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April 10, 2007 at 4:45 pm in reply to: EE Lightning, and more, for sale #1249928

FMK.6JOHN
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Pitot tube
Refuling probe cut
Nosewheel doors
Spine panel
Jet pipes
Engines
Main gear ‘D’ doors
Several inspection panels

All these are niggles but can be sorted in time, maybe some of these bits are in there possetion and have not been re-fitted post paint job.

She looks like she is in very good hands as the last time I heard she was dismantled and in poor condition, languishing in Hermeskeil, Germany having been cut up for storage.

Oh and the serial?, she is an F.2A XN784 an ex 92 Sqd bird:) .

Regards,

John.

April 9, 2007 at 4:40 pm in reply to: Any News on the Humbrol Hunter? (merged thread) #1250713

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IIRC there was a dummy sat in the cockpit complete with flight suit and helmet, knowing that these are worth something, might the afore mentioned scum known this and have they been pilfered?.

Edit……Sorry my blood is boiling now, this is NOT an easy job to break a canopy, made from toughened plastic to withstand speed/temperature/pressure and birdstrikes whoever did this would have gone tooled up and with a reason for doing it.

The airframe is sat on a pole, admittedly not high but enough to make it difficult to get a good swing at it with an axe, also the close proximity to the road (a busy one at that) would have meant someone would have seen it happen? surely?.

John.

April 5, 2007 at 11:14 pm in reply to: One Year On . . . Canberra WF922 plus Exhibiting #1253399

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I’m ex-service groundcrew and, on a visit to the MAM (Midlands Aircraft Museum, UK), they let me into their superb Canberra and Vulcan cockpits which was great! Made my day, and I now recommend MAM to anyone.

On the other hand, I was annoyed at the attitude of the staff in the RAF Museum, Hendon. On a recent visit, my friend just touched an engine that was just inside a barrier and was pounced on by an officious woman who said “DON’T TOUCH!”

That happened twice in the one visit, with two different members of staff. I thought these sub-human creatures died out sometime in the 1940s. Won’t be going back there.

RAF Museum Cosford is not like that. Good for them.

Brooklands Museum shows people around and lets them enter the cockpits of several of their airliners as long as there is a ‘volunteer’ present. Great stuff!

Bri 🙂

Exactly the same happened to me!!!, I supposedly leaned too far into the open Phantom cockpit and was shouted at from a hundred yards out….’keep your hands of the exhibit’.

Well the shock and embaressment of the dressing down sent me into an alternate state and I gently reminded the person that the ‘exhibit’ was in fact a Phantom and that both my hands where busy keeping my camera equipment from succumbing to the effects of gravity and a hard surface!, apparently my volume now attracted more wardens and I decided that rather than challenge their combined intelect of a dead badger, retreat was more fruitfull.

On the other hand when I visited MAM a couple of years ago, I was wandering around when a guy approached me and said ‘are you interested’, ‘yes’ I replied, he then proceeded to take me on a guided tour of the aircraft including full access to the Vulcan, F104, Phantom and Canberra cockpits, I went home a very happy bunny that day:D 😀 .

John.

April 4, 2007 at 8:24 pm in reply to: One Year On . . . Canberra WF922 plus Exhibiting #1254215

FMK.6JOHN
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Enthusiasts have dreams too……..

I wouldnt want the general public being let into a running cockpit. If the person is es canberra crew then possibly but who would want “junior” running his grubby fingers all over the controls and possibly damaging or turning off/on something he shouldnt?
Just finished the article very well done!

Peter

I respect your thoughts on people in cockpits and have seen first hand the damage that both children and adults can do but as an enthusiast I must bat for my team on this one.

There is nothing better to me than being allowed the oportunity to sit inside a cockpit, I am willing and interested in listening to any safety brief and prefer to be fully supervised, this is so I know that I am in safe hands and any questions that I have can be answered.

The museums that I have visited and allowed me into cockpits are held close to my heart and I will allways return to them knowing that they go the ‘extra mile’ to make a visit special, Cockpitfest is always first on the menu and in my mind one of the best events of the year.

I hope I speak for the 99 percentile that wish to climb into a cockpit and fullfill a dream, we aren’t all switch flicking spotty oiks hell bent on just sitting there causing trouble:D .

Regards,

John.

April 3, 2007 at 12:31 am in reply to: Murmansk Hurricane mounted on a pole #1255728

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Babelfish:D 😀 .

John.

April 2, 2007 at 11:45 pm in reply to: While going through my duxford pics #1255738

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I made a model of that Hunter in the Fatboy slim colors with custom made decals about a year ago:
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal6/5001-5100/gal5029_Hunter_Soetaert/gal5029.htm

Fouga23

Outstanding build on the Hunter, maybe while I am out tommorrow i will look for a 1/72 to do once I have finished the Gannet currently in the workshop:D .

