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  • September 1, 2012 at 3:50 am in reply to: Ju52/3m at Duxford #1070916
    Mike J
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    It’s not a Junkers, it is an Amiot AAC.1 Toucan. Totally different aeroplane altogether, apparently. 😉

    August 26, 2012 at 6:08 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #1077464
    Mike J
    Participant

    http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-duxford/conservation-in-action

    “The restoration and conservation programme at IWM Duxford is one of the largest operations of its kind in the world.” 🙂

    August 25, 2012 at 6:29 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #1077875
    Mike J
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    Whilst on the subject of IWM Duxford’s restorations, does anyone know the status of the Bolingbroke? It was part-restored by ARCo quite a few years ago, listed for inclusion in AirSpace and shown on the initial plans for it, and then placed in storage in a part-completed state.

    August 25, 2012 at 7:55 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #1078417
    Mike J
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    The CASA 2-111 is NOT being disposed of!

    ….yet. Which seems the most illogical part of the whole sorry affair. Why keep an unrestored, non-original, post-war, foreign-built version of a Luftwaffe type, which needs a lot of work to bring up to display standard, whilst getting rid of 2 aircraft which fall into the same category, and on which the IWM has lavished a considerable amount of time, effort and money to restore?

    August 23, 2012 at 1:46 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #1080172
    Mike J
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    Off the top of my head there is Hercules -Chinook-Hawk T.1 for starters

    Retiring the Chinook? I very much doubt that will happen within the next 2 decades!

    August 22, 2012 at 12:21 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #1081771
    Mike J
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    A sad day. I’m sure that future generations will look back on ‘Caravan Club Man’s custodianship of the Duxford collection with dismay. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. 🙁

    August 20, 2012 at 5:32 pm in reply to: RE8 / Snipe / Albatros (Photo Diary) #1083635
    Mike J
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    Thanks Lobster, will Kermits’ Snipe be a flyer?

    It has already flown quite a bit, both in New Zealand and Florida. I do hope he keeps it flyable long-term and doesn’t just park it in a corner once the initial enthusiasm wanes.

    August 17, 2012 at 4:44 pm in reply to: Burma Spitfires #1085387
    Mike J
    Participant

    Update from the Telegraph.

    …….from 4 months ago!

    August 14, 2012 at 2:08 pm in reply to: Three good reasons to go to Shuttleworth this year #1086428
    Mike J
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    As I remember it being said at the time, the LVG needed a costly new radiator to be manufactured, and without a long-term commitment from the RAF Museum to continue the loan, it was decided to return it.

    August 12, 2012 at 3:10 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #1087028
    Mike J
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    What happened to the second Rapide that CW used to operate (in RAF trainer markings)? I’ve not seen any photos of it for a year or two.

    August 12, 2012 at 2:58 am in reply to: Tangmere Fury Flies Again #1087031
    Mike J
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    I was thinking the same thing as I watched the Hind and the Demon flying together this evening….

    Keep ’em crossed!

    I suspect that politics would preclude it ever happening at Old Warden. Maybe some day at Duxford, though.

    August 11, 2012 at 3:56 pm in reply to: RE8 and Albatros reproductions for RAF Museum #1087456
    Mike J
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    Nice to see that the Snipe (presumably a non-flyer?) has been put into post-WWI markings. As with most collections worldwide, the RAF Museum has comparatively few aircraft to represent the 1919-1939 period.

    July 21, 2012 at 7:31 pm in reply to: Stuka build #947507
    Mike J
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    I was wondering if you restored a Stuka to 100% airworthiness would you be allowed to vertically dive it? I know you probably wouldn’t want to, but could you with current laws, restrictions?

    ‘Allowed’ by whom? I suspect the answer to your question depends every much on the country, and the jurisdiction of which airworthiness authority, you are talking about. What would be acceptable to the CAA on a Permit to Fly in the UK may well be very different from an Experimental aircraft registered in the US with the FAA.

    July 20, 2012 at 4:52 am in reply to: Was the Anson ubiquitous? #949098
    Mike J
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    Let’s end this thread before this silliness gets serious.

    Perhaps it would avoid all these unnecessary complications for your readers if you just call it a “British Beech 18”! 😉

    July 20, 2012 at 4:02 am in reply to: Anson Mk.I close to flight #949102
    Mike J
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    Ref Oxcart, post 57. MANDATORY viewing for all on this forum.

    Agreed. A magnificent achievement by all concerned in the rebuild. What a lovely sight (and sound)! 🙂

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