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  • April 14, 2009 at 11:03 am in reply to: Surviving Belfast Truss Hangars #1206629
    ozplane
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    Slight thread drift but is the Belfast Truss design philosophy the same as the geodetic construction on the Wellington? It certainly looks similar.

    April 10, 2009 at 6:44 pm in reply to: Sydney Australia airports…help #1210257
    ozplane
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    Hoxton Park is due to close so check before going. Some of the residents have gone to Wedderburn. HARS keep their Connie and the rest of the fleet at Woollangong.

    April 7, 2009 at 5:40 pm in reply to: Bristol Freighter remains at Enstone (old thread) #1214370
    ozplane
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    Pogno,
    That would seem to be a logical line of thinking although finance will, as ever, be the key factor. I wonder if the team that look after the Brittania at Kemble have had any thoughts about the Freighter? As it is one of the (relative) sucesses of the post-war British airliner industry I would have thought it would be worth restoring to static display standard.

    March 17, 2009 at 3:20 pm in reply to: RAFM, faded glory ? #1161302
    ozplane
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    I would be really interested to see what sort of business plan all you folk who grumble about the RAFM would put in place to counter the restricted access, lighting, closed galleries and so on. Bear in mind that unlike Duxford it is free so where is the money going to come from? Cloud and cuckoo land spring to mind.

    March 16, 2009 at 2:36 pm in reply to: VAC Event Turweston 15 March 2009 #488207
    ozplane
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    Thanks for that ‘PDK but the invite to get the Airtourers to North Weald came about when I met Bernard Martin of Air Britain at Aero Expo last year and he very kindly persued the idea. Incidentally the Australian branch held their “50th” at Wangaratta last weekend and had about 35 aircraft there. We won’t manage that but 6 out of the 12 airworthy UK aircraft won’t be bad.

    March 16, 2009 at 10:24 am in reply to: VAC Event Turweston 15 March 2009 #488212
    ozplane
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    Quite right Paul. It’s framed and hanging on my study wall.

    March 16, 2009 at 9:35 am in reply to: VAC Event Turweston 15 March 2009 #488335
    ozplane
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    It certainly was an excellent day out and for the icing on the cake you took a picture of my Airtourer G-AWVG. I just hope all the movements didn’t annoy the neighbours as Turweston have struggled in the past with noise complaints.

    March 13, 2009 at 3:43 pm in reply to: What would YOU ask Tony Benn? #1164831
    ozplane
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    I thought Beagle went cap in hand to the Govt for some capital to expand their production facilities and to re-engineer the faults discovered on the Pups that were in service. They had back orders for several hundred Pups so the “too-pricy” tag wasn’t the whole answer. So the question for Wedgie is why did you deny Beagle a few million and give it to a Scottish shipyard which subsequently failed (Now there’s a surprise)?. I bet he doesn’t say “it was for the votes we needed in Scotland”. At least he was a sort of Socialist unlike the present loonies, sorry incumbents.

    March 13, 2009 at 1:08 pm in reply to: TFC Mosquito. #1165100
    ozplane
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    It ain’t going to fly anywhere until they find some engines for it. What’s the latest?

    March 13, 2009 at 9:51 am in reply to: TFC Mosquito. #1165380
    ozplane
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    So they’ve solved the engine source problems then?

    March 5, 2009 at 4:16 pm in reply to: Kindsvater Me 109 / buchon #1176175
    ozplane
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    Problem solved. If you go to the Aero Auction website it says it’s “airworthy in the USA”.

    March 5, 2009 at 12:58 pm in reply to: Kindsvater Me 109 / buchon #1176493
    ozplane
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    A small point but I didn’t think Germany based aircraft were allowed to carry the swastika. Perhaps it’s because it’s N-registered.

    February 28, 2009 at 9:45 am in reply to: Post your Firefly pictures here. #1185177
    ozplane
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    I know this is a picture thread but there’s one on a pole in Griffith NSW. I have a picture somewhere and I’ll try to upload it. It looked to be in good condition when I saw it a year ago.

    February 25, 2009 at 11:13 am in reply to: The Most Graceful Super 'Lady' #1189794
    ozplane
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    Feather #3 will be along shortly. (Morning Sandy).

    February 25, 2009 at 11:11 am in reply to: 1980 Biggin Hill Invader Crash (New Thread) #1189797
    ozplane
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    Bradburger,
    Your opening paragraph in your response #47 rather confirms my query. At Biggin the pilot couldn’t be contacted yet at Duxford he was. Presumably the monitoring group were in/on the Control Tower at Duxford but weren’t at Biggin. I’d just like to know if airshow rules now insist on the “watchers” having a direct line to the pilots to “pull” their display if it isn’t going to plan and if the procedure is in the pre-show briefing.

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