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  • May 22, 2013 at 2:10 pm in reply to: My de Havilland DH84 Dragon Ride #985110
    Mike J
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    I don’t think it has flown in a while David. The only currently flying DH twin biplane in North America that I know of is Yagen’s Rapide.

    May 22, 2013 at 1:51 pm in reply to: My de Havilland DH84 Dragon Ride #985134
    Mike J
    Participant

    The only flying Dragon in Europe is the Irish one, isn’t it??

    There is also G-ECAN currently flying, plus another example under restoration in southern England.

    May 21, 2013 at 8:50 pm in reply to: Old Warden Update #985880
    Mike J
    Participant

    Line-up for the next event, an evening display on Saturday June 1st:

    Gates open 12 Noon Flying starts 6.15pm

    Provisional content subject to weather, availability and serviceability.

    Hawker Sea Hurricane 1b
    Fieseler Storch
    Eon Primary glider
    Kirby Kite glider
    Autogyro (Visitor)
    Gloster Gladiator
    Hawker Hind
    Avro 504k
    Sopwith Pup
    SE5a
    Pitts Special (Visiting pair)
    Deperdussin
    Bristol Boxkite
    Bleriot
    Avro Triplane
    Blackburn Monoplane Type – D

    May 21, 2013 at 8:53 am in reply to: What happens with Goldenyears.ukf.net site ? #986784
    Mike J
    Participant

    Defunct. 🙁

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wingsofpeace/message/88196

    For now, some of the information can be accessed at http://web.archive.org/web/20121016080822/http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/ I suggest you download and save what you can before it too disappears for ever.

    That’s why I prefer proper books, made of paper, which last for centuries. A shame, Goldenyears was a very useful resource. I was looking for it myself a couple of weeks back, and wondered where it had gone.

    May 21, 2013 at 12:44 am in reply to: Paul Alen buys a V-2 #986914
    Mike J
    Participant

    I’ve seen them fire one of the 88s, which I think were restored by the same shop as the V2.

    May 20, 2013 at 12:51 pm in reply to: V1 surviving parts #987486
    Mike J
    Participant

    There was a lot of V1 and V2 stuff recovered from underground factories in the former east after the fall of the Berlin wall. Some of those exported to American collections have come from there – including both of the FHC examples.

    Bruce,

    Is this where the FHC V2 parts came from too?

    May 16, 2013 at 9:50 pm in reply to: Project Hawker #990599
    Mike J
    Participant

    I’m not sure they need a permit to carry out the flight. What makes you think they do? And who from?

    May 15, 2013 at 9:29 pm in reply to: Aviation places to visit, the `Where have you been` thread. #991609
    Mike J
    Participant

    A few years ago now, I spent a very pleasant evening wandering the old airfield at Nuthampstead followed by dinner at the Woodman Inn. A surprising amount still remained of the airfield, including taxiways. I wonder if that B-17 Tokyo tank is still sticking out of a pond there?

    May 15, 2013 at 10:22 am in reply to: Pima Shack getting a repaint! #992363
    Mike J
    Participant

    And a Lysander !

    Really? Where did that come from?

    May 14, 2013 at 10:55 pm in reply to: Pima Shack getting a repaint! #992632
    Mike J
    Participant

    They have an impressive British collection there, as well as the Shack, Gnat Lightning and Gannet they have examples of the Jet Provost, Bolingbroke, Viscount, Hunter, Vampire, Hunter, Tornado and Harrier. More than many UK museums (although they do lack the mandatory Flying Flea!)

    May 14, 2013 at 1:47 pm in reply to: B-25 44-29507 back in the air in the Netherlands! #993445
    Mike J
    Participant

    It was effectively destroyed AFAIK

    May 14, 2013 at 8:01 am in reply to: The last surviving Dornier #993907
    Mike J
    Participant

    Wasn’t there a Hampden destroyed at the same time?

    May 10, 2013 at 2:57 pm in reply to: B-25 Sarinah #996805
    Mike J
    Participant

    The main reasons was the change from US-reg to Dutch-reg

    Wow, they must have been using a very, very small paintbrush indeed if it took them 4 years to paint out ‘N320SQ’ and paint ‘PH-XXV’ in its place, all in letters about 2 inches high! 😉

    May 9, 2013 at 9:19 am in reply to: Old Warden Update #998136
    Mike J
    Participant

    An eclectic selection of visiting display items for the next Shuttleworth display on Sunday week (May 19th)

    http://www.shuttleworth.org/tickets/event-details.asp?ID=192

    Hispano Aviación Buchon HA 1112 (Visitor)
    Eon Glider
    SCUD Glider
    Auster Autocrat (Visitor)
    Druine Turbulent (Visitor)
    Gloster Gladiator
    Westland Lysander
    Silence Twister (Visitor)
    Vans RV8 (Visitor)
    Douglas Dakota (Visitor) Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
    Avro 19 Anson
    de Havilland DH89 Rapide (Visitor)
    Miles Gemini
    Edgley Optica (Visitor)
    Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk1b
    Hawker Hind
    Hawker Demon
    Midget Mustang (Visitor)
    Avro 504k
    Sopwith Triplane
    Bristol F2b Fighter
    Sopwith Pup
    SE5a
    Percival Piston Provost
    Deperdussin
    Bristol Boxkite
    Bleriot
    Avro Triplane
    Blackburn Monoplane Type-D

    LAA provisional static line up only

    Luton Minor
    Jodel D9
    Druine D.31 Turbulent
    Taylor Monoplane
    Colibri MB2
    Streak Shadow
    Vans RV-6A
    Europa XS
    Andreasson BA4B
    Vans RV10

    May 7, 2013 at 12:01 pm in reply to: Old Warden Update #1000129
    Mike J
    Participant

    A shame they don’t run the ‘guess the height’ contest to win a flight any longer 🙁

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