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Mike J

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  • in reply to: BLUEBIRD K7 #1014697
    Mike J
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    Personally I’d love to see her go for a record run ;-D

    To prove what, exactly?

    in reply to: Look what I stumbled across yesterday #1015503
    Mike J
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    It’s real. They used to have a Po-2 at the same museum, but threw it away after it literally fell to pieces after being left out in the Warsaw weather.

    Mike J
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    TS423, the Dakota now with Aces High perhaps?

    Mike J
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    I can’t see a link to your video MP, I’d love to see it. Camarillo is a nice little show, and the hangar dance in the CAF hangar on the Saturday night was great fun. The CAF wing thete are a really friendly bunch if folks. They generally get good support for the airshow from Planes of Fame at Chino too.

    in reply to: RAF Museum Hendon – Lecture 19 June 2013 #935321
    Mike J
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    I rather lost the will to live several weeks into the last thread. Is Mr Cundall still grubbing about in the Burmese mud with his bucket and spade, or has the whole thing quietly petered out now?

    in reply to: The Legacy of Cockpit-Fest #937091
    Mike J
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    Well, I can only think of one owner who has his aircraft registered in Jersey, and I can assure you that he is far from one of these “faceless companies (or individuals) that are never photographed with their piece(s) of history, and in many cases have little knowledge about them either” that you seem to dislike so much.

    Perhaps you’re too busy advancing grassroots preservation by sitting in your cockpit section in your garage, dressed in a flying suit and bonedome and making aeroplane noises to entertain yourself.

    Or maybe you’re just stereotyping…………

    in reply to: The Legacy of Cockpit-Fest #937265
    Mike J
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    ………the upper echelons, where the aeroplanes are owned by faceless companies (or individuals) that are never photographed with their piece(s) of history, and in many cases have little knowledge about them either………

    Really? Most of the owners I know are far from faceless, and are extremely knowledgable about the history behind the airframes in their care. Perhaps you would like to give some examples to support your assertion.

    in reply to: Apologies to All. #937581
    Mike J
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    I thought I’d get in quickly, faster than a speeding Bruce in fact, to add my apologies before the thread is closed and the opportunity is lost forever.

    And I’ve no idea what this is all about either! 😮

    in reply to: Mustang in kings cup air race #941694
    Mike J
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    in reply to: Early American Racer to Identify #941738
    Mike J
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    Thanks go to Eric Presten for identifying it as a Mohawk MLV.

    in reply to: Battle of Britain medal 'clasp' #945243
    Mike J
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    It looks as though this medal group was offered at auction back in 2002

    http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/searchcataloguearchive/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=30943

    In the auction description, the clasp is referred to as a copy. “1939-45 Star, copy clasp, Battle of Britain”

    in reply to: Battle of Britain medal 'clasp' #945245
    Mike J
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    Presumably:

    WALLER, Sgt. G. A. 149145 British. 29 Squadron

    in reply to: Hurricane G-CBOE for sale #945676
    Mike J
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    the whole fleet? As in…

    I said “a veritable fleet”, not “the whole fleet”. Two Sea Furies, a Ryan STM, a Kreider-Reisner KR-31, a Laird LC-RW300 Speedwing, a Rearwin Speedster, a Stinson, plus probably a few others I’ve forgotten, all gathered up from various parts of the world and all I believe heading for the same collection as the Hurricane.

    in reply to: Help us Raise Funds to save RAF Bicester! #946011
    Mike J
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    So sorry, obviously missed your point, which I apologize.:confused:

    I thought his point was very clear; Bicester was never an operational Bomber Command base but a training airfield.

    in reply to: Can anyone identify this yoke? #946509
    Mike J
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    They’ve used the wrong shade of yellow, and that pattern spoon is incorrect for the period, not having come into service until 1957.

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