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  • March 26, 2013 at 3:23 pm in reply to: Rescued Ethiopian warbirds #951353
    ozplane
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    Thanks for the updates chaps. So would I be right in saying that in summary, 2 Fireflies went to Canada and are/were being restored there. 2 more went to South Africa and then on to New Zealand where one remains in store and the other Trainer is being restored in France? The possibility remains that there are 2 more still in Ethiopia/Eritrea.

    March 24, 2013 at 1:13 pm in reply to: Little Staughton Airfield – 2009 Thread Revived #953272
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    See my post #17. Have you heard any more? Good showman and excellent with corporate guests.

    March 21, 2013 at 12:17 pm in reply to: VWoC Fox Moth #956218
    ozplane
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    I well remember the arrival of AP-ABO, later G-AOJH, in the late evening at Squires Gate. The story was that it had flown in from Pakistan but I think that may have been a bit of 1950s “spin”. I think Russell Whyham had bought it to supplement the two Dragons CIT and DDI but four hefty Lancastrians were a bit too much for a Fox Moth and tricky to load/unload. Mind you Giro Aviation always seemed to manage it over at Southport.

    March 16, 2013 at 10:57 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2013 #960311
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    I believe it was down to heavy corrosion in the undercarriage and a lack of empathy at the time for what was basically viewed as a civil type.

    March 15, 2013 at 6:56 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2013 #960927
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    It looks as though it has just had a skirmish with half a dozen “Zeros”. Tough birds these Hurricanes.

    March 15, 2013 at 10:31 am in reply to: TFC Gladiator #961522
    ozplane
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    Reliably informed that it will fly in the next month or so.

    March 3, 2013 at 5:53 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2013 #976414
    ozplane
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    Yes, the thought of how to keep it glistening!

    March 1, 2013 at 12:48 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2013 #978375
    ozplane
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    I may be wrong, I usually am, but wasn’t there some unfavourable comment about the Invader’s display at a Scottish airshow. Something to do with a wingover at low level which hadn’t been briefed.

    February 27, 2013 at 5:21 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2013 #980922
    ozplane
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    Got to love that smoke trail. Highly un-PC

    February 26, 2013 at 3:58 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2013 #982051
    ozplane
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    The Vampire is in Hangar 4 near where the Varsity used to be.

    February 26, 2013 at 12:32 pm in reply to: Lightning ZF580 scrapping(2013 Thread) #982359
    ozplane
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    Was it £5 million towards Airspace at Duxford? A degree of caring there I think.

    February 22, 2013 at 5:09 pm in reply to: G-ATWZ M.S Rallye Commodore 150 fate? #987127
    ozplane
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    Although not related to this Rallye I do have a story about one I flew in in Germany while I was working in Frankfurt. One of the chaps in the office ,hearing that I had a PPL, decided “Tonight ve go to Worms!”. So off we trot in his very smart Rallye and sure enough Worms appeared on the nose. I thought Hans was lining up for a circuit, as we were at about 1000 feet, but not a bit of it. About 500 meters out he announced “Now ve land” and he just stuffed the nose down. The slats were banging in and out and I’m sure his father must have been a Stuka pilot but we arrived. It was more in the controlled crash category than a landing but we walked away and the aircraft was reusable. Tough old birds but a shame about the corrosion.

    February 19, 2013 at 10:22 am in reply to: Venoms on the move ! #991005
    ozplane
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    Isn’t the problem with the Canberra the lack of potentially airworthy engines? Apparently each mark of Canberra had a different “mod” state on the engines.

    February 13, 2013 at 6:08 pm in reply to: Duxford 100th Anniversary – 2018 #998207
    ozplane
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    So what would you do?

    February 5, 2013 at 12:39 pm in reply to: The Deep Blue film #1009155
    ozplane
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    I first saw “Dark Blue World” at a showing in the old Astra cinema at Duxford. It was really atmospheric and a fitting place to watch it. The icing on the cake was that Tara (steady on Moggie) came to Duxford to do some publicity shots and a flight with Classic Wings. I was lucky enough to have a chat with her and she was absolutely charming. She was very interested in Duxford and it’s place in RAF history.

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