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April 24, 2005 at 4:05 pm in reply to: New years day accident #1433854

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Found this
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28834
about a B.36 that landed at Enstone. No more details.

April 24, 2005 at 6:48 am in reply to: Best Brit Fighter of the war? Whirlwind. #1434216

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The Peregrine was designed, completely mirrored, for the Whirlwind. I’ve got a RR Heritage Trust book by A.A Rubbra which explains more but (too many books, nowhere near enough shelves) I can’t find it immediately. I did find a quote I posted from it about 18 months ago here:
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=15611&page=3

April 23, 2005 at 10:26 pm in reply to: Best Brit Fighter of the war? Whirlwind. #1340083

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As I’ve already stated, the Peregrine was designed specifically for the Whirlwind with a design output of under 1000hp. Rolls-Royce discovered that reverse rotation of the engine itself was a total pain in the a**e. This paid dividends later when designing the Hornet powerplants but..

What has the Whirlwind got to do with a potential shortage of Merlins?

April 22, 2005 at 6:50 am in reply to: Aviation Related Ground Vehicles #1342357

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These two, along with the Thompson Refueller all run. The bowser probably didn’t move on Friday, it is sheltered under the wing of the BAC1-11, which is next to the milkfloats.

dhfan- the milkfloats at Brooklands don’t really look in keeping, they are very useful for moving equipment about the site, and are easily the most frequently used vehicles at the museum.

Steve

You’re right, I’d forgotten the BAC1-11 wasn’t with the rest of the airliners.

I should have thought of that for the milk floats. I worked for a steel stockholder many, many years ago and they had an old one, without bodywork, that was in virtually constant use.

April 20, 2005 at 11:24 pm in reply to: Aviation Related Ground Vehicles #1344348

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When I saw the bowser it was near the milk floats (as we remarked at the time, very kind of Unigate to donate two milk floats but – why?) and nowhere near the aircraft. I assume that means it works.

I’m quite prepared to believe Fergys are fun (ish) on a pleasant summers day but I have no use, or anywhere to keep one so why the irrational desire? I remember my dad building what I think was one of the first Airfix kits of one well over 40 years ago so perhaps that’s it.

April 20, 2005 at 11:03 pm in reply to: Aviation Related Ground Vehicles #1344427

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Did you take that pic on Friday, Neil? If so, either they moved it before I saw it or they’ve got two.

Despite having absolutely no use for one whatsoever, I’ve always wanted a Fergy TE20. I wish I knew why…

April 20, 2005 at 6:10 pm in reply to: Sea Venom #1344985

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Wasnt that the prototype SV?

Yes, first production Sea Venom didn’t fly until the following year.

April 18, 2005 at 8:35 pm in reply to: What airshows you going to this year ? #1348462

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Leg Ends, and probably one or two more Duxford shows. I think we went to the wrong late one last year.

Waddo – still thinking about. Haven’t bothered the last couple of years. Not a lot of point when I’m not interested in modern paraffin heaters, especially F.16s. I’ve seen enough of them to last me a lifetime.

Probably try Breighton again. Last time there was a howling crosswind and nothing flew.

Bruntingthorpe if they manage to arrange anything.

Oh, and Malta – 3 cats, wallet and long expired passport permitting.

April 18, 2005 at 8:16 pm in reply to: What's at the bottom of Germany's Lakes? #1348468

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german mud? :rolleyes: 😉

Alex

Beat me to it. 😀

April 18, 2005 at 12:14 pm in reply to: Brooklands 15th April, 2005. #1349442

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With all these words of praise I suppose I’d better start reading it. 🙂

April 17, 2005 at 6:08 pm in reply to: General Discussion #362159

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My dad had an Atari 800, which I must try to sell on behalf of my mum one of these days.

Mine was a home-built 386 with DR-DOS 6 and Windows 3.1 added later. Main machine now is an Athlon 1300. I never seem to have new ones, I just change bits periodically. I’m typing this on one of three IBM laptops, this one has 5 operating systems – with room for another when I get around to it.

April 17, 2005 at 11:11 am in reply to: Brooklands 15th April, 2005. #1351243

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Any more pictures?

Moggy

Still looking for the camera data cable. 🙁

April 17, 2005 at 12:40 am in reply to: Brooklands 15th April, 2005. #1351469

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I’ve no idea what the look of despair was all about.

It was a great day out and a superb museum, especially if like me you’re a petrolhead too. Unlike some of the musems we complain about on here, I thought the admission and food prices were reasonable as well.

I want to go back one day but it certainly won’t be on a Friday.
All of the West London outskirts appeared to be grid-locked. It took us an hour to get there and nearly four to get home. Not what you expect for less than 60 miles.
I saw Robbo on Saturday at Duxford and his times were 40 minutes/2 hours.

April 16, 2005 at 9:17 pm in reply to: Vampire, Venom, etc, etc, etc. #1351770

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F.15/49 – DH.112 Venom was the successor to the Vampire. Generally similar in layout to the Vampire however the wing was re-designed with thinner section and straight trailing edge and new tanks were fitted to the wing tips. The engine was the RR Ghost.

Try de Havilland Ghost. 🙂

April 16, 2005 at 9:15 pm in reply to: TFC Curtis Hawk 75 arrives at DX #1351778

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If I ever find the data cable for my camera, I’ve got some pics too.
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