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  • January 30, 2015 at 4:21 pm in reply to: Sahara P40 #917147
    Mike J
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    Mosquito TV959 is a good parallel in many ways. It too was held in store for the national collection for many years, but kept out of sight. When it was traded with the Imperial War Museum, it wasn’t really lost to the nation, as it had been in store for so long.

    I was under the impression that it was traded pretty much as soon as it came off public display in Lambeth when the last redevelopment (before the absolutely dire current one) was done in the late-80s.

    January 30, 2015 at 1:27 pm in reply to: CDR Alex Vraciu, US Navy #917253
    Mike J
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    Also in the last couple of days, Col Ed Saylor, engineer on board the #15 B-25 on the Doolittle Raid. That just leaves 3 of the original Doolittle Raiders.

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/29/one-of-last-doolittle-raiders-dies-at-94/22553233/

    I had the privilege of meeting both Alex Vraciu and Ed Saylor at events on the US West Coast in recent years. Sad that we are now losing the last few of the veterans of WW2.

    January 29, 2015 at 8:13 pm in reply to: Sahara P40 #917857
    Mike J
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    Hardly the fault of either Kennet or the RAF Museum that the political situation went rapidly pear-shaped soon after the aircraft was recovered from the desert. It was a calculated risk, that so far hasn’t paid off.

    January 29, 2015 at 6:46 pm in reply to: AB910 – Engine Runs at Duxford! #918018
    Mike J
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    Blimey that was quick work! I expected her to miss this season. She looks fantastic.

    It has been there for a couple of years. I think it was originally due to have been completed mid-summer last year (hence the invasion stripes) but the wait certainly seems to have been worth it, it looks superb!

    January 29, 2015 at 1:29 pm in reply to: Dale 'Snort' Snodgrass flying the P-51 Mustang #918516
    Mike J
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    Peter Anderson

    January 29, 2015 at 12:31 pm in reply to: Dale 'Snort' Snodgrass flying the P-51 Mustang #918541
    Mike J
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    It sounds like Rob Reider doing the commentary. He is one of the better US commentators, researches his stuff properly and knows most of the performers personally. There are some truly awful, over-hyped and inaccurate, airshow commentaries in the US, but Rob is certainly one of the best.

    January 28, 2015 at 1:51 pm in reply to: B29 'Doc' (And Other B29s) #919360
    Mike J
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    That’s ‘Key Bird’. The photo of it sitting on the ice at the head of the article was taken shortly after it made its forced landing in 1947.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_Bird

    The War History website is mostly just a re-hash of (other peoples’) old material without any real analysis, as in this case.

    January 28, 2015 at 11:46 am in reply to: Foulness Island Ranges #919500
    Mike J
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    I remember that when we re-assembled XR222 at Duxford in 1978 after it arrived from Cranfield, we were told that quite a bit of the first prototype, XR219, still survived at Foulness.

    January 27, 2015 at 1:28 pm in reply to: Hawker Cygnet – "Mr Selfridge" ITV #920125
    Mike J
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    Unlike in other countries (such as the USA), I don’t think the CAA grants exemptions to allow UK-registered aircraft to continue to wear their historical registrations from other countries.

    January 27, 2015 at 11:20 am in reply to: RAFM Wellington Restoration #920150
    Mike J
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    Sounds like pure speculation/whish-list thinking to me. I thought the original scheme of silver with yellow training bands had been mentioned by the RAFM at one point.

    January 26, 2015 at 4:26 pm in reply to: Hawker Cygnet – "Mr Selfridge" ITV #920856
    Mike J
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    ….the British Airways ‘Heritage’ advert a couple of years ago.

    Ah yes, the airline that is so proud of its heritage that it abandoned its own historic airliner collection to the scrapper a few years back. Until, of course, it comes time to cash in on that same heritage. 🙁

    January 24, 2015 at 4:13 pm in reply to: Washington DC Flypast 8th May 2015 #922024
    Mike J
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    There are two flying, CAF’s and Collings.

    January 23, 2015 at 4:59 pm in reply to: Washington DC Flypast 8th May 2015 #922496
    Mike J
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    An ambitious project, I wish them well with it. Assuming the FAA’s requirements can be met, it will all come down to sponsorship as to whether their plans can be achieved or not. Gathering that many aircraft from all corners of the US certainly won’t be cheap!

    January 23, 2015 at 1:31 pm in reply to: Curtiss C-46 flying in Alaska #922759
    Mike J
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    There’s just one still flying in the lower 48 now, ‘Tinker Belle’. Buffalo Airways in Canada still have one or two operational too, and there are some still flying in S.America, but they’re getting to be quite rare now. The CAF parked ‘China Doll’ at Camarillo about 5 years ago, with no immediate plans to get it operational again.

    January 23, 2015 at 12:11 pm in reply to: " Spitfires in the sun " book #922808
    Mike J
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    3 quid more expensive on ebay, from the same seller!

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