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September 26, 2003 at 9:53 am in reply to: What's wrong with this paint job? #2123388

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Who give a toss about the colour, look at Misdemener (or how ever its spelt)

another point is how often would you have seen an imaculately presernted aircraft during WW2,

anwser Never

Seem to remember a few years ago there was a Spitfire on the UK scene that had been given a weatherd look I found this much more intresting to look at that one thats stright off the “production line”

September 16, 2003 at 11:03 pm in reply to: Airplane identification #2080098

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What area of the North Sea?

Twin Engine or Single?

Wing span?

Length?

September 16, 2003 at 6:40 pm in reply to: Whatever happened to this Sabre? #2080231

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Heard that it “may” have gone to the Midland Air Museum but was sold off in 1997.

no other details sorry

September 6, 2003 at 6:51 pm in reply to: Best Vulcan #2084373

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Best preserved vulcan must be

Blackpools! what a fine aircraft it is, well looked after, complete and not a sign of any corrosion

:confused:

September 5, 2003 at 6:33 pm in reply to: Best Vulcan #2084698

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sting

Hendon’s Vulcan might look good on the out side but it has **** all inside, no engines, cockpit stripped no hydralic lines no fuel system no electrics it is just a shell so can we count it as the best preserved vulcan?

September 3, 2003 at 6:50 pm in reply to: Shorts Belfast #2085496

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Belfast

BEPS has had jer U/c put back on new wheels and other odds N ends done so who knows…

in the mean time here is the production history of the Belfast all aircraft registrations and name and what happened to the aircraft.

hope it works…….

Shorts Belfast Production Notes:

Designation Type Model Reg Name Test Reg First Flight Deliverd Civil Other Notes
1. SC5 Belfast C.1 XR362 Samson G-52-14 05/01/1964 21/1267 G-ASKE G-BEPE Last Flight 26/10/84 CoA 11/3/85 Scrapped Southend 02/94
2. SC5 Belfast C.1 XR363 Goliath 01/05/1964 06/09/1968 G-OHCA Scrapped Southend 02/94
3. SC5 Belfast C.1 XR364 Pallus 19/08/1964 03/11/1971 Scrapped Hucknall 11/06/79.
4. SC5 Belfast C.1 XR365 Hector 31/12/1964 14/01/1969 G-HLFT Stored Prestwick (to USA, Australia)
5. SC5 Belfast C.1 XR366 Atlas 31/05/1965 26/06/1968 Scrapped Hucknall 08/08/79
6. SC5 Belfast C.1 XR367 Heracles G-52-15 02/11/1965 10/01/1955 G-BFYU Last Flight 26/2/92 CoA 10/4/93 Scrapped Southend 2001
7. SC5 Belfast C.1 XR368 Theseus 21/02/1966 29/03/1966 G-BEPS PWFU Southend rtn to flight comenced 2003
8. SC5 Belfast C.1 XR369 Spartacus 03/06/1966 06/07/1966 G-BEPL Scrapped Hucknall 10/07/79
9. SC5 Belfast C.1 XR370 Ajax 04/11/1966 13/12/1966 Scrapped Hucknall 04/07/79
10. SC5 Belfast C.1 XR371 Encaladus 11/06/1967 30/06/1967 Preserved RAF Museum Cosford

September 2, 2003 at 7:40 pm in reply to: Shorts Belfast #2085915

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belfast

A mate living close to Prestwick said that the Belfast was running up over the last few days, after chatting with one of the team working on the aircraft he got the impression that the aircraft might be flying out soon!

also that G-BEPS is being put back in to the air to join HLFT down on the Pacific Rim,

there was also news that once either aircraft runs out of hours one may return to the UK for an un-nammed museum.

August 27, 2003 at 3:00 pm in reply to: Convairs #2088081

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Don’t Air Atlantic at Coventry have a 440?

August 22, 2003 at 7:33 pm in reply to: Beverly Vs Vulcan #2090556

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What we cant let the planks get hold of her.

she is british and should remain here in britian no matter what the cost, they scrapped XB261 at Southend then Hendons and now possibly the last remaining one of her breed.

if the lottery stopped funding of the wacko projects and asked us the people who play the sodding thing what we want the money to go on then we would be ablke to save our heritage for the future and not have arty farty snobs telling us what we have to have our money spent on

it will be a disater for the UK if she has to go state side to surrive not that I think she will think of the cost of trasportation, and what the **** has a Beverley got to do with the CAF?

August 21, 2003 at 11:41 am in reply to: Blenheim Accident #2091436

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The biggest difrence is in the length of the nose, I beleve there are slight difrences in the fuse as well,

I beleve the origianl aircraft was written off in the accident at Denham, from memory wasn’t the aircraft broken in two?

wings detatched, engines torn off, nose crushed

Its still at Duxford in one of the small building behind hanger 2 or 3, last time I saw it the fuse was in all over primer with the Mk1 nose sitting just behind it, from looking through the windows it looked to have been totaly rebuilt and a possible replacement.
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