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  • October 23, 2012 at 3:48 am in reply to: Rolls-Royce R Engine Running! #1002235
    Mike J
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    There’s a piece in the current “Motor Sport” magazine about the Filching Manor Motor Museum in Susex. They mention Bluebird K3, and say that the original engine, R35, is sitting in a cradle in “a dusty corner”. The article also days that it is one of three remaining.

    October 20, 2012 at 5:54 pm in reply to: Seafire LF Mk.III RX168 #1005188
    Mike J
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    G-INFO provides a clue 😉

    October 20, 2012 at 5:35 pm in reply to: XH558 – the future! #1005208
    Mike J
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    There never has been a serious offer from anyone in the US AFAIK. I’d put Pleming’s threats to that effect down to another scare tactic to solicit donations.

    October 19, 2012 at 7:23 pm in reply to: Peripatetic Beech 18 #1006313
    Mike J
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    No, Gnoss Field, Novato.

    October 19, 2012 at 5:14 pm in reply to: Peripatetic Beech 18 #1006614
    Mike J
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    Typically eclectic selection of airplanes just routinely parked on a ramp–and taxiing–in that first photo. So Northern California.

    Eclectic? You should see what they have in the hangars there! 🙂

    October 19, 2012 at 8:01 am in reply to: Peripatetic Beech 18 #1007149
    Mike J
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    Oh good, it made it. Very nice aeroplane but boy is it ugly…

    You know, I was having that same discussion about the aesthetics of it with a friend as we watched it taxi in today. I rather like it. The only ones of the series that I really dislike are the ugly Volpar single fin conversion and the turbine conversions. I even like the ‘Pinocchio’ freight conversions. I saw one of these, looking really beaten up, running a night package delivery run in the Midwest a couple of years back – great to see that some Beech 18s are still earning their keep as working aeroplanes in this day and age.

    October 19, 2012 at 6:21 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #1007170
    Mike J
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    O/T, but sadly Peugeot closed its UK plant at Ryton several years back.

    October 19, 2012 at 6:13 am in reply to: Vintage Wings of Canada Hawker Fury #1007175
    Mike J
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    Interesting. A plethora of Furies, it would seem!

    October 19, 2012 at 5:39 am in reply to: Camel N6254 #1007180
    Mike J
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    http://www.aerovintage.com/tman_photo3.htm

    According to this link, “Tallman obtained the Camel from the remnants of the Jarrett War Museum collection in 1951”

    October 19, 2012 at 3:51 am in reply to: Camel N6254 #1007193
    Mike J
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    N6254 is the WW1 RFC serial number not a US civil registration so in answer to your question, No.

    If you follow Tony’s link you will find that N6254 is indeed a US civil registration, for a Sopwith Camel registered to an owner in New Zealand! 🙂

    October 16, 2012 at 11:59 pm in reply to: Another Canadian Lancaster. #1009733
    Mike J
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    If it is the one I’m thinking of, its mortal remains are in a number of containers stored behind the restoration shop at Fantasy of Flight in Florida.

    October 15, 2012 at 10:46 pm in reply to: Historic airframes preserved…then lost again #1010835
    Mike J
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    Probably add to list the 2 NASA 747 Shuttle Carriers.

    The older of the 2 with transported Endeavor to LA, N905NA ” now joins N911NA as a source of spare parts for NASA’s SOFIA aircraft”.

    Destined to be scrapped, I’m sure.

    I wouldn’t really class these as ever having been ‘preserved’ as such, just working aeroplanes that came to the end of their useful lives.

    October 15, 2012 at 6:07 pm in reply to: Dysons giant vacuum cleaner #1011223
    Mike J
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    Four I think, Cosford, Yeovilton, Duxford (to be displayed in Lamberth) and this one.

    October 15, 2012 at 9:03 am in reply to: Sunday live NOW: Felix Baumgartner supersonic freefall jump… #1011556
    Mike J
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    An excellent video summarising the event is available on YouTube

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFU774q6eVM

    October 10, 2012 at 2:53 am in reply to: Benoist plane gets a propeller #1016490
    Mike J
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    Nice. I was at FoF 2 weeks ago, and Ken mentioned that he was heading off to see the prop at Sensenich. It will certainly be an interesting aeroplane once it is complete.

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