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June 22, 2004 at 8:45 pm in reply to: Favourite Aircraft Designer #1613670

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Kelly Johnson has to rank right up there.

June 14, 2004 at 1:19 am in reply to: RAF Henlow. #1797577

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I used to fly the Vigilant at Henlow. I was a member of 616 VGS for about a year (1997-98). It was fun to fly.

June 7, 2004 at 2:38 am in reply to: So what preserved aircraft have you flown in? #1810006

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DH Queen Bee at Henlow. It was a wonderful experience. I was also lucky enough to fly in a Boeing Stearman in Ohio when I first moved over here.

June 7, 2004 at 2:36 am in reply to: Annoying 8th Air Force Claims #1810008

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I doubt you will find anyone here that disagrees with you on the fact that the Air War was utimately won by the contributions of many nations (in fact the whole war). I strongly believe that if the United States had not entered the war then the UK would have held on to it’s freedom. The English Channel is a wonderful thing (pity we built a tunnel under it). However, I don’t think that we would have had the manpower or industrial might to invade “Fortress Europe” without the full support and commitment of forces by the United States. The map of Europe would look very different today.

June 3, 2004 at 10:19 am in reply to: Some pictures my Grandfather gave me (warning large pics). #1816680

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^I reposted them on a different host server.

June 3, 2004 at 12:31 am in reply to: Some pictures my Grandfather gave me (warning large pics). #1817293

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Thanks also to Arm Waver and JDK… fascinating info indeed.

RAF Bicester has quite a lot of meaning to my family. It is where my Grandfather met my Grandmother. She worked in the NAAFI at Bicester.

June 3, 2004 at 12:29 am in reply to: Some pictures my Grandfather gave me (warning large pics). #1817312

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The only thing I can make out on the tail is the letter J.

Thanks for the info. I guess the fact that they are part of the first production batch makes this photo rather unique. I wonder if there are any others out there?

June 2, 2004 at 9:04 pm in reply to: Some pictures my Grandfather gave me (warning large pics). #1817531

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Lets try the ImageBucket server.

The pictures are reduced in size on this server, so some quality is lost I am afraid.

The registration numbers on the Hinds are (from the front):
J9939
J9936
J9934
J9946
J994?

the far two are unreadable I am afraid.

June 2, 2004 at 8:07 pm in reply to: Some pictures my Grandfather gave me (warning large pics). #1817591

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hmm seems like the image host server is down. I can’t see them either. Maybe they will come back online later.

June 2, 2004 at 3:34 am in reply to: Some pictures my Grandfather gave me (warning large pics). #1818819

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Thanks for the pic Flood. I have to say I have never seen a picture of a Hawsly other than the wrecked one above.

I rescanned the Vimy (if that is what it is) at a much higher resolution and it came out much better. I also put the image through a couple of filters in Paintshop Pro and the results were pretty good.

http://www.uploadimages.net/images/818305vimy2.jpg

I also found another picture that I overlooked. More Hinds I think.

http://www.uploadimages.net/images/783603hawkerhinds.jpg

The pictures are rather large so I just posted the links to prevent the thread from getting too bogged down.

June 1, 2004 at 10:50 pm in reply to: Some pictures my Grandfather gave me (warning large pics). #1819070

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Many thanks Flood! You are quite a detective! I didn’t expect to learn so much about the photo’s when I posted them (I just thought people here would find them interesting). I wish I had some more but unfortunately those above are all I have. Thanks for taking the time to do the research.

June 1, 2004 at 11:25 am in reply to: CAF P-51C Mustang prang? #1820299

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^Maybe it “can” be rebuilt.. but personally I don’t think it “should” be. Of course, we have discussed this before on this forum and it turned ugly. Little point in going over it all again.

May 31, 2004 at 5:02 am in reply to: The "well done Wys" thread #717163

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Congratulations and good luck with the training!

May 30, 2004 at 10:59 pm in reply to: CAF P-51C crash today #1822506

Paul Rix
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Very sad news indeed. I was truely hoping for an accident free display season on both sides of the Atlantic. My thoughts and prayers go out to the pilot’s family and friends at this awful time.

May 29, 2004 at 4:32 am in reply to: Owner takes flight in VP441 #1827731

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The stones are the wrong colour. Someone paint them Grey 😉 The Seafire looks stunning though.
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