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  • January 26, 2013 at 3:23 pm in reply to: Good home required for bound Flypast magazines 1981-2008 #944982
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    Already thinking for a while about this so if somebody wants to let go of a fairly complete collection of FP mags from before 1999 when I started picking them up I’d be interested to have a chat (maybe throw a years electronic subsciption on top).
    PM me if interested.

    November 14, 2012 at 6:13 pm in reply to: Demise of Classic Aircraft #971667
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    Anybody ever had an idea how many readers CA had ? and this compared to Flypast, AeroplaneMonthly, Air Enthusiast, …

    Obviously any hard copy printing will come under increased pressure and lower volumes means higher print costs and that’s a vicious circle from which it’s difficult to get out as higher print costs inevitably means higher newsstand prices.
    I understand that it will not please everybody but is there any sense in going all-digital? That would turn things more into a blog-style thing or even a PDF version but it would still provide readers with information on the post-war era and the warbird scene.

    November 12, 2012 at 4:02 pm in reply to: Demise of Classic Aircraft #975018
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    So lets hope that people in Key Publishing product management read their own forum and learn something.

    I also agree that Air Enthusiast was a superb publication and I’m still buying copies of that whenever a missing issue appears on infamous Ebay. For some things you just need a hard copy.

    I also think that a magazine such as CA has its place in the market and even could be a economically viable project but probably with Key Publishing management overhead that becomes a different story. (sorry for putting myself in the armchair flying seat here…just venting frustration).. alas… we can only file those quality magazines in the archive and have another binder of a great discontinued publication.

    November 10, 2012 at 1:43 pm in reply to: Demise of Classic Aircraft #977817
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    What a shame to hear that. While I’ve subscribed to Flypast for many years I always thought the level of attention that was given to the post war area was below what it should have been, and for somebody who is to young to have been around during WWII the roar of a J-79 is equally exciting as a merlin passing by.
    I will always be interested in historic aviation in general but in all honesty I many times found myself skipping the articles about raid X or Y during WWII because they were all the same. This is by no means meant as disrespect to those who put their lives on the line during those missions but a simple fact of different interest.
    As such it was like a breath of fresh air when CA came around as there was finally a publication that focused on the era that I love most and an era which saw an incredible pace of innovation and modernization in the global aviation scene. I can only say that I do regret the decision which is maybe an economic one but still… Maybe it’s time for Flypast to re-invent itself as the number of people who can associate with events of WWII is diminishing every day (clinical fact) and if the cost of a printed magazine is to much to bear, then I believe an online version or blog but focus on these topics that we all love should not be outside the possibilities of a publisher such as Key. I have never missed an issue of CA on the news stands and so I wouldn’t miss an online issue either.

    June 22, 2012 at 6:20 am in reply to: Hunter PR.11 #986216
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    PR.11

    The F.95 nose was actually detachable and interchangeable with the standard GA.11 nose. As such I’ve seen photos of XE689 (which ended it’s life as a GA.11 with the harley light) with the PR nose.
    I think I also read that 4 aircraft had the PR mod but it’s been a while so I may be wrong on that. Fact is WT723 is the only one remaining so give her a nice rub on the back next time you walk up to her.

    April 28, 2012 at 4:07 pm in reply to: 229 OCU / 145 Sqn Hunter F6/T7 Query!!! #1052063
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    http://www.airfighters.com/photo/50352/M/UK-Air-Force/Hawker-Hunter-T7/XL569/

    Have you searched all the photo sites? Flickr starts to get more and more old stuff.

    With regards to 145sqn, coincidentally ran into this…

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aeromaster-Decal-48-345-Hunter-Pt-1-Hawker-Hunter-/251049639391?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a73b97ddf#ht_500wt_1413

    Good luck with your search

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