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  • in reply to: Chino Airshow this weekend…. #1043623
    Mike J
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    I’m sure they’ll start here soon enough.

    Two minutes, not bad! Thanks for the pics Jim. Good to see you guys fly overhead this afternoon, I hope to catch up with you when you’re in the Bay Area at the end of the month.

    in reply to: Chino Airshow this weekend…. #1043647
    Mike J
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    …. the rumours we could start .. 😉

    I’m sure they’ll start here soon enough.

    in reply to: Chino Airshow this weekend…. #1043659
    Mike J
    Participant

    I’m hearing rumors of something else (new) that was parked by the VIP enclosure this evening… photos tomorrow… (Not Japanese…)

    Ssssh, or it’ll be all over the FlyPast forum by morning.

    Next, they’ll be asking “Will it be at Legends?” 🙂

    in reply to: If ya can't wait for Legends… #1052476
    Mike J
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    See you there Rick! 🙂

    in reply to: A Buchon for Daz #1052872
    Mike J
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    ….which is where the Buchon that I started the thread about currently resides. :rolleyes:

    in reply to: A Buchon for Daz #1053013
    Mike J
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    Some owners don’t need airshow bookings! In the case of the Buchon I don’t think there has ever been one available for airshows in Spanish markings so maybe the market has yet to be tested! I would very much like to see one in the Spanish silver scheme which was used in the desert.

    Believe me, on the US West Coast, NOBODY would book a Spanish-marked Buchon. A Luftwaffe “Me109”, yes.

    in reply to: A Buchon for Daz #1053162
    Mike J
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    However, in this day and age, these aircraft survive on airshow appearances. No organiser will book a Buchon in a Spanish scheme, they are much more likely to book a “Messerschmitt 109” in a Luftwaffe scheme.

    There is a newly-revived Spitfire here on the West coast for which the operators are having real trouble getting bookings for this season, no operator with any sense who relies on show bookings for revenue would paint a potential moneyspinner such as a 109 in a postwar Spanish scheme.

    Spanish Civil War would like nice however, especially paired with a “Rata” 🙂

    in reply to: A Buchon for Daz #1053959
    Mike J
    Participant

    Good question, I suspect they’ll stick with what they have (the modified cowlings) but I’ll ask.

    Mike J
    Participant

    There’s one at Dayton (NMUSAF) plus another at Moorabbin in Australia, and a restoration project underway with HARS in Australia.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #1054298
    Mike J
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    If they have a vendetta against the Avenger, I wonder what fate awaits the PBJ?

    Wasn’t it up for disposal too? Oh, and it is a B-25, not a PBJ. The only genuine PBJ survivor I believe is the one being rebuilt to fly by the CAF SoCal Wing at Camarillo.

    in reply to: RE8 & Snipe etc. at Old Warden ? #1054471
    Mike J
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    A Canberra B.8. Always had a soft spot for the intruder version and having no bomber/intruder Canberra in the collection is I think a notable omission. I’m not sure if any of the retired Indian examples saw previous RAF service and would be eligible.

    They had one, and gave it away to NZ. I’m not sure it has ever been re-assembled out there.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #1055700
    Mike J
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    When the AAM gets a makeover in the next couple of years ( as I think was mentioned on this forum ), will we have the pleasure of being able to see and photo all these arecraft lined up out doors, or would they stuff everthing they could into another hangar?

    It would be great to see the B-17, B-24 and B-29 lined up on the flight line.

    I do hope they find hangar space for the B-24. The UK acid rain will play havoc with the polished metal finish in a matter of days. I remember the (brief) period we had the P-47D “No Guts- No Glory” in bare metal after it arrived.

    Having said that, it would be a nice little revenue generator for the IWM to have an enthusiasts photo day and line up the B-17, 24, 29 and 52 up for a photo session when they first come outside.

    in reply to: RE8 & Snipe etc. at Old Warden ? #1057634
    Mike J
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    Well I hope that my memory enabled me to get the majority of the facts right, even if I erred as to the donor’s (Marvin Hand’s?) mortality. Now what did Mark Twain say…..?

    A friend was flying a Chipmunk for him in, I believe, the 1990s, and the Hanriot was donated in about 1978.

    in reply to: RE8 & Snipe etc. at Old Warden ? #1057808
    Mike J
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    Unfortunately there’s not much chance to see these machines in the air as the RAFM’s mandate from MoD does not allow its aircraft to fly , even though many would in fact be airworthy.

    Cough cough….Black Six…….LVG……..

    in reply to: RE8 & Snipe etc. at Old Warden ? #1057882
    Mike J
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    If you’re using relevance as your criterion for the Hanriot, just return it over here! But do you apply the same argument to the axis aircraft in the RAFM collection?

    However I believe the Hanriot has an interesting history. Was it not the one which Shuttleworth sold, sans wings, to the USA, where it was given a new set of feathers but, when the owner died, it was given (not gifted) to the RAFM. If so and if the rumours posted above are true, remind me not to give anything to the RAFM in case it’s just disposed of in due course. Either that or make it a conditional gift – i.e. if you don’t display it, then you return it!

    The previous owner was very much alive when he gave/gifted/donated the Hanriot.

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