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  • July 30, 2004 at 8:07 am in reply to: Aviation in the Shetland Islands #1818062
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    I’ll have look in the relevant Action Staions and see if there’s anything mentioned in it.

    July 30, 2004 at 8:04 am in reply to: Stupid comments at airshows #1818079
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    Leg Ends last year. Sitting in the FlyPast enclosure and the bloke behind me kept insisting to his wife that Sally B, parked in front of us, was Pink Lady.
    Which wasn’t there.
    After about an hour I pointed out that there was only one B17 there and it was a bit of a giveaway which one it was as it had Sally B painted on the nose in big letters.
    I thought the Ted White memorial cowling wouldn’t convince him.
    It went quiet.

    July 30, 2004 at 7:34 am in reply to: Halifax in Australia #1818122
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    Wickner is an unusual surname, and it rang bells…
    If Googling or similar there sems to be some uncertainty whether it was Wickner or Wikner.
    The Foster-Wickner Wicko is what I was thinking of.
    In 3-seat guise it even appears in the 1943 Aircraft of the Fighting Powers as the Warferry.
    See here
    http://www.wicko.com/

    July 29, 2004 at 2:03 pm in reply to: Which Model Aircraft Kits would you like to see made? #1819653
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    Not large scale but the only one I can remember was the Frog one.
    I’m sure at least one of the American manufacturers must have done one, too.

    July 29, 2004 at 11:35 am in reply to: MY DREAM MACHINE MB 5. #1820061
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    Compare to specs of the MB5
    Armament – 4 x 20mm cannon (never fitted)
    Weight – empty 9,345 lbs
    Weight- loaded 11,500 lbs
    Dimensions (feet) Wingspan 35, length 37.3/4 height 15
    Power – one Rolls-Royce Griffon 83 engine 2,340 hp
    Speed – 460 mph
    Range – 1,240 miles

    Details from the Boscombe Down “sales brochure”

    July 29, 2004 at 11:22 am in reply to: Forum #1820081
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    For more goats, and Snapper, see here
    http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=13804

    July 29, 2004 at 10:43 am in reply to: MY DREAM MACHINE MB 5. #1820151
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    The simple reason the MB5 never went into production is it was too late. The first generation jets were already entering service. Both the Meteor and the Vampire had been tested at Boscombe Down before the MB5 even flew.
    I don’t think it was used for target practice. It’s believed to have just been quietly scrapped.
    Never heard of the Kangaroo, tell us more.

    July 29, 2004 at 12:28 am in reply to: MY DREAM MACHINE MB 5. #1820440
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    Raved about it is the right description. Even the usually coldly clinical and dispassionate Boscombe Down report reads like a sales brochure.
    I hadn’t remembered that the tail surfaces were enlarged but I’m not surprised. James Martin was almost certainly a genius but he seemed to have some bee in his bonnet about aircraft not needing fins. The first MB design had no fin at all. It was modified fairly hastily.

    July 28, 2004 at 7:35 pm in reply to: Which Model Aircraft Kits would you like to see made? #1821077
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    Well somebody’s got to say it….
    Alexis, a 1/24th Spruce Goose would be over 13 foot wingspan!

    July 27, 2004 at 11:29 pm in reply to: Hertford & Ware ATC Vampire #1822528
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    I hadn’t noticed the ATC had moved, which considering my Dad was based at the aforementioned police station, is pretty dumb!
    I’m not surprised it was their second Vampire. I would guess the original one arrived in 1958 or thereabouts so it would be impressive if it had lasted that long. No guarantees with the year, I was only about six. Now it’s been mentioned I think I have vague memories of it as a wreck around 1970.

    July 27, 2004 at 2:16 pm in reply to: Which Model Aircraft Kits would you like to see made? #1823801
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    Been Googling. If I’d waited I could have got the Modelcraft Sea Vixen which is more accurate and cheaper. 🙁

    July 27, 2004 at 5:21 am in reply to: Lancaster FM213 July 17th 2004 #1827503
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    Nice pics, Peter. It’s obviously brighter than Hendon.

    I know there were excellent operational reasons for it, but that Swiss nose on the Vampire looks ‘orrible.

    July 27, 2004 at 5:12 am in reply to: Which Model Aircraft Kits would you like to see made? #1827506
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    I looked for the Frog Sea Vixen for years but the few dealers that had them wanted silly prices. I bought the Revell re-issue a year or two back but apparently somebody has released a new kit for it.
    How about a 1/24th Mossie?

    July 27, 2004 at 4:04 am in reply to: Hertford & Ware ATC Vampire #1827517
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    Just to be pedantic, the “Ware” Vampire was actually in Hertford, unless the ATC moved later. I lived around the corner during the fifties and think I remember it appearing then. If it’s the only one they ever had it did well to survive that long.
    Later during the seventies I lived in Hoddesdon and although I vaguely remember where the ATC was, I don’t recall ever seeing the Vampire. Was it hidden away?

    July 26, 2004 at 4:09 am in reply to: Wartime License Builds Outside UK #1828508
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    Chipmunks were also produced in Canada, hence the ‘C’ in their DHC-1 name.

    There may be some offended Canucks about. The Chipmunk was the first aircraft designed by de Havilland Canada, also produced in the UK and Portugal, hence the ‘C’…
    Also, it’s a post-war design. 🙂

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