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  • in reply to: Sea Hurricanes #1157380
    cotteswold
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    Great!

    Must have been on the Gibraltar run?

    = Tim

    in reply to: Question regarding copyright on old photos. #1094455
    cotteswold
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    Oh, dear – (Happy New Year!) – I seem to have transgressed?

    I have not only offered photos taken by me while in Goverment Service, but also those taken by an AM Photographer 68 years ago, which I believed were out of Copyright.

    Oh, dear!!

    = Tim

    in reply to: Coltishall Air Show Pleasure Flight Rapide #1098039
    cotteswold
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    Who, me?

    No – ’twas at Turnhouse

    in reply to: B o B film — by a flight sim #1098703
    cotteswold
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    So longed to fly one of those!!

    in reply to: B o B film — by a flight sim #1098791
    cotteswold
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    Stunning! Congratulations whoever.

    Again – no criticism – but note how the the gunfire has to be shown going directly at the target, instead of with lead. Has to be!

    = Tim

    in reply to: Sea Hurricanes #1101281
    cotteswold
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    Was posted away before seeing it.

    in reply to: Sea Hurricanes #1101647
    cotteswold
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    In reverse order –
    1. Thanks!
    2. Volunteers? Yes – the early ones – until they ran out!!
    3. Briefing? If you read “Hurricats” it explains all the briefing. I never heard a word of it!!

    = Tim

    in reply to: Sea Hurricanes #1101914
    cotteswold
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    Yes – but, in those days, no one knew whether the thing would survive the launch?

    in reply to: Sea Hurricanes #1102100
    cotteswold
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    Some funnies there?

    1. Was that the Farnborough catapult?
    2. I thought I went off with canopy open. Clearly wrong?
    3. All our ground launches were with u/c down.
    4. Notice the stomach-turning sink on the first launch.
    5. No headrest in the photo-launch.
    6. Why do we always have to shake the control column to show that we are firing!!
    7. John Pickwell & Peter Mallet were Navy FDOs. Were not the others the same?
    8. “CAMShips were Naval Ships” – Must tell my Captain!!

    = Tim

    PS – I might have starred in a documentary about the unit, but I became unphotographic with Impetigo!

    in reply to: Hurricane Z5207 and Gladiator N5719 #1104000
    cotteswold
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    I’ve tried the Retroair link in the past & have got nowhere.

    in reply to: Decca Navigation Fit, Which Aircraft? #1104027
    cotteswold
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    We positioned ourselves by Decca for the firdt bomb photos for Grapple. (Shackleton)

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/photo04/RAF2/xmasis.jpg

    In fact, we set up the chain throughout the Islands.

    And Bill Macnamara, our Nav, worked out an approach to BK on it.

    = Tim

    in reply to: Hurricane Z5207 and Gladiator N5719 #1104091
    cotteswold
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    The Z5207 trail keeps breaking up – for me!

    But this seems to be the goal?

    “Also lurking in Classic Aero’s hangar at Thruxton Airport are what look like two children’s climbing frames. These are the fuselages of two Hawker Hurricanes, which the company will have restored to flying condition in the next three or four years. There are currently only eight flying Hurricanes in the world, and while there are more Spitfires, the numbers are still low”

    “Also lurking in Classic Aero’s hangar at Thruxton Airport are what look like two children’s climbing frames. These are the fuselages of two Hawker Hurricanes, which the company will have restored to flying condition in the next three or four years. There are currently only eight flying Hurricanes in the world, and while there are more Spitfires, the numbers are still low”.

    “Phil Lawton who is currently rebuilding Z5207 – as flown from ‘Argus’ by one Sgt Anson on 07 September 1941 – and confidently expects it to be in the air before the end of 2010. The rebuild….. “

    But I love this one – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1237180/THE-WIDER-VIEW-Three-years-making-boys-dream–ultimate-home-model-aeroplane.html

    in reply to: Sea Hurricanes #1104603
    cotteswold
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    When you rise again today, are the Vs under each wing in the top photo tethering guys?

    in reply to: Sea Hurricanes #1104694
    cotteswold
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    Where are you finding these treasures?

    in reply to: Sea Hurricanes #1105291
    cotteswold
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    Well – that’s a good start.

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