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December 16, 2007 at 7:22 pm in reply to: Caernarfon's other Flea #1246124

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Conserve and replicate gets my vote

December 13, 2007 at 8:31 pm in reply to: Caernarfon's other Flea #1248461

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Ah the flea its designer was responsible for one of my favorite aviation quotes. “If you can nail together a packing case, you can construct an aeroplane”.
You only have to read Mignet’s book (it contains all the plans for the flea) to realise how the flea craze took off. :diablo:

December 13, 2007 at 8:18 pm in reply to: The Royal Flying Corps origins #1248472

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I supose it’s too obvious to ask the museum of Army flying at Middle Wallop seeing as the Army Air Corps claims the RFC as one of its origins.

December 9, 2007 at 8:03 pm in reply to: Cold War Historical Flight #1253909

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How about a formation of Vulcan B52 and Bear at Legends.:eek:

December 9, 2007 at 7:54 pm in reply to: Ok, own up, how many Airfixers out there? #226279

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My name is Aeronut and I have been an Airfix addict for 40 years, and its been six weeks since I last had an (Air)fix.

I blame Airfix not only for my polystyrene loft insulation, a magazine collection measured by weight rather than copies, an interest in aviation art (I replaced the box tops on the wall with aviation art originals), the skill of aircraft recognition honed by watching my models hanging by cotton thread from the bedroom ceiling and I got into aircraft preservation as a way of researching details that went into the models.
Yes Airfix has a lot to answer for and I’m looking forward to the new year when that slow boat from China finnaly gets in and the Nimrods arrive, a number of which already have my name on them (even at nearly £40 each).

December 2, 2007 at 7:45 pm in reply to: Museum Of Army Flying #1261388

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I’ve just returned from my stint as Duty Manager at MAF and this is the first I’ve heard so I will check it out. :confused:

There is a new management team at the museum and I do know that they are being driven down a more commercial path by goverment numpties.

In the past I’ve opened cockpits and cowlings and let photographers across the barriers – just so long as they asked and didn’t consider it to be their right.

I’m not looking forward to being haranged by enraged photographers.:(

November 20, 2007 at 6:55 pm in reply to: What's hidden in RAF Storage? #1274206

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I’d like to see the RAFM Sedburgh VX275 again as I carried my first air cadet passenger in her on 23 Aug 1980 (I wonder where cadet Willard is now?) and had my last flight in a wooden glider in her the next weekend. That was the last day she ever flew. Fond memories.

Another RAFM airframe I’d like to see agin is the Ventura as the last time I saw it was on its delivery to RAF Henlow for storage.

November 19, 2007 at 9:13 pm in reply to: What's hidden in RAF Storage? #1275150

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There is still one (KF183) Harvard very active at Boscombe. At 63 years old its still the best aircraft for photochase duties during parachute trials. As for other duties it can be used by ETPS to show the trainee test pilots what its like to fly an aircraft with the wheels in the correct position. :rolleyes:

November 9, 2007 at 7:09 pm in reply to: Spitfire tail parachute #1286256

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Would the resulting attachment modification look something like this?

Modification for Spitfire Mk1, Mk V and Mk IX Glider tug

November 2, 2007 at 8:42 pm in reply to: When are the Corgi Halifaxes coming? #227130

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Is there any chance that Corgi would listen and produce a Horsa to put behind the Halifax and their Dakota. Oh yes and then again when the Stirling comes along:)

October 6, 2007 at 9:46 pm in reply to: Grove Airfield, Wantage, Oxon #1241650

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I took this today. Not the best light for photos it was taken from 1300 ft on a pocket camera and I’ve also had to clip the image.

October 2, 2007 at 8:38 pm in reply to: How about a Handley page thread? #1244069

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As this thread is turning into a celebration of the Handley Page Hastings I thought I’d add this to the mix. all I know is that it was taken in the Canal Zone in the early fifties. Ironic really as the last time a Jeep was dropped on Crash Pans was during ‘Suez’ in 1956.

July 30, 2007 at 9:07 pm in reply to: Dayglo Paint #1318618

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Not all the RAFs Grobs are a dayglo free zone the Air Cadets Vikings and Vigilants (along with their military serials) have sticky back plastic dayglo patches on the wings for visibilty reasons (following a mid-air between two two Vikings at RAF Sealand). The thermal absorbtion issue doesn’t seem to be a problem – so far.
Oddly enough in certain light conditions the dayglo does an excellent job at breaking up the aircraft’s outline, ie it acts as camouflage 😮

June 18, 2007 at 9:32 pm in reply to: How Low Can You Go?? #1270206

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A&AEEs Bev on trials of ULLA The wheels are low level but the cockpit is at a reasonable altitude;)

June 12, 2007 at 10:02 pm in reply to: Things under aircraft #1276573

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The ‘Upturned brolley’ is the crash pan, designed to absorbe the shock of landing by deforming. The supply containers had a similar device called a crash head on one end. 50 years later the motor industry ‘invented’ crumple zones that use the same idea. Talking of the motor industry the crash pan was replaced by air bags in the early 1950s long before they appeared on cars.
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