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  • June 27, 2012 at 1:20 am in reply to: Auster #979609
    Mike J
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    One of the nice things I like about Austers is that there are so many variants, both civil and military. One of the not-so-nice things about them is the Beagle Airedale!

    I suspect that some of the negativity regarding Austers at Waddington is that many of those who go are there for the fast jets – unless it is painted grey and has a pointy front end and flames coming out of the back they’re not really interested.

    Nice-looking T7 Mark! 🙂

    June 27, 2012 at 1:07 am in reply to: I like fishing #979616
    Mike J
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    Whatever happened to the original Yak-9 that was supposedly brought to the UK and offered for sale by Richard Goode some years back?

    June 26, 2012 at 9:19 pm in reply to: Auster #979792
    Mike J
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    I do wonder how many civilian Austers would have been sold post-war in the UK and Australia if the government had not effectively stifled competition by imposing punitive import taxes on aircraft from the US. Especially at $4 to the £

    June 26, 2012 at 9:16 pm in reply to: Auster #979797
    Mike J
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    ‘Auster’s…? They are Cubs that have been ********!”

    Or as a friend of mine in the US describes Austers “A Taylorcraft built in an anvil factory!”

    June 20, 2012 at 3:09 am in reply to: 'Tante Ju' at Norwich. #989206
    Mike J
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    Yes, really. Two of them.

    One with the lettering in English, and one with it in German.

    Ju-Air operate 4 aircraft, although I believe one of them is due to be retired and used for spares.

    June 19, 2012 at 9:53 pm in reply to: Prototype Beech 18 being restored. #989535
    Mike J
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    No, Walt owns it. Future plans? Rebuild it and fly it!

    June 19, 2012 at 8:57 pm in reply to: 'Tante Ju' at Norwich. #989704
    Mike J
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    There was a German-schemed one, with a gas-powered machine gun mounted in the top hatch, based with Jeff Hawke at Rochester in the 1980s. I seem to remember that it was wrecked in Germany whilst being used as a crew trainer for the Lufthansa one.

    June 19, 2012 at 6:05 pm in reply to: HawkerHind.com #990068
    Mike J
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    The .co.uk site is Guy Black’s, for L1781

    The .com site was Pat Chriswick’s, for his Afghan recoveries, and does indeed appear to be sadly defunct.

    June 19, 2012 at 5:52 pm in reply to: Extant Pobjoys #990079
    Mike J
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    The Wings of History Museum at the South County Airport have/had a Pobjoy. If it is not now on display, do they still want it? 😉

    http://www.wingsofhistory.org/index.php/exhibits/engines-on-display

    Slightly off-topic, but hopefully of interest, they also have an Avro Avian project. It was under active restoration about 5 years ago, with the fuselage structure being completed, but was put into storage when the gentleman doing the wings passed away. For some reason they do not list it on the website, but recently confirmed that they still have it.

    June 19, 2012 at 5:45 pm in reply to: Prototype Beech 18 being restored. #990086
    Mike J
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    The last time I saw it, it was being stored by Fred Patterson at Gnoss Field. Walt Bowe now has it under restoration at Schellville, now that he’s completed his lovely Laird Speedwing.

    June 18, 2012 at 8:55 pm in reply to: SE5a replica #991567
    Mike J
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    John went on to build a replica SE5 to the original drawings and powered with an Hispano Suiza which untill recently was flying with the Memorial Flight in France.

    What is happening with this one now? Is it returning to the UK?

    June 18, 2012 at 8:47 pm in reply to: Sea Fury VX281 #991574
    Mike J
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    Forum member Old Fart has flown in her recently and said that they had the original Centaurus engine in the hangar. The Centaurus was already seized solid when HAM acquired her so the chances of a successful engine rebuild would have been minimal.

    This is not “the original Centaurus engine”, as the aircraft was bodged to have a transport Centaurus (from a Beverley IIRC) fitted whilst with BAR at Lympne. The conversion was never completed.

    June 15, 2012 at 7:39 am in reply to: Going to be a quiet weekend on here ! #995429
    Mike J
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    Please don’t paint this one pink. One pink Victor is one too many!

    June 14, 2012 at 6:11 pm in reply to: 747 prices tumble #540016
    Mike J
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    BA have recently been bugging Boeing to provide details of the next iteration of the 777 series, as they want to examine whether to wait for it to come into service to replace their 747-400s, or to order something else in the meantime.

    http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/morning_call/2012/04/emirates-british-airways-want-new.html

    June 14, 2012 at 5:58 pm in reply to: TFC's fleet in the 1990s #996020
    Mike J
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    From memory,

    MK.XIV MV262 – now in storage in Florida
    Mk.XIV NH799 – now under restoration in NZ
    Mk.XVI TB863 – now airworthy in Australia
    MK.XIV NH904 – now in California
    Mk.XIV SM832 – already covered. now in Texas

    Any I have missed?

    RK858, ML417, SM969.

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