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  • January 26, 2013 at 10:43 am in reply to: Indian Air Force Historic Flight News #945174
    Mike J
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    Any idea who they will contract to restore the Wapiti?

    I assume they’ll stick a 450hp Wasp on the front of it, to replace the Jupiter.

    January 25, 2013 at 5:03 pm in reply to: Howard Hughes Sikorsky Seaplane bought by Kermit Weeks #946325
    Mike J
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    Shame really, apparently it left the UK, after a lot of effort, with a full CofA intending it would be used for passenger flights.

    Not true. The FAA database clearly shows it registered under the Experimental – Exhibition category since 1996.

    http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=814ML

    January 24, 2013 at 1:15 pm in reply to: Sea Harrier XZ457? #948211
    Mike J
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    Rather an odd-looking hybrid of an FRS1 scheme on an FA2 airframe. Neither fish nor fowl.

    I’m just imagining the howls of derision here if a Griffon Spitfire were to be painted in BoB markings.

    January 21, 2013 at 11:06 pm in reply to: Spitfire MK297 History #952151
    Mike J
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    I know that Bader was shot down flying a Mk V, so would not have flown a Mk IX before then. Is it possible that MK297 was based in the vicinity of Liverpool later in the war though?

    January 21, 2013 at 8:47 pm in reply to: DH4 Survivors and Replicas #952452
    Mike J
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    Rob,

    I think the intention of TVAL is to fit their replica with a Liberty, so presumably it will be in wooden fuselage, US WWI bomber spec.

    It would be nice to see one in RFC/RAF Rolls-Royce Eagle spec at some point.

    January 21, 2013 at 4:25 pm in reply to: DH4 Survivors and Replicas #952850
    Mike J
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    That one ended up in the museum at Cuatro Vientos. It is more in the nature of an FSM than a replica, so I’ve not included it in my list.

    January 21, 2013 at 3:53 pm in reply to: DH4 Survivors and Replicas #952867
    Mike J
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    who knows, TVAL may build a couple one day

    http://www.century-aviation.com/replicas.php

    Century Aviation (the DH-4 specialists) have already built them an airframe.

    The ‘airworthy’ one was only flown for a year or so in 2007/8, and then parked.

    January 21, 2013 at 6:28 am in reply to: DH4 Survivors and Replicas #953690
    Mike J
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    Thanks Dave.

    It is ex Crawford Museum IIRC

    As are many of the interesting airframes currently in circulation.

    January 21, 2013 at 6:09 am in reply to: DH4 Survivors and Replicas #953698
    Mike J
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    Thanks for your input Peter and Richard.

    The USAF Museum claim theirs as a reproduction as well http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=324 even though Century Avition, who (re)built it, say it was rebuilt from 2 wrecks supplied by the Museum http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=324

    What is the provenance of the Peter Jackson one?

    January 21, 2013 at 5:47 am in reply to: ahh – de Havilland #953705
    Mike J
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    Is the Venom the same one that got broken a year or so back?

    January 21, 2013 at 4:08 am in reply to: Spitfires from Texas #953939
    Mike J
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    Typical Brit. Didn’t read the website and blames it on the Yanks. It’s an Australian who moved his operation to Texas.

    Typical American, didn’t read the poster’s location. 😉

    January 21, 2013 at 3:55 am in reply to: DH4 Survivors and Replicas #953946
    Mike J
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    From the earlier thread on WWI survivors

    http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=66462

    The DH-4 list, as of last update back in 2007, stood at:

    N489 NMUSAF, Dayton, Ohio (composite of two aircraft)
    652 The Aviation Heritage Center, Omaka, Blenheim , New Zealand
    N3258 Evergreen Museum, McMinnville, Oregon (loaned from Museum of Flight, Seattle)
    21959 National Air & Space Museum, US
    ???? National Museum of the US Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia (part original)
    ???? Kermit Weeks – 4 No????
    ???? San Diego Air and Space Museum
    ???? Peter Jackson

    Is there really one in the San Diego Air & Space Museum? I don’t think I’ve seen one there on my visits.

    Peter Jackson -I believe this is one of Century Aviation’s replicas

    Kermit Weeks has two, a mailplane (rebuilt original) and a bomber (replica), both under restoration.

    There is also a second one in the Smithsonian collection, a mailplane on display in the National Postal Museum in Washington DC. Is it an original or replica?

    Does anyone know which of the above list are replicas, and which are rebuilt originals? Are there any more out there?

    January 21, 2013 at 2:27 am in reply to: Spitfires from Texas #953964
    Mike J
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    Apparently they’ve received a large order recently. 120, to be painted in SEAC markings and delivered to Rangoon. 🙂

    January 20, 2013 at 2:36 pm in reply to: ahh – de Havilland #955007
    Mike J
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    What a lovely line-up! Thanks for sharing, and it is great to see that NZ is blessed with such a variety of dH types.

    January 18, 2013 at 4:54 am in reply to: Chamberlain and the Lockheeds #958415
    Mike J
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    Also, is there a BA roster out there? From what little I know, it seems to have been quite varied!

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

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