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  • in reply to: Spitfire: The Documentary #802517
    ozplane
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    Sopwith, if you go to the film’s website it gives a list of the (limited) showings. I’ve booked to see it in Cambridge next Thursday at lunchtime.

    in reply to: Sophie Raworth on BBC News #769216
    ozplane
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    I believe they’re working on that but if you go mid-week there’s no problem at all.

    in reply to: Sophie Raworth on BBC News #769406
    ozplane
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    What I hope the video will do, apart from discussions about T-shirts, is to encourage more people to go along to Stow Maries and swell the coffers of what is a very interesting airfield. I went with my car club on a group visit and it is well worth it. The home cooked food in the Airmans Mess is really excellent and there was a lot of it.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary 2018 #771582
    ozplane
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    Yes but we’re enthusiasts. I’m talking about the uncommitted “what shall we do on Sunday brigade” which normally help to swell the crowds at Legends. We shall see.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary 2018 #771811
    ozplane
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    I think it will be interesting to see what the attendance will be like on the Sunday, especially if England get through to the final of the World Cup. £35 per head for an airshow or the Wimbledon Men’s Final and the World Cup on TV for free and no travel. Tricky decision for a family man.

    in reply to: Miles M28 OY-ALW/G-AHAA returns to the UK? #772583
    ozplane
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    Apparently it’s joining his Gemini according to an article in “Flyer” magazine.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary 2018 #772967
    ozplane
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    BBC Breakfast had them “operating out of Cambridge” but Duxford is in Cambridgeshire so who knows?

    in reply to: Duxford Diary 2018 #775533
    ozplane
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    If the PR X1 is painted blue to merge with the sky, how come we can see it in the pictures? Oh just a minute.

    in reply to: Great Warbirds West Malling Kent oh the memories #776587
    ozplane
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    I never made it to any of the West Malling airshows but what made them different to “Flying Legends”?

    in reply to: Great Warbirds West Malling Kent oh the memories #777318
    ozplane
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    I did a safety audit some years ago for one of the companies on the West Malling estate and talking to some of the people who lived nearby at lunchtime, they were all agreed that they wished the airfield was back and that the industrial development had gone elsewhere. Apparently with the opening of the Channel Tunnel freight traffic runs 24 hrs a day.

    in reply to: Has the HAC DH9 flown yet? #777470
    ozplane
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    When I last spoke to the engineer working on the engine he thought September might be realistic but don’t treat that as gospel.

    ozplane
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    Yes, I certainly miss them leading the “Balbo” at Legends.

    in reply to: 1948 International Air Rally, Lympne #791863
    ozplane
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    Indeed an interesting piece of film. Notable that the two Spitfires shown are still flying, ‘IDN at Biggin Hill and PL983 at Duxford. I wonder what the relative values are compared with 1948.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary 2018 #809045
    ozplane
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    It’s really nice to see the Beavers in a smart civilian scheme rather than some drab military camouflage.

    in reply to: Captured German aircraft over Duxford. #817906
    ozplane
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    The low level Heinkel/Me110 beat-ups remind me of the Ray Hanna/Alain de Cadanet Spitfire film from some years back. The RAF pilots must have been very confident of German engineering to fly like that. The Whitley towing two Hotspurs isn’t something you’ll see at Legends. Thanks for posting Brian.

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