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  • March 11, 2011 at 5:14 pm in reply to: Whirlwind Ident #1091171
    jeepman
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    Whirlwind Ident

    the next number after the last Whirlwind – spaces between allocated blocks of numbers were often left for security reasons

    or

    the identity of the airframe from which largest piece of original material (aka wreckage) has been incorporated into the rebuild.

    March 2, 2011 at 4:24 pm in reply to: WW1 Seaplane Lighter Found. FAAM #1101784
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    think it has been at Yeovilton for quite some time

    http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/ships_register.php?action=ship&id=712

    February 28, 2011 at 12:21 am in reply to: Spitfire Survivors out? #1104122
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    I hardly dare say it but………………..

    Will it be at Legends?

    February 17, 2011 at 10:32 pm in reply to: Another Lancaster Bomber Restored #1115320
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    What are the row of protrusions running along the lower edges of the canopy? PA474 doesn’t have them….

    perhaps they’re fasteners for a canopy cover when the airframe is on the ground?

    February 14, 2011 at 10:02 pm in reply to: Beaufighter to Australia in 2011 #1118870
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    Anybody know what’s happening with the East Fortune example?

    February 12, 2011 at 5:35 pm in reply to: RAF Museum Sturmovik #1121811
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    The relevance of the Il2 in the milestones of flight was as jeepman rightly points out, the Il2 was the most numerous military aircraft of all time… Thats why it was going to be in milestones of flight.

    as well as the fact that the Museum now holds examples of aircraft from each of the major combatants in the Second World War – UK and Empire/Dominions+USA+USSR+Germany+Italy+Japan – not forgetting the fact that RAF & USA types were flown by pilots from the occupied countries

    And if we have an Il-2 on show, perhaps they might give us our Stirling back :diablo:

    February 12, 2011 at 3:22 pm in reply to: RAF Museum Sturmovik #1121974
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    The RAF flew B17’s with coastal command !

    and 100 Group on Bomber Support and Radio Counter Measures missions

    February 11, 2011 at 5:47 pm in reply to: RAF Museum Sturmovik #1122820
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    Ha ha! I remember that!

    Well folks, thanks for the posts – I’ll be sorry if RAFM doesnt get an Il-2 – rather partial to something Ruski me…

    All the best

    TT

    is there any reason why they shouldn’t?

    do you know something we don’t….. 🙂

    February 9, 2011 at 5:48 pm in reply to: RAF Museum Sturmovik #1126010
    jeepman
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    Why would the RAF Museum want a Sturmovik. The RAF never flew them or barring Korea ever fought against them. Let the russians keep their junk and give us our Stirling back 🙂

    John

    For the Millstones of Flight Hall presumably

    Wasn’t the Il-2/10 line the most numerous military aircraft design of all time?

    I would have thought that was enough justification to include in the Hendon collections

    February 6, 2011 at 5:32 am in reply to: Speed Spitfire N17 #1129931
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    just interested – suppose somebody resurrected the High Speed Spitfire

    Could they get dispensation from the CAA for it to fly in Class B markings in the same way that military aircraft can get permission to fly in military marks?

    February 5, 2011 at 7:10 pm in reply to: Messerschmitt 109-E…..where?? #1130614
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    Since retro-fitted with the canopy it should have had….

    Not quite apparently

    it’s a “thick-framed” Me109G type canopy, rather than the thinner framed sort originally fitted to the Me109E-4/7.

    or so they say…………..

    Yes, I have that as Sheffield but not been able to confirm it. Someone will!

    Sure is Sheffield – It’s in Barkers Pool. Thats the City Hall and the (now demolished) Grand Hotel behind

    see

    http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=546625

    January 30, 2011 at 10:43 am in reply to: What historic a/c could be massed produced for the modern RAF? #1139797
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    Then, a few years down the line, BAE could take them all to bits, fit different wings, engines & avionics, except this time it’ll be called the Shackleton 3000, just to give then a chance of getting it ready on time. :diablo:

    And then we could scrap them just before they come into service….

    ps anybody seen the Sunday Times today……….

    January 30, 2011 at 10:14 am in reply to: What historic a/c could be massed produced for the modern RAF? #1139813
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    the way things are going with the RAF, soon all that will be left will the BBMF

    you’d have a handful of fighters to fight, a bomber to bomb, a transport to transport and trainers to train

    with the originals, you wouldn’t have to put anything back into production

    Haven’t we been here before?

    wonder if we’ll ever see another “Expansion period”

    January 28, 2011 at 5:49 pm in reply to: The Spitfires down a Australian Mine Story gets a Reprise #1140771
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    talking of buried Spitfires…

    what became of the Spitfires buried in Burma

    and

    the above ground Indian decoys mentioned by Peter Vacher in his book on R4118?

    January 28, 2011 at 5:24 pm in reply to: Spitfire IX at Speyer #1140787
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    Presumably Volume 2 might include an addendum to Volume 1

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