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  • October 28, 2012 at 8:21 pm in reply to: Mothball Vulcan XH558?? #993925
    Mike J
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    Does it really matter where it ends up? It is not representative of a service Vulcan, having had a significant number of mods for its civilian flying career. There are plenty of retired examples littering the countryside, so whether it survives or not is of little import in the scheme of things. Pleming and his minions seem to favour Finningley as a solution as that will keep the gravy train running a while longer. I very much doubt that a static/taxiable Vulcan can be sustained in anything other than a low-cost environment such as Elvington or Bruntingthorpe, so that would seem to be the most sensible solution.

    October 28, 2012 at 2:40 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #995132
    Mike J
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    Malta, Italy?

    I don’t think there were any early P-51s on Malta, were there?

    This is fun, next guess please!

    October 27, 2012 at 6:21 pm in reply to: Flying with a Mosquito-in Britain! #995841
    Mike J
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    Aint gonna happen – not with all the product support and liability issues!

    On a Permit aeroplane? In what way is it different from, say, TFC’s recently-imported P-40F?

    October 27, 2012 at 2:21 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #996299
    Mike J
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    ……….the 190 won’t be coming, it belongs to the R.A.F. Museum so it will be going to Cosford.:(

    At least that saves it going the same way as the Me163, Ju52 and Storch. The best that could have been hoped for is that it would sit as a part-restored heap on the floor like the Bf109E (will they ever finish painting that cowling?)

    October 26, 2012 at 6:02 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #997083
    Mike J
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    No, and no. 🙂

    October 26, 2012 at 5:40 pm in reply to: Burmese Spitfires (again) #997087
    Mike J
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    Why don’t we wait and see? It will perhaps save one side of the argument considerably amount of humble pies.

    Yes, but where’s the fun in that? If misinformed speculation, guesswork and opinion were removed from this forum, there would be nothing left! 😉

    October 26, 2012 at 10:51 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #997594
    Mike J
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    Whilst I applaud the sentiment, I’m not convinced that requesting a military exercise to be held in Egypt is the most practical or productive suggestion to make.

    October 26, 2012 at 10:06 am in reply to: "A humbling experience" – my foot! #997723
    Mike J
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    For me – just sheer delight. My favourite aeroplane.

    An interesting comment Tim. Could you tell us more about what it was about the P-47 that you liked so much.

    October 26, 2012 at 9:56 am in reply to: Definitive Hawker Hurricane Book? #997725
    Mike J
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    The Frank Mason book. Amongst the 30 or so Hurricane books in my collection that one stands head and shoulders above the rest.

    October 26, 2012 at 12:19 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #998041
    Mike J
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    Brian, have you been playing around with Spitfire colours AGAIN??? AR213 just looks all wrong, that brown, that green…:eek:

    Oh, sorry I forgot. That’s how it is:D

    You mean Spitfires weren’t really painted orange during the war? :confused:

    October 24, 2012 at 11:22 pm in reply to: Hawker Hurricane G-HUPW R4118 UP-W website #999555
    Mike J
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    Not this web site? 🙂

    http://www.simplyplanes.co.uk/hawker_hurricane_r_four_one_one_eight_the_only_hurricane_from_the_battle_of_britain_still_flying.shtml

    No, that is a fan site

    http://www.hurricanedisplay.com/ is (or was?) the R4118 website.

    October 24, 2012 at 5:35 am in reply to: P51 old crow – has it moved to the uk? #1000910
    Mike J
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    There are several ‘Old Crow’ P-51s around. The one being discussed here is the former Anders Saether N167F, which has been residing in Europe since the mid-80s.

    Jack Roush’s P-51B was originally recovered from a lake in Florida a few years back and restored by Art Teeters in California.

    October 23, 2012 at 7:41 am in reply to: Ford Mustangs on U.S. Carriers #1002093
    Mike J
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    Going off-topic here, but wasn’t Donald Day reputed to have transported his ERA on an aircraft carrier when he was in the Fleet Air Arm, offloading it to race at port stops in the Far East? I believe he still owns it, in spite of a nasty accident that cost him an arm in a VSCC meeting at Silverstone in the 1990s.

    October 23, 2012 at 7:20 am in reply to: Rolls-Royce R Engine Running! #1002102
    Mike J
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    I’ve just re-checked the article, and it definitely says R35.

    So is the S.6 in Solent Sky engineless?

    October 23, 2012 at 5:58 am in reply to: Burmese Spitfires (again) #1002219
    Mike J
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    Is there any evidence whatsoever to confirm that these are Philippines recoveries, and not from PNG?

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