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October 24, 2004 at 3:50 pm in reply to: Thai Spitfire XIV (& Bearcat) #1366948

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Cees,

As mentioned in an earlier post on this thread.

“PS836, the Mk XIX formerly at Chiang Mai, has been given a static restoration by Thai Airways Engineering staff and whilst not completed it is now in the Museum hangars.”

Mark

Oops, missed it.

Thanks Mark

Cees

October 24, 2004 at 11:56 am in reply to: HP Hastings and where did they go? #1367350

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These are the trim wheels of a Hastings

Correct John,

These are the ones I’m after.

Cheers

Cees

October 24, 2004 at 11:51 am in reply to: Thai Spitfire XIV (& Bearcat) #1367358

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Mark,

What happened to it (and the wing lying behind you)?

Cees

October 24, 2004 at 11:50 am in reply to: Aircraft Dumped & buried at Kenley? (2004 Zombie) #1367471

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One item that came out of this buried cache was a Spitfire undercarriage door.

This puzzled me for a while and then I realised that every photograph of the Mk VII EN474, post its US flying evaluation, showed the aircraft minus gear doors.

Mark

Mark,

Mmmm, interesting.

One of the photo’s a published in FlyPast also showed a Typhoon/Tempest radiator while being dug out. Wasn’t Typhoon MN235 based at Freeman Field at one point and isn’t it now missing its radiator? Put two and two together and voila. Don’t think they ever had Tempests in the States for evaluation (or did they?). Perhaps Hendon want their Tiffie radiator back.

Cheers

Cees

October 23, 2004 at 4:41 pm in reply to: Thai Spitfire XIV (& Bearcat) #1368489

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Great book (also the one about preserved Spits in the UK which was published before this one), but as already mentioned it is time for an updated copy as I think the number of Spits have increased dramatically the last decade.

Cees

October 23, 2004 at 4:39 pm in reply to: HP Hastings and where did they go? #1368492

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Hi Al,

How about this one (taken by our forummember Glen RCAF from an earlier thread on NA337).
The two black trimming knobs (wheels) are in the back of the photograph. The text on them have been masked off but one reads aileron trim and the other rudder trim. These are similar as used in the Hastings. The large wheel with the wooden rim is the trimming wheel.

If anything you have that came of a Hastings and resembles the items in the photograph then I am interested :rolleyes:

Cheers

Cees

October 22, 2004 at 6:31 pm in reply to: HP Hastings and where did they go? #1369971

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That would be great, yes please

Cheers

Cees

October 22, 2004 at 6:27 pm in reply to: Squadron "hacks" #1369982

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A certain Messerschmitt 109 G-2 (Black 6 ring a bell?) was used as a hack by Bobby Gibbes ‘s quadron and there was also a captured SM-79 Sparviero that was used as a transport by a British squadron.

Cees

October 22, 2004 at 12:49 pm in reply to: HP Hastings and where did they go? #1370785

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Thanks guys

Any cockpit-equipment or derelict remains lurking somewhere (not the NZ cockpit of course)? The cockpit equipment and fittings are very similar to the Halifax and some parts I am still looking for such as trimming knob are exactly the same.

Cheers

Cees

October 22, 2004 at 10:08 am in reply to: Thai Spitfire XIV (& Bearcat) #1371302

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Mark,

These Spitfires seems to make it as difficult for you to reach them as you can get.

Cheers

Cees

October 22, 2004 at 9:36 am in reply to: Halifax NA337… the Big Move..! #1371342

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Hello friends

Graham Adlam himself followed the thread and asked me to post his message:

I can only list the info people have given me, I know a bit about Spits but dont claim to be an expert on bombers. The rudder pedals actually had a stores ticket saying handley page halifax. I also have left an offer to all members at spitfirespares.com offering vouchers for the correction of listing of any parts i have listed. I have hundreds of parts listed if i knew what they all are from personal knowledge i really would be gifted.

Cheers,
Herbert

Hello all,

Just have been in contact with Graham Adlam about the rudder pedals. Like Herbert already mentioned. The rudder pedals had a tag on them with “Handley Page Halifax” on them. Also Graham offered a discount if anyone could provide any further information about items offered for sale in case of mis-identification. This proves that he is very anxious to provide a good service to the warbird-community in offering hard to find items.

My dealings with Graham have always been a pleasure in the past and I intend to keep it that way. I apologized to him I have offended him, which was never my intention in the first place.

Just to let you know in case these things get out of hand. 🙂

Cheers

Cees

October 22, 2004 at 9:09 am in reply to: Thai Spitfire XIV (& Bearcat) #1371356

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RM873, the high back Mk XIV, formerly at Sawankalok minus wings, was recovered to the museum but has since gone into external store at the RTAFB Takhli.

Mark

Mark

What are the plans for that one? It looks like the restoration of the PRXIX acquired some cowlings somewhere. Were these taken from RM873, or are there still parts to be found?

Is this also the aircraft which wings were acquired by Peter Sledge for his restoration of RR232.?

Cheers

Cees

October 21, 2004 at 11:46 am in reply to: Comet rolls out at Shuttelworth #1373790

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Hmmm, seems like I overlooked the word “yesterday”. Well that was enough to completely alter the question. :p

Living in Naarden which boasts a very nice fortification seen from the air, the DC-2 regularly circles overhead my house.

Oops,

Cees

October 21, 2004 at 9:52 am in reply to: Comet rolls out at Shuttelworth #1374202

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JDK,

The “Uiver” crashed shortly after the race in some desert during a mailflight.

But the DDA still have a DC-2 stored in the rafters (came from OZ during the eighties, no plans for restoration as far as I know) and then there is the airworthy DC2 active at Lelystad.

Wonder how Black Magic is coming along.

Cheers

Cees

October 19, 2004 at 5:01 pm in reply to: Anson Survivors (Zombie from 2004) #1377776

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In one of the Classic Wings issues there is a photograph showing the storage area of the Nanton museum (I think). The caption said that there were about 22 Anson airframes stored outside 😮

There must be many more scattered around Canada (and down under as well). Nice aircraft, especially the ones with the small orange triangles with black edges. 😉

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