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  • July 24, 2015 at 4:17 pm in reply to: Oldest flying airliner? #851900
    Mike J
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    Not exactly an airliner though. Were they ever used on scheduled passenger-carrying services?

    July 24, 2015 at 3:31 pm in reply to: Oldest flying airliner? #851909
    Mike J
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    Greg flies one of his pair of airworthy Trimotors, it often appears at Oshkosh. The other was recently fully restored and strengthened with the intention of having John Mohr fly it in airshows to recreate Harold Johnson’s aerobatic routine. I understand that the liability insurers killed that plan, and John has since announced his retirement from flying airshows, so Greg has put that particular Trimotor up for sale.

    July 24, 2015 at 9:26 am in reply to: Oldest flying airliner? #852108
    Mike J
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    The Boeing is just stunning, I was fortunate enough to shoot it air-to-air soon after the restoration was completed. The owner is a very fine chap too, and has been known to pop in to Old Warden on occasion – I ran into him there last summer at an event when he brought a Hornet Moth in.

    July 23, 2015 at 5:10 pm in reply to: RAF Mustang III for sale #852582
    Mike J
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    That Flug Werk ‘Palomino’ project was never proceeded with and the company has since shut down

    July 23, 2015 at 4:33 pm in reply to: RAF Mustang III for sale #852595
    Mike J
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    Maybe if John Sessions’ summer vacation with his Spitfire goes well he might be minded to make a similar trip with his P-51 in the future

    July 23, 2015 at 3:53 pm in reply to: Do24 ATT accident at Scalaria #852603
    Mike J
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    It’s available as an ebook from the Apple Store

    July 23, 2015 at 12:12 pm in reply to: North Weald Diary (2015) #852740
    Mike J
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    You don’t need to be a member to use The Squadron restaurant, and there is another restaurant (Wings Cafe) on site now too.

    July 22, 2015 at 6:13 pm in reply to: RAF Mustang III for sale #853336
    Mike J
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    This one started life as a couple of feet of crash-recovered wing section from a UK museum I believe

    July 22, 2015 at 6:00 pm in reply to: Vulcan XH558 spirited display at RIAT #853346
    Mike J
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    It’s not ‘tragic’. Some people need to get a sense of proportion. There are plenty of Vulcans littering the countryside already, one more or less makes not a not of difference in the scheme of things.

    July 22, 2015 at 2:42 pm in reply to: Rimowa to build new airworthy Junkers F 13 #853449
    Mike J
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    This is why the new build F 13 already has a W 34 main undercarriage.

    …and T-6 wheels with the Redline brake conversion. It does seem to be a well-engineered and properly thought-out concept, I wish them well with it.

    July 22, 2015 at 2:07 pm in reply to: Vulcan XH558 spirited display at RIAT #853502
    Mike J
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    Or a South African Lightning 🙂

    Yeah, I’m sure the CAA will welcome that with open arms! :rolleyes:

    July 22, 2015 at 8:32 am in reply to: Flying A20 Havoc #853736
    Mike J
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    Yes, at Lone Star before it was sold to Rod Lewis

    July 21, 2015 at 4:09 pm in reply to: Rimowa to build new airworthy Junkers F 13 #854238
    Mike J
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    Yes, it would go nicely with their shiny new repro Spitfire! 😀

    July 21, 2015 at 2:45 pm in reply to: Rimowa to build new airworthy Junkers F 13 #854402
    Mike J
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    At $2.2m a pop, I wonder how many their business plan says they expect to sell.

    July 21, 2015 at 11:37 am in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #854570
    Mike J
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    Probably out of spite.

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