pm in reply to: Warbirds of GB – What remains of Doug Arnold's legacy? #799153

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What about the Seafire III -nobody mentioned that yet…

February 6, 2017 at 12:56 pm in reply to: Visit to Brussels museum #805559

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The one at Hendon comprises the second Strathallan fuselage mated to recovered tail and wing remains from Iceland which were restored at St Athan. The CC example presumably was the better of the two Strathallan examples. I think both originated from Canada.

Following the dispersal of the CC collection, the Battle (still in static condition) was displayed at Duxford before being sold to Belgium. IIRC a swap for a gate guardian Belgian Spitfire was somehow involved. Has it deteriorated though-or has the restoration just not been progressed further

January 28, 2017 at 11:06 pm in reply to: Lancaster wheel in derelict museum? #809595

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God knows who thought it was a good idea to put a military vehicle museum in such a damp place – I find it incredible that the unique LRDG Chevy now in the IWM was initially displayed there.

One visit was enough – stuff seemed to rust before your eyes.

January 25, 2017 at 11:20 am in reply to: VTTS Hard Facts Finally Coming Home To Roost? #811528

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There are clearly Vulcan truths and Vulcan post-truths…….

As well as a number of alternative facts

January 19, 2017 at 11:25 pm in reply to: Just Jane Restoration Work Begins #813721

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So is fabric used as a fairing on some of the Lancs joins, joints?

See http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?start=60&finish=15&name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14429

and scroll down for the famouus Charles E Brown photo of the Lancaster on test from Castle Bromwich showing the extent of fabricked joins.

January 16, 2017 at 2:08 pm in reply to: Subritzky family Vickers Vincent #815585

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From the outset this was always going to be a meticulous static restoration inside and out

Which makes the RAFM’s stated reason for not pursuing the acquisition further all the more curious
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