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July 21, 2005 at 5:19 pm in reply to: Your best ever aeronautical 'find' #1380365

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It wasn’t really a find as it was hidden rather than lost, and I didn’t know what it was at the time, but how about the dismantled prototype Mossie in a hangar at Panshanger in around 1956? 😀

July 20, 2005 at 11:16 pm in reply to: Seperate airshow section? #1381695

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[sulk]Shant talk to you ever again[/sulk]

I didn’t say which 2 or 3 I did look at.

Suit yourself. 🙂

July 20, 2005 at 9:43 pm in reply to: Seperate airshow section? #1381761

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I looked at possibly 2 or 3 RIAT threads but in most cases I didn’t. They were clearly marked. I know a fair number of the photographers that use this board and they know I’m not interested in the modern stuff.

I’ll be fairly surprised if they’re deeply offended. I’ll probably find out soon enough. 🙂

July 20, 2005 at 7:55 pm in reply to: Seperate airshow section? #1382101

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I’m not really sure what I think, but a valid point that’s been made previously is the airshow threads go mad immediately after a major airshow, (there’s a surprise) but then tend to fade away fairly quickly.

I admit to being surprised to see the RIAT threads here but there is historic content and, somewhere, it does say airshows for this particular forum.

July 20, 2005 at 8:36 am in reply to: Airworthy Spits? #1383461

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I had a sneaking suspicion about who wrote the FP supplement. 🙂

I’m glad to see my little grey cells are still functioning to a certain extent as far remembering the approximate number.

July 19, 2005 at 10:05 pm in reply to: Airworthy Spits? #1384500

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At one stage I believe there were around 60 world-wide. I think it was FlyPast did a special supplement or extended article a few years back and that was their figure.
I don’t know of any that have been completely destroyed since then, although given the current facilities available I’m not sure it’s possible. 🙂

July 18, 2005 at 12:39 am in reply to: Bristol Perseus survivors? #1388316

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Botha twice James? I’m fairly confident nobody would think it merits that. 🙂

Certainly they appear thin on the ground.
I don’t remember consciously ever hearing of them before, although with the years I’ve spent poring over books I must have done. I thought the Botha had Taurus (Tauriii?), it doesn’t seem enough grunt for the Empires and the rest I wouldn’t have a clue.

July 18, 2005 at 12:21 am in reply to: 'Red Lion' Meet at Saturday Leg-ends #1388319

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Sorry I missed you Dan, it would have been nice to put a face to a name. I trust you enjoyed the show.

Makes my complaint about 2 hours to home look pretty silly. 🙂

July 16, 2005 at 8:54 pm in reply to: Whatever happened to all the OA7 Optica's? #1389609

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Ok Guys,

For us Yanks does anyone have a nice piccie of one so we can all see what your talking about. 😀

Cheers
RER

Wish you hadn’t asked Rob? 😀

July 16, 2005 at 8:39 pm in reply to: Hoverspeed Hovercrafts. #1389729

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Biggest disaster in this country, IMHO is when some idiot decided they were aircraft. It put a zero, minimum, on the end of all the costs. Something that “flies” a few feet above the water/ground and will happily float if the engine(s) stop is not an aeroplane.

The SRN 4’s were really impressive beasts. I only ever did one return cross-channel trip on one and it was certainly an experience.

July 16, 2005 at 8:02 pm in reply to: Subtle Sabotage #1389746

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AFAIK, only Rolls-Royce (Derby, Glasgow, Crewe), Ford UK and Packard USA built Merlins but I’m always ready to be proved wrong.
It would make sense for Casa to set up an overhaul facility for 111’s and Buchons but production would seem over the top.

Somebody (JDK?) posted a pic a year or so back of a Merlin component with Buick cast into it.

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Henry Ford said no when the British Government asked him to build Merlins, before Pearl Harbour. I think Packard volunteered but I’m not certain.

July 16, 2005 at 3:47 pm in reply to: Subtle Sabotage #1389976

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Ford built Merlins in Manchester.

Bruce

30,000 plus of them IIRC.

In Sir Stanley Hooker’s words (from memory but pretty close) “they came out like shelling peas, and very good engines they were.”

July 15, 2005 at 10:46 pm in reply to: Snapper Snaps Clicker Clique #1390373

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Thanks Rob, just found it by accident. PC crashed so when I rebooted I cleared the cache and then really deleted it. I may have worked out the Microsoft logic but I’m not convinced so thanks for the tip.

July 15, 2005 at 10:21 pm in reply to: Snapper Snaps Clicker Clique #1390389

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Great pics of AR501 Rob.

Good place to stand, even if you were in Moondance’s way. 🙂

BTW, anybody any idea why the thumbnails disappear?

July 15, 2005 at 4:10 pm in reply to: Grandad's Pix #1390758

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Rocketeer, if I may be so bold, please make that ragwing Hurri the very first image you rescan… I can’t wait to see a better scan of this very VERY early Hurricane! (Note the kidney exhausts, Watts prop, and no lower tail strake)

Looks like you’ve got a veritable goldmine on your hands. 🙂 Thanks for sharing these!

Lynn

Well spotted. I completely missed that.
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