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  • January 16, 2015 at 4:36 pm in reply to: B52 crash 1980's #926501
    Mike J
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    Possibly this one http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=48296

    Or this one: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=153233

    January 16, 2015 at 3:31 pm in reply to: News at MeierMotors GmbH / Bremgarten South Germany #926560
    Mike J
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    It has always amazed me too, those flimsy looking engine mounting brackets holding all that weight

    If you look closely at some of the pictures of uncowled 109s posted above, you will see that the lower engine bearer, wing, and main undercarriage attachment points all converge at the same point, a notorious weekness on an aircraft with a narrow-track which is prone to groundlooping, as Robs Lamplough (amongst other owners) found out to his cost.

    January 16, 2015 at 1:09 pm in reply to: Captain Eddie Kurdziel Firefly #926613
    Mike J
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    AFAIK it is at Ray Middleton’s place in Colorado being repaired.

    January 15, 2015 at 9:37 pm in reply to: Peter Jackson WW1 Collection #926904
    Mike J
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    Is there a listing of his ‘fleet’ , types, number of examples, that sort of thing ?

    The current list is easy enough to pull together from public sources such as the NZ civil register and other published sources, although the new projects are generally kept under wraps until they are ready to fly. It will be interesting to see that this weekend’s Wairapapa show brings…

    January 15, 2015 at 9:34 pm in reply to: Peter Jackson WW1 Collection #926908
    Mike J
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    The Daily Mail article is not about his own WWI aircraft collection, but deals with him acting as guest curator for a new Government museum in Wellington.

    January 14, 2015 at 4:58 pm in reply to: Fly Again, Wellington! #927515
    Mike J
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    Just a clarification here, TFC volunteers DO NOT work on aircraft (this includes restoration, maintenance, etc)

    How times have changed 🙁

    January 14, 2015 at 4:39 pm in reply to: Newark Air Museum Briefing – (2015) #927536
    Mike J
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    Surely anything that gets visitors in through the door, and (the key thing here) gets them coming back again for repeat visits, is just as important? If a museum has good cafe and toilet facilities, I for one will be able to bring my wife along every time I visit. If she remembers it as a place where she had to go to the toilet in a draughty outhouse and drink lukewarm nescafe from a styrofoam cup in a portakabin, she won’t be coming back with me. If she can read a paper and drink good coffee in nice surroundings, she may well come with me each time I visit. I’m sure the folks at NAM have done their research and know what they are doing, they have certainly demonstrated this by going from strength to strength unlike the majority of volunteer-run museums who can’t see past draughty tin sheds and rows of tatty aeroplanes rotting into the dirt.

    January 14, 2015 at 1:16 pm in reply to: A collection of 'Wreck' Pics in Todays Paper #927696
    Mike J
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    http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?133453-Wrecks-and-relics-some-stunning-images-from-the-wilds&highlight=

    January 13, 2015 at 3:24 pm in reply to: Fly Again, Wellington! #850059
    Mike J
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    Not without a wealthy backer with a burning desire to see a Wellington fly again, and prepared to sink a considerable amount of money into the project to make it happen. At times like this, I end up reflecting on what the preservation movement in the UK lost when Charles Church was killed.

    January 13, 2015 at 2:24 pm in reply to: Mildenhall to close… #850151
    Mike J
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    And the bridges and chocolate. Don’t forget the bridges and chocolate!

    January 13, 2015 at 2:17 pm in reply to: Mildenhall to close… #850155
    Mike J
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    Moggy. In other words, just start pretending we’re Belgium?

    January 13, 2015 at 1:41 pm in reply to: Mildenhall to close… #850166
    Mike J
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    The Conservatives held the local seat (West Suffolk) with over 50% of the vote and a majority of over 27% at the last election. There is therefore no political capital whatsoever to be gained from “coming up with the money when it suits them” in this case. A lot of straws being clutched at here. It’ll be the “Blackbird Business Park”, with roads like “Starlifter Drive” and “MacRobertson Court” before we even know it!

    January 13, 2015 at 1:18 pm in reply to: Mildenhall to close… #850174
    Mike J
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    There is simply no money for that kind of expenditure nowadays. What operational capability would you suggest should be cut to fund this “you never know, for the future” cost? Maritime Patrol Aircraft, perhaps? Or maybe our current (and, apparently, vital) aircraft carrier capability?

    January 13, 2015 at 11:41 am in reply to: Dusting the aircraft hanging from your ceiling #850222
    Mike J
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    You’ll be happy with Duxford and Hendon then, target tugs dangling from the ceiling at both of those sites! 😀

    January 13, 2015 at 11:19 am in reply to: Mildenhall to close… #850233
    Mike J
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    Even the ones which the Army have taken over are now being closed, most recently Waterbeach. With the next round of defence cuts looming, I can’t see any need for more bases in the forseeable future.

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