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Cees Broere

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  • in reply to: Halifax Cockpit Project #1193939
    Cees Broere
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    Really impressive Cees – you seem unstoppable at the moment. Looks like it has outgrown your loft now! Well done – bet you can’t wait to paint it 😀

    Elliott,

    Your words were prophetic. The cockpit will now be put on display in ouw museum in the same building where the cockpit is being built now. This way the quality of work will be higher as opposed to working in a dark cluttered attice running up and down to flights of stairs and into the garden and vice versa.:rolleyes:

    No pics as I still haven’t been able to put them up (should look into the photobucket option soon) but the frames are almost finished and after
    that it is time to put them all in position and then the fuselage will ermerge in skeletal form. I am really enjoying this.:)

    Watch this space.

    Cees

    in reply to: Supermarine Spitefull first prototype #1198000
    Cees Broere
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    This is the aircraft Frank Furlong crashed in isn’t it?

    Also that it had as standard Mk XIV Spitfire fuselage. Any parts of the wings found. Is there a lot of wreckage still down there or just fragments.

    Cees

    in reply to: Supermarine Spitefull first prototype #1198319
    Cees Broere
    Participant

    Tony,

    That’s an unique project, care to share some pics?

    Cheers

    Cees

    in reply to: Spitfire MK14 RM873 #1198327
    Cees Broere
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    in reply to: The Forum Virtual Aviation Museum #1199267
    Cees Broere
    Participant

    This is a great project, congratulations.

    Keep us informed.

    Cees

    in reply to: How many Mk I Spitfires are underway? #1199273
    Cees Broere
    Participant

    Thanks for the input chaps.

    Exciting times ahead, it would be great to see a scramble of
    half a squadron of Mk I Spits with perhaps some Hurricanes
    intermingled. Despite the recession it looks like the warbird
    industry is alive and kicking!

    Cees

    in reply to: Scrapyard Photos; Any More? #1200577
    Cees Broere
    Participant

    Yuck, jets:dev2:

    Any photographs of scrapped French Halifaxes (or Privateers)?

    Cheers

    Cees

    in reply to: Chatham Islands Sunderland remains again #1200582
    Cees Broere
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    Dream on.
    The Chatham Islanders consider the wreck to be part of their history, and would react quite adversely if there was any suggestion of removal.
    They are rough-and-tough guys ( and the women are even more so), and any salvage party are likely to end up as bait in the local crayfish pots.

    Fair enough, 😉

    But leaving things to rot outside for decades doesn’t show much interest in preserving these components.

    Just my view:cool:

    Cees

    in reply to: WW2 RAF Fighter Pilots Personal weapons #1203529
    Cees Broere
    Participant

    When we recovered the 300 Sqn (Polish) Lancaster we also found a Webley revolver. According to the only survivor it was common use for the Polish crewmembers to carry one in case of having to bail out and take the opportunity to take some of the hated Germans with them.
    Don’t know if such an opportunity has ever taken place.

    Cheers

    Cees

    in reply to: Tempest parts to identify #1203690
    Cees Broere
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    Neil,

    Object in first three pics is a supressor box.
    Last two pics are part of oxygen economiser

    HTH

    Cheers
    Cees

    in reply to: Lancaster Rose Rice rear turret info #1205786
    Cees Broere
    Participant

    How about: absolutely fantastic!

    Very atmospherice cloudsetting.

    cheers

    Cees

    in reply to: Why is the Vulcan going to Volkel? #1208042
    Cees Broere
    Participant

    Yes, Rob,

    They certainly learned that from the Halifax/Lancaster bombload debate

    Cheers

    Cees

    in reply to: Flying A Services & Doug Arnold #1208054
    Cees Broere
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    About ten years ago I visited North Weald and in the hangar next to the Casa (Spanish Heinkel) there were to BMW 801 radial engines in obviously recovered but fantastic condition. I was told they were owned by Mr Arnold.
    Any info what happend to these?

    Cheers

    Cees

    in reply to: Spitfire wing walk way #1208256
    Cees Broere
    Participant

    The sticky type.;)

    😮

    Cees

    in reply to: Why is the Vulcan going to Volkel? #1208630
    Cees Broere
    Participant

    the very obvious, but non the less very secret goal of XH558’s visit to the Netherlands is the imminent selection of an F-16 replacement………….

    As the Vulcan is, until now, unriveled in its performance and appearance, Dutch politicians have asked VTTS to demonstrate G-VLCN at Volkel AFB.

    It is not unthinkable that AVRO’s production line will be re-opened once a new Dutch order for the impressive bomber is considered.

    As a Dutch tax payer, I would be more than happy to contribute to the icon of military aviation, the shear seight (and sound) of which would absolutely terrify Taliban!! The idea of buying Vulcan’s competitor, JSF, would horrify me:rolleyes:

    Aerovet

    I’d rather spend my taxmoney on Victors.:diablo:

    Groeten uit Amstelveen

    Cees

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