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January 12, 2013 at 2:21 pm in reply to: Dambusters (R) 70th anniversary #968051

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Certainly for the 50th anniversary there was quite a major event at the Derwent Reservoir so I imagine at least something will happen there this year.

January 7, 2013 at 12:24 am in reply to: Panshanger under threat #397671

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Airfields always come first due to I believe Prescott who classified them as brownfield sites. I suppose there could be some argument that an ex-RAF airfield with a full complement of runways, hangars and technical buildings is brownfield but no way for a small grass airfield.

January 6, 2013 at 4:03 pm in reply to: Panshanger under threat #397692

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That would be a good idea. IIRC the golf course actually belongs to the council too and the airfield doesn’t.

January 3, 2013 at 1:55 pm in reply to: Typhoon aerodynamic tests #982112

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I don’t believe it was the finish on the sleeves that was the major problem, it was distortion. All sorts of materials were tried and it was only when Bristol were instructed to reveal their methods the problem was solved. Bristol sleeves were machined from centrifugal castings which were very stable. When Napier switched to the same the reliability was transformed.
I was told some years ago that Sabre sleeves were made by GKN in Chesterfield and have no reason to doubt it.

December 24, 2012 at 1:08 pm in reply to: What was the first model aircraft you built? #994540

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Yes, I had one of those too. Aluminium monocoque fuselage and cardboard wings with, I think, plastic ribs. I don’t remember it not flying so I guess it did.

Here
http://www.aviationancestry.com/Models/Frog/Frog-Frog-1963-2.html

There are even a couple on a well known auction site.

December 24, 2012 at 6:30 am in reply to: What was the first model aircraft you built? #995020

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I was 7 and it was either a Douglas B-66 or a Grumman Cougar, they followed in quick succession. I can’t remember which came first or what make they were but in my defence it was 53 years ago. After that I started on the Airfix range at 2/- apiece as Moggy said.

First rubber Keil Kraft Pixie, took me weeks to save up for that. First (successful) power Frog profile scale Hurricane.

December 13, 2012 at 12:04 am in reply to: Welcome Back Tangmere1940, Charlie Hunt And Mark12 (merged) #1012876

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Yes, his forays out to the town park each lunchtime are the talk of Stamford.

Moggy

That would explain why assorted waterfowl (don’t know anything about birds) look nervous every time I go to Stamford.

December 5, 2012 at 5:01 pm in reply to: B18 wreck on Hawaii #944588

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There’s an old thread on WIX about it including some input from the landowner but it hasn’t been updated for 3 years.

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12131

November 4, 2012 at 10:16 pm in reply to: VDM propellor question #985666

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Use something better than WD40, it’s not a penetrating oil although a bit better than nothing.

There was a thread a couple of years ago about the merits of various potions

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=98773

I still use Plusgas…

September 19, 2012 at 5:01 pm in reply to: Another "Landmark" building for RAFM Hendon #1048032

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On a much lighter note – long before

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Square_Four

I fully agree with the call for practical useful buildings rather than “landmark” vanity projects designed to win awards.

September 4, 2012 at 9:37 am in reply to: Bad designs #1067392

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Speaking of which…
How about the fuel system that allowed the engine to cut out under neg Gs?

Hardly fuel system, it’s a float carburettor. That’s what they do under negative G.

Having said that, I’m surprised that nobody seems to have thought it might be a problem in combat. Possibly a relic of the Air Ministry attack plans where they thought fighters would be just attacking bombers in immaculate peacetime type formations.

August 21, 2012 at 10:23 am in reply to: Your less well known avaition books. #1082555

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Knights of the Air: The Life and Times of the Extraordinary Pioneers Who First Built British Aeroplanes – Peter King.

It covers Roe, de Havilland, Handley Page, the Short brothers and most of the rest of the UK pioneers up to the time they retired, died, got taken over or whatever.

A great book and very well written.

I’ve lent it to two or three people who’ve all tracked down copies for themselves.

July 10, 2012 at 10:49 am in reply to: Gypsy Queen aircraft engine. #960706

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In your view would it be an idea to contact the manufactures if they are still kicking around?

DH Engines went via Bristol-Siddeley to Rolls-Royce.

It’s possible the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust inherited the archives but I don’t know if they did or not. Could be worth tryig them.

April 16, 2012 at 6:39 pm in reply to: Ripmax Models: Confessions of an Aviatrix (2006 Zombie) #1070960

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I took this photo last week. It has barely changed over the years.

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The building looks the same – but it wasn’t grey in the ’80s. Brick?

February 8, 2012 at 2:23 pm in reply to: Mossies x 2, happy days #1070273

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A rather grey day at Salisbury Hall, I seem to recall

It was a very grey day, all my photos came out a really strange colour presumably due to automatic colour balancing in processing.

I had a full frame of RS712 on a slow pass with as I remember wheels flaps all down – I hadn’t wound the camera on.

I bought a motor drive the following week…
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