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  • April 7, 2010 at 6:31 pm in reply to: Airshow Crowds #1122243
    ozplane
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    Sorry to bump this but I think I saw a figure of 51 pence as the average donation from the “great unwashed” at the Lowestoft Seafront Airshow a couple of years ago. And there’s the rub. If you’ve got a huge crowd of freeloaders, who’s paying the entertainers? I think they used to get an EC grant but that has been reduced. I suppose we pay through council tax but I don’t live in Lowestoft, Southend or Bournemouth so how does that work?

    April 5, 2010 at 10:23 am in reply to: Airshow Crowds #1125376
    ozplane
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    As I understand it the idea of airshows being the second largest draw was dreamt up by an American promoter who was having difficulty “selling” his show. Moggy is quite right that horse-racing has a bigger draw and I wouldn’t be surprised if rugby (both codes, Union and League), cricket and motor -racing all have a much bigger paying attendance.

    April 2, 2010 at 12:55 pm in reply to: Duxford In The Sunshine – 01Apr10 #1127925
    ozplane
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    Any news as to whether the Hurricane has been sold yet?

    April 1, 2010 at 4:09 pm in reply to: SWWAPS, Lasham #1129164
    ozplane
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    As for Ozzie interest I’ve e-mailed “Feather *3”, our resident Drover pilot and wait to hear his response.

    March 24, 2010 at 9:34 am in reply to: Rotterdam impression including GA #443511
    ozplane
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    Thanks EC, that’s the one. I’m not sure if there are any registered in the UK but I did see one on approach to Luton last week. They sound quite different from the King Air or other twin turboprops. I think the only other one I’ve seen in Europe was the one Ferrari use as a team transport. Anyway thanks again.

    March 23, 2010 at 6:04 pm in reply to: Rotterdam impression including GA #443529
    ozplane
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    Agreed, some nice and unusual shots there. Did you happen to get a picture of the Piaggio Avanti parked behind the Cirrus in the hangar? Quite a rare bird in Europe I think.

    March 23, 2010 at 10:48 am in reply to: DH89A Dragon Rapide flies again #1140215
    ozplane
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    We might be getting in to semantics here but don’t New Zealand light aircraft leave out the ZK part of the registration because they won’t generally leave the “Land of the long white cloud”? Thus ZK-ABC will be painted ABC so a four letter registration (ADDD) might be confusing. Terrific restoration though, makesthe two I work with at Duxford look a bit drab.

    February 26, 2010 at 11:51 am in reply to: Heathrow in the mid eighties #444292
    ozplane
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    Thanks for those, some really good stuff. I particularly like the one of the BA Tristar which looks as though it has just ingested a Queens Flight 748 (?) in the middle engine. The nice thing was the contrast and variety of airframes with major differences such as Concorde and the Tupolev.

    February 20, 2010 at 6:26 pm in reply to: AAC Middle Wallop 17/02/10 #460536
    ozplane
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    Excellent photographs but I was surprised to see so many Apaches. I thought they were all in foreign parts. It may have been on here before but could I recommend “Think like a bird” by Alex Kimbell. It’s an excellent read by the author who joined the AAC, learnt on Auster AOP9s and then did a tour in the Yemen flying Beavers. Absolutely hair-raising and beautifully written.

    December 23, 2009 at 5:17 pm in reply to: DH Rapide Tailskid #1101761
    ozplane
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    I would have thought DHSL at Duxford would be your first stop?

    December 21, 2009 at 3:27 pm in reply to: Percival Gull – Designed By………….? #1103559
    ozplane
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    Didn’t something similar happen with Alex Henshaw, Percival and the Mew Gull? The debate ended up with the pair refusing to talk to each other I believe.

    December 21, 2009 at 3:16 pm in reply to: Snowy Duxford 18th December 2009 #1103618
    ozplane
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    It’s hard to take a bad picture of a VC-10 but this one is very nice. Good stuff.

    December 18, 2009 at 5:56 pm in reply to: Vintage Gliders in museums? #1105701
    ozplane
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    The Polish Air Force museum in Krakow has some stunning gliders hanging up in their main hangar. I would guess they cover virtually the whole story of gliding. The website is at http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl and it’s well worth a look if you’re in the area.

    December 15, 2009 at 6:24 pm in reply to: Amelia #1108652
    ozplane
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    Sorry to bounce this thread but I’ve just seen the movie and my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It really looks as though a great deal of care was taken with the flying shots and there are some good things in it, such as a Bleriot(?). a Jungmann, a Ford Tri-motor, a Waco and even a couple of Tiger Moths. Even if they are not all to period it’s all pretty close. As others have said Hilary Swank’s resemblance to Earhart is striking and the film doesn’t pretend to provide a “happy” ending and sticks pretty close to what I understand to be the facts. Even Bernard Chabbert (the Duxford commentator) gets a credit which is fair as his aircraft was used in the film. Just one question. How did they film the crash of the Lockheed?

    December 14, 2009 at 5:15 pm in reply to: Coltishall Air Show Pleasure Flight Rapide #1109888
    ozplane
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    If it was a Rapide then it isn’t if you see what I mean G-ADDI is a DH84 Dragon, i.e. no Rapide.

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