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  • February 27, 2006 at 5:11 pm in reply to: LEICESTER FEBRUARY 26th – Key Forum Fly-In #407190
    ozplane
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    Trinny, but you did look like a job-lot in your “grow-bags”. (Ooh hark at her missus, as Kenneth Williams was wont to say!).
    Apologies to the younger element who may not have heard of KW.
    The Stearman (West) weather was one reason I beat a hasty retreat.

    February 26, 2006 at 5:18 pm in reply to: LEICESTER FEBRUARY 26th – Key Forum Fly-In #407508
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    Nice to meet you all today and to put some names to faces. Sorry I couldn’t stay too long but had other “matters” to attend to. (Or for Moggy, “matters to which I had to attend) Had a good journey back in good viz. To the right of Corby, ditto Grafham Water and ditto the Potton mast. My sort of navigation, who needs GPS?

    February 25, 2006 at 5:22 pm in reply to: "Flyboys" article #1371010
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    Thanks for that aj. I couldn’t imagine OW leaving an aircraft, even if it was a replica, outside all through the Winter.

    February 25, 2006 at 2:47 pm in reply to: "Flyboys" article #1371212
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    Does anyone know what the replica from “Flyboys” is doing parked out at Old Warden over by the trees. It’s been there for at least 6 months and must be suffering from the rain and wind.

    February 25, 2006 at 2:31 pm in reply to: LEICESTER FEBRUARY 26th – Key Forum Fly-In #407660
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    The 18-hour TAF for Stansted doesn’t look too good. Gusts up to 27kts and snow showers. Oh well, there must be a fly-in on I guess. I was flyng with a chum earlier today and it was frisky to say the least It did prove what a stable old platform a Piper Cherrytree can be though.

    February 21, 2006 at 11:35 am in reply to: That Swift again! #1376363
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    The idea of a sale being made with the seller being involved in any future profits happens in football. I believe my home team, Blackpool (League One) sold Brett Ormerod to Southampton (Premiership) for quite a large sum plus a sell-on/buy-back clause if he was to move on. As he’s now gone to Preston (boo-hiss!) a financial transaction will have taken place. There must be sufficient fianacial nous in the warbird community to develop something similar.

    February 20, 2006 at 3:50 pm in reply to: LEICESTER FEBRUARY 26th – Key Forum Fly-In #408002
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    I’m on if the weather improves a bit. I’ve missed 2 VAC events and the one at North Weald so far this year due to unflyable weather so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

    February 1, 2006 at 4:03 pm in reply to: Camel sold #1406256
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    Thanks David. I had at the back of my mind that the Redhill Q6 was ‘EYE but that expired at Cambridge even earlier so you are quite right. I’d still love to see it again in flying condition.

    February 1, 2006 at 10:02 am in reply to: Camel sold #1406599
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    There was a thread on pprune about the Q6 under Aviation Nostalgia but it appears to have been cleared when they did their update. If I remember correctly a deal was nearly done but failed and the aircraft remains in the IOM. From the photographs taken by a chap in Air Traffic at Ronaldsway, the airframe looked close to completion but appearances can be deceptive. Hope this helps. I’d love to see one in the air. I did see the one at Redhill in the 50s at the start of my interest in aircraft but that was a non-flyer.

    January 31, 2006 at 3:14 pm in reply to: Camel sold #1407611
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    Hairy, did you give any thought to Consul’s suggestion of finding out the status quo (no they did know more than 3 chords, unlike me) of the Q6. While we all love the Rapide they are quite well represented in the flying fleet whereas the Q6 is not represented. There is a tenuous link with Bedfordshire as they were built at Luton and you could take all your chums with you when your fleet goes on tour.

    January 30, 2006 at 4:48 pm in reply to: Camel sold #1409223
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    Further thought. There are at least 2 Rapides at Chirk which don’t seem to feature much in these columns. Neither are airworthy but they are fairly complete.

    January 30, 2006 at 4:45 pm in reply to: Camel sold #1409227
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    The ex-Rex Ford Rapide, G-AKRP, was sold last year and now lives in the West Country.

    January 30, 2006 at 9:48 am in reply to: LEICESTER FEBRUARY 26th – Key Forum Fly-In #408973
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    Should be there if I don’t get wounded at the village barn dance the previous evening. I don’t know whether the dancers or the IPA are the most dangerous factors. I’ll be in the Airtourer if that’s OK with Propstrike!

    January 29, 2006 at 5:35 pm in reply to: Camel sold #1410876
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    Hairy, thanks for the update on the reasons behind the sale of the Hornet Moth and Active. I know these disposals raised the eyebrows of a few “enthusiasts” so it’s good to know what the rationale was in this case. (Never did like the Hornet in camo, too much of a 30’s tourer for that scheme I thought)

    January 27, 2006 at 12:06 pm in reply to: Ears Up: Radio 4 today (27 Jan) 11:00am #1413321
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    Thanks for the “heads-up”, it was really interesting and Prince Philip was in good form. The footnote about the 8 aircrew who were made POWs and were beheaded 3 days after VJ-day pointed out what a cruel war it was.

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