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  • September 8, 2020 at 7:18 pm in reply to: If the Flypast Forum folded, where would you go to? #766923
    dhfan
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    How prescient…

    September 6, 2020 at 3:32 pm in reply to: The Return of the Moderators ….. #766992
    dhfan
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    The same ***##*!! has posted on at least four threads.

    September 4, 2020 at 3:46 pm in reply to: Science Museum, London with a Sony A7s #767078
    dhfan
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    Sorry, Bruce, I forgot to say thanks for responding to my wailing.

    Did I miss holistic-whatsit again?

    If so, why isn’t he barred?

    September 4, 2020 at 11:56 am in reply to: Fly in a Vintage or Warbird #767094
    dhfan
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    I know it’s not important but could somebody please change the title. You are choice is gibberish and grating!

     

    I suspect given age, girth and height my choices may be limited.

    September 4, 2020 at 11:53 am in reply to: Science Museum, London with a Sony A7s #767096
    dhfan
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    There’s always one pedantic *##*! and in this case it’s me! There’s still one on page 1 but it’s harmless and was his only post.

    I’ve seen similar posts on blogs before but I’ve never actually understood what use they are to the poster…

    September 4, 2020 at 12:36 am in reply to: Science Museum, London with a Sony A7s #767101
    dhfan
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    Thanks Peter but there are still 8 spam posts on page 2.

    September 3, 2020 at 4:48 pm in reply to: The Return of the Moderators ….. #767176
    dhfan
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    I have no idea how much moderators can do and what responsibilities they have but at least one thread on here, Brian’s Science Museum thread from 6 years ago, and two in the Forum Updates section have spam that sticks out like a sore thumb.

    September 2, 2020 at 7:04 pm in reply to: Science Museum, London with a Sony A7s #767189
    dhfan
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    No edit button?

    Anyway, the other spammer/scammer Leir1950 is in the forum updates section too.

    September 2, 2020 at 6:58 pm in reply to: Science Museum, London with a Sony A7s #767201
    dhfan
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    To me it looks like neither. Page 2 is full of holistictech5500 and another scam.

    June 27, 2020 at 7:50 pm in reply to: First flight of the Spitfire #771261
    dhfan
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    I’ve just had a quick flick through Jeffrey Quill’s A Test Pilot’s Story, and as I suspected, at the time of the preliminary flights of the Spitfire, Quill was based at Weybridge and living in Walton on Thames.

    George Pickering was the production test pilot for Supermarine. I haven’t continued re-reading but as Quill became much more involved with Spitfire development I’m sure he moved nearer to Eastleigh.

    I stick with my original theory, afternoon flights were to give Summers and or Quill time to fly down from Weybridge.

    June 26, 2020 at 10:02 pm in reply to: First flight of the Spitfire #771298
    dhfan
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    Possibly because neither Mutt Summers or Jeffrey Quill were based at Eastleigh so it’s to allow time for one or both to fly down from wherever they were based, Brooklands I assume.

    June 26, 2020 at 4:41 pm in reply to: First flight of the Spitfire #771318
    dhfan
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    The History, 2nd Edition (2000), says morning of the 5th.

    It also says the Air Ministry Certificate of Design was issued on the 6th, although as I’ve never heard of one of those I don’t know if the aircraft needs to have flown before it’s issued.

    June 26, 2020 at 10:10 am in reply to: First flight of the Spitfire #771351
    dhfan
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    I suspect, and hope, that as Oracal knows everything and finds it perfectly acceptable to be rude to and about people he doesn’t know from Adam, Key thought the board could do without him.

    Which edition of “The History” has been consulted? Not that I know what was revised. I sold my first edition to buy the new one and regretted it immediately. In the first few pages there were repeated blocks of text and then (Sir) James Martin of Martin-Baker was referred to as George Martin.

    I put the book on the shelf and haven’t looked at it since.

    June 24, 2020 at 9:35 pm in reply to: First flight of the Spitfire #771475
    dhfan
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    I don’t know if your post is deliberately supposed to be offensive but in my opinion, it is, extremely so.

     

    You’ve already been informed that the book is called “The History…” and you seem to to think it’s perfectly acceptable to accuse a book you’ve obviously never seen or even heard of, of being derivative and poorly researched.

    I had been considering looking through some of my books to see if I could find when or where the definitive date was decided but – forget it.

    June 2, 2020 at 7:30 pm in reply to: There it was, gone….gone #773705
    dhfan
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    I agree. I can’t argue with people who can apparently read actual figures as opposed to supposition but since it’s obviously rubbish I’m off now too.

    After nearly 20 years it’s a shame. I’ll stick my nose in once a month or so.

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