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Cees Broere

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  • March 6, 2009 at 2:32 pm in reply to: Lancaster Remains Resolute Bay #1174093
    Cees Broere
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    That’s what happens if plans for a recovery take too long. Claiming a wreck for recovery is one thing but the actual recovery itself is more important and that’s often where things start to slow down.
    Get that York out of there, FAST!!!!

    Cees

    March 6, 2009 at 11:36 am in reply to: Post your preserved Halifax photographs here #1174434
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    Nope but 40 ops is a fine score.

    Anyone have pics of the cockpit of PN323 during the early Skyfame years?

    Cheers

    Cees

    March 6, 2009 at 11:34 am in reply to: Short Sundarland Turret info wanted #1174442
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    Haven’t forgotten it John,

    I knew you would remind us.:)

    Cheers

    Cees

    March 6, 2009 at 11:32 am in reply to: H.P.56 Halifax (?) #1174453
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    Paul,

    The Halifax was designed from the outset with air cooled radial engines, not the Merlin, That’s why the Merlin engine installation looks to be like an afterthought and caused so much drag.

    There was one experimental Halifax with underslung nacelles and using higher powered Merlins which gave much better performance but the Halifax III with Hercules engines was considered to be a better option.

    So the Air Ministry was partly to blame for the dissapointing performance of the early Merlin engined Halifaxes by forcing HP to use engines the airframe wasn’t designed for.

    Cheers

    Cees

    March 5, 2009 at 7:22 pm in reply to: Short Sundarland Turret info wanted #1175637
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    Also used on the Manchester and the Botha, any pics would be great.

    Cheers

    Cees

    March 5, 2009 at 7:21 pm in reply to: Post your preserved Halifax photographs here #1175648
    Cees Broere
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    Great pic Tony, the Halifax I mean.
    Keep it up, you might start to like it
    Cheers
    Cees

    March 5, 2009 at 7:19 pm in reply to: An observation…. #1175653
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    If some interesting and previously unknown pics come to light then the threads can be real gems

    Cheers

    Cees

    March 5, 2009 at 7:16 pm in reply to: Post your preserved Halifax photographs here #1175678
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    Tony, start your own thread on that ………….:dev2:

    Cees

    March 5, 2009 at 6:32 pm in reply to: Short Sundarland Turret info wanted #1175854
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    FN7? That would double the known number of surviving turrets of this type then. Is it the egg shaped dome?
    Any pics, mind you if it’s only the cupola then it’s not exactly a turret but interesting nevertheless.

    Cheers

    Cees

    March 5, 2009 at 10:53 am in reply to: Units on ASIs of WW2 bombers #1176694
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    Brian
    PS. Doesn’t anyone know anything about the Halifax?

    The what? Halifax? Never heard of it. I do know the Lancaster and Spitfire though…….:p;):rolleyes::diablo::dev2::):)

    Cheers

    Cees

    February 28, 2009 at 6:30 pm in reply to: Supermarine S6B Colours #1184537
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    When visiting the Science Museum during New Years recentely I couldn’t help thinking that the S6B looked a bit tired, of course it’s an original aircraft but with various bits and panels missing it looked a bit neglected. hope it will be made more complete soon

    Don’t know if the missing bits were a result of the conservation programme though

    Cheers

    Cees

    February 28, 2009 at 6:28 pm in reply to: TE184 Has Flown! #1184540
    Cees Broere
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    Thanks Mark,

    That clears things up for me again. fascinating the number of resting projects that are still around.

    Cheers

    Cees

    February 28, 2009 at 4:13 pm in reply to: TE184 Has Flown! #1184704
    Cees Broere
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    Was this the same aircraft that had been reported in flypast at the time as having been discovered by Lance Trading?

    Fantastic pics Mark, I always love to see those recovery photographs.

    Cheers

    Cees

    February 27, 2009 at 6:20 pm in reply to: What would a non flying replica Spitfire cost? #1186266
    Cees Broere
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    Ahh the Chines Stirwing…:eek:

    Cees

    February 27, 2009 at 12:51 pm in reply to: What would a non flying replica Spitfire cost? #1186734
    Cees Broere
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    In the Netherlandse we have a full size static model of a Fokker G-1. It was built by a furniture factory and made of wood, the ailerons and elevators are
    represented unfortunately by black lines, but it gives an excellent impression of the size of our famous G-1. Until one is reconstructed (which will be many years off) this is all we have.
    A Whirlwind replica or Stirling wouldn’t be out of place at Hendon.

    Cheers

    Cees

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