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  • June 29, 2012 at 11:12 pm in reply to: Spitfire training in Britain #402659
    Dunbar
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    2 day into course is the most accessible…a flight in the Chipmunk or Tiger Moth, a flight in the T6/Harvard and then a flight in one of 2 2-seater Mark IX Spitfires. Groundschool included, flying licence holders only.

    About the cost of a used small car…

    May 24, 2012 at 12:43 am in reply to: Joe Roddis fires up a Spitfire #1017157
    Dunbar
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    Hi Cees, not in Australia no, but in our very own Goodwood;)

    May 24, 2012 at 12:41 am in reply to: Joe Roddis fires up a Spitfire #1017159
    Dunbar
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    I’m no engineer Bruce, but I’m thinking 2 guys on the tail may compress the oleo somewhat?

    May 23, 2012 at 5:00 pm in reply to: Joe Roddis fires up a Spitfire #1017325
    Dunbar
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    Thanks!

    May 23, 2012 at 4:02 pm in reply to: Joe Roddis fires up a Spitfire #1017336
    Dunbar
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    Arghh! Can someone more computer literate than I put those pictures up the right way? They looked fine on my computer…

    May 6, 2012 at 2:26 pm in reply to: Boultbee Flight Academy at Goodwood #1042357
    Dunbar
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    There’s nothing ironic about a repaired aircraft returning to it’s former base.

    I think it’s all rather the way of things – we’re just stewards of these great aircraft, I hope very much that Spitfires are being flown from wartime bases long after I head off to bluer skies:)

    May 6, 2012 at 8:45 am in reply to: Boultbee Flight Academy at Goodwood #1042695
    Dunbar
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    They’ve loaned it to us to but like a bank loan, the privilege has to be paid for…

    Oxford is a great venue but the north-south runway was not ideal and towards the end of last year they were refusing to allow run in and breaks, which is an important part of the experience for the students.

    May 5, 2012 at 9:58 pm in reply to: Boultbee Flight Academy at Goodwood #1042887
    Dunbar
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    G-ILDA and G-CCCA, loaned from Arco.

    February 23, 2012 at 9:25 am in reply to: Red preservative on RAF aircraft parts #1052414
    Dunbar
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    I picked up a T6 fin from Lance in Dallas and that was completely coated in cosmoline. As mentioned, a good clean with thinners and it polished up very nicely. Always interesting unpacking WW2 surplus parts…often also wrapped in post war newspapers, real time capsules.

    February 17, 2012 at 8:40 pm in reply to: Just had to post this from the AAIB reports #406339
    Dunbar
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    Interesting that it was a Second Officer on a 737…do we still have those?

    All very odd. Pity no CVR…

    February 17, 2012 at 2:14 pm in reply to: Red Arrow Gnat serials #1059051
    Dunbar
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    Thanks for that Doc, nice to know we’re both still tearing around the sky:)

    It might have been a recruitment display but I seem to remember it just being a car showroom/garage. Early 80’s probably about right.

    Best

    D

    February 17, 2012 at 8:52 am in reply to: Red Arrow Gnat serials #1059501
    Dunbar
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    As a young lad, my Dad took me to a garage in East London where XS101 was on display. Got to sit in it, more fuel to the fire of my ambition to become a pilot…must have been late 70s…anyone else remember that?

    November 27, 2011 at 7:11 am in reply to: Untouched for 15 years- can I say 'good-riddance' to my Whiz-Wheel? #408989
    Dunbar
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    Work out the max drift, use the clock to calculate drift (i.e. if 30 degrees off, half the clock face=half max drift etc and you’re sorted. Works for headwinds/tailwinds also. Workable method and as old as the hills.

    I haven’t used the whizz wheel since 1992

    October 12, 2011 at 8:41 am in reply to: Airworthy Il-2 – Sturmovik flies #1048689
    Dunbar
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    wish she’d stfu so we can hear the engine noise …. stupid bint!

    Charming. I bet you’re quite the hit with the ladies:rolleyes:

    October 1, 2011 at 6:45 pm in reply to: Homesick Angels #1061081
    Dunbar
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    There’s a million of them…

    In the same class as ” landing as smooth as a cat p!ssing on velvet”…”nothing on the clock but the makers name” etc.

    I love ’em all:D

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