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September 24, 2008 at 8:42 pm in reply to: Avro Vulcan questions #1197441

FMK.6JOHN
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So that brings me back to my original point – ALL were capable but only 32 were ever suitably modded up to take it 😀

Jon

To be made capable then they would have had to have been modded up, your statement is not strictly true, if it where than in the same sense all Lancasters were capable of carrying bouncing bombs but were not modded to do so.:D

John.

September 24, 2008 at 6:50 pm in reply to: Avro Vulcan questions #1197730

FMK.6JOHN
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As does XM594 at NAM:D.

John.

September 24, 2008 at 6:38 pm in reply to: Avro Vulcan questions #1197746

FMK.6JOHN
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I heard this second hand so I will let someone back this up before comitting it as gospel!!.

Was once speaking to a chap and he informed me that the easy way to tell if a vulcan had been modded for blue steel was the addition of an extra ariel cowling beneath the port engine nacelles.

It was to duplicate the ariels from the starboard side, countering the blanking effects of the blue steel missile on the radio waves so there was no loss of signal.

Regards,

John.

September 23, 2008 at 10:21 am in reply to: Attitudes towards Harris #1200025

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Arthur Travers Harris “Bomber Offensive”…………

The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.

His statement sums it all up for me, under his command and thanks to the bravery of all those who went to war on all fronts we enjoy the freedoms we have today and for decades to come.

I would have loved to have been there when said person was protesting about someone she knew absolutely nothing about, she wouls have gone home minus the sign and not being able to sit down for a long while:diablo:.

Regards,

John.

September 17, 2008 at 2:08 pm in reply to: Pilots oxygen mask, info required. #1205751

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John,

A very nice 2A, it proves that mine doesn’t have the holes for the 2A visor and if they had taken care to fill them in with epoxy filler then they would have at least done the paint job properly:D.

Flightpath,

I spotted that one, it will no doubt fetch top book price too!!, I will keep my eyes out for a more used one that will be in keeping with the sate of the helmet:).

Regards,

John.

September 17, 2008 at 8:16 am in reply to: Pilots oxygen mask, info required. #1206137

FMK.6JOHN
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John,

I don’t think the thread has gone OT, I have learnt loads about helmets and we are still in the same area where we started off;).

anneorac,

As for holes the helmet does have what appears to be holes that have been filled in using a type of rivet or plug but not knowing where the fixing points for a 2A visor should be then I can’t say for sure that is what they might be.

Flightpath,

A nice little phantom shrine:cool:.

Here is my helmet, a very well worn and rough looking example but it is absolute gold to me, and it fits me noggin:D……..

Kindest regards,

John.

September 16, 2008 at 4:52 pm in reply to: Pilots oxygen mask, info required. #1206758

FMK.6JOHN
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Oops, must have missed it first time round!!, link does not seem to work for me though?.

http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/newsItem.php?id=44

Regards,

John.

September 16, 2008 at 4:47 pm in reply to: Indoor Aeroboot Sale – Newark #1206762

FMK.6JOHN
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Yay I’m on afternoons that day so I will be there bright and early:D.

Regards,

John.

September 16, 2008 at 4:44 pm in reply to: Pilots oxygen mask, info required. #1206764

FMK.6JOHN
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Thanks for the info Anne, will keep my eyes on the stalls:D.

Regards,

John.

September 16, 2008 at 2:42 pm in reply to: Pilots oxygen mask, info required. #1206811

FMK.6JOHN
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Excellent news!, as soon as a date is set I will be there, as for the hat, thanks to all the info I am certain it is a Mk3B modified from a Mk2A and it is a genuine article.

All I need to do now is tally up the other history with it which shouldn’t be a problem.

Any advances on the Sqadron leader of 5Sqd, RAF Binbrook 1980?.

Kindest regards,

John.

September 15, 2008 at 5:35 pm in reply to: Help needed to identify possible Canberra window #1207725

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teresa

It certainly looks like part of the nose blister fitted to several marks of Canberra, the blister has this flat window within it and was used as the bomb aimers/camera window.

Here is the best pic I have of one on the Canberra at Newark air Museum…….

HTH,

John.

September 15, 2008 at 2:10 pm in reply to: Pilots oxygen mask, info required. #1207902

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John,

I stand corrected about the reflective tape! the helmet has been painted green but was origionally white.

Regards,

John.

September 15, 2008 at 1:31 pm in reply to: Pilots oxygen mask, info required. #1208027

FMK.6JOHN
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Well I wasn’t expecting all this information!!:D.

I am clearly not as clued up on pilots helmets as I thought, the helmet I have and quiried about has MK3A and MK3B in the label inside the brow band.
The history behind the helmet (apparently) is that it was modified from a MK2A, the visor assembly being removed and replaced with a single central rail to take a single tinted visor.

The visor has no ‘cut-out’ for the oxy mask but this was not uncommon on fast jets and there is plenty of photographs to back this up, there is no boom mike attatchments and hooks are fitted for an oxy mask, there is also the reflective tape crossed on the top of it which was not normal practice for heli pilots helmets.

The carry case it is stored in also backs up the MK2A conversion story, it is a MK2A box but all the paperwork and tags are from he period of the MK3 and everything tallys with the helmet, e.g. scuff marks and storage marks in the foam liner.

If anyone can confirm the name of the squadron leader of 5Sqd at RAF Binbrook durning 1980 then I will be able to put further history behind it.

Kindest regards,

John.

September 15, 2008 at 1:31 am in reply to: Should the MOD sell off our Historic military assets? #1208364

FMK.6JOHN
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Politics and money I think are the two key words you are groping for Nash mate.

John.

September 15, 2008 at 1:17 am in reply to: Should the MOD sell off our Historic military assets? #1208504

FMK.6JOHN
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Victory’s £1.5m per year is a pittance to the MOD……when it probably wastes that much every month……they could probably save that amount annually by turning of the lights in Whitehall at night when no one’s there.:rolleyes:

Lets not forget the MoD canned the Jaguar fleet early to save less than 1.5m so it’s not exactly a ‘pittance’ to them.

Regards,

John.
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