John.

April 2, 2007 at 3:37 pm in reply to: Need some help editing image. #456632

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😀 😀 😀 😮 😮 😀 😀 😀

Nice bit of Wenslydale anyone?.

John.

April 1, 2007 at 9:27 pm in reply to: Air Vice Marshal John Cliffe OBE. #1256372

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EGCD

A perfect hit!!, I tried Goggle but got it all wrong:confused: .

Many thanks.

John.

April 1, 2007 at 8:54 pm in reply to: Nikon D70s #456645

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Richard

I too have a D70s and have had it for nearly two years now, I still am nowhere near the standard of some guys who post on this forum but for the budget and lack of tallent I am more than happy with it.

I always shoot in RAW format as this will always give a better result than JPEG, post picture processing is done using Pixmantec Rawshooter (no longer available), start by bringing the iso down closer to 200 which will reduce the noise and experiment a little with shutter priority mode, 1/500th for jets and 1/250th for props (gives excellent prop blur).

The Nikon loves good light conditions so you will most likely find that during the summer airshow season things will become easier, last year at RIAT I mainly stayed on fully auto mode with some very good results, the Sigma zoom lens is a good choice and will give nice sharp images at airshows.

I have invested in the Nikon 70-300 VR lens this year and will be looking forward to RIAT, One good investment for the D70s is a decent flash for museum work as the inbuilt one although good just doesn’t cut the mustard in some dingey hangers.

I have had a quick spin around your web space and your pics are quite impressive, here are a couple of mine……

Happy snapping:D .

John.

March 25, 2007 at 6:01 pm in reply to: Falklands 25th Flypast #1262486

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Queens birthday flypast as of 17th June 2006

Element 1: The battle of Britain memorial flight consisting of 1 Lancaster, 2 Hurricanes and 2 Spitfires.
Element 2: 4 Typhoons from 3F Sqn, 17(R) Sqn and 29(R) Sqn.
Element 3: One C-17 Globemaster III from 99 Sqn.
Element 4: One Tristar from 216 Sqn with 2 Typhoons of 29(R) Sqn and 2 Jaguars from 6 Sqn.
Element 5: One Nimrod from 42(R) Sqn and 4 Tornado GR4s of 12 (Bomber) Sqn.
Element 6: One E3-d Sentry of 8 Sqn and 4 Tornado F3s from 111 (F) Sqn.
Element 7: One VC-10 of 101 Sqn and 4 Jaguars from 6 Sqn.
Element 8: 9 Tornado GR4 from II(AC) Sqn, XIII Sqn, IX (B) Sqn and 31 Sqn.
Element 9: 9 Hawks of the Red Arrows and the last flying Canberra PR9 of 39 (1PRU) Sqn.

That makes 13 single engined aircraft over a heavily populated area, it would be wrong of them not to include the Sea Harrier in this years Falklands flypast.

Nuff said:D .

John.

March 24, 2007 at 10:07 pm in reply to: Flying Flea #1263143

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A quick Google

Is this any good?

http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/getinteractive/whalleysworld/display.var.1227712.0.the_flea_up_in_the_rafters.php

John.

March 21, 2007 at 7:18 pm in reply to: The Historic Forum Disposable Camera #1266720

FMK.6JOHN
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Evening gents,

I have done the deed and posted the cam by recorded delivery to Trumper, one small confession though, the person who took the picture didn’t use the flash and before I could do anything about it he took another one with the flash:eek: .

This breaks the rules with regards to one shot each but fate delt a bum hand today and I am willing to make any mends deemed appropriate 😮 .

Regards,

John.

March 18, 2007 at 5:23 pm in reply to: Merlin Engine Ring Tones #1269759

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Merlin magic

Just one problem with having a Merlin ring tone, first thing I did today when my phone started ringing was to look skyward to see where the noise was comming from:D 😀 .

Then I got a slap from the missus for not answering her call:diablo: .

John.

March 18, 2007 at 8:36 am in reply to: Horay I finaly managed to get it to work. #538661

FMK.6JOHN
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Nice shots Mr Angry,

A good tip I was once told was to put your camera on ‘shutter priority’ and set the shutter speed for 1/250th and let everything else sort itself out, iso speed left at 100 and you should get some nice prop blur.

If you want more prop blur then just move down to 1/125th.

Regards,

John.

March 17, 2007 at 10:44 am in reply to: Merlin Engine Ring Tones #1270892

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Bloody great!!!! I have a Merlin on my phone:D 😀 😀 .

Now if only I could get a sound clip of a Lightning startng up:diablo: .

John.
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