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  • January 28, 2011 at 5:37 pm in reply to: Spitfire IX at Speyer #1140776
    paulmcmillan
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    RK912 now in the UK since 5 October 2010

    Mark

    Is this at Area 51 lite and will it be at L……….

    January 28, 2011 at 5:09 pm in reply to: Spitfire IX at Speyer #1140793
    paulmcmillan
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    Is it in the book? 😮

    RK912 now in the UK since 5 October 2010

    … but after the publication closing line and therefore listed to a private German collector

    Mark

    It won’t all be in the Book!

    January 28, 2011 at 9:16 am in reply to: Guido Zuccolli had three B-24's, one airworthy? #1141427
    paulmcmillan
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    “Discovered in China and subsequently purchased by Guido Zuccolli, is an apparently airworthy B-24 Liberator.

    Not a B-24 it was a Stirling!;)

    January 27, 2011 at 2:08 pm in reply to: RAF Benson – State Funeral Involvement circa 1971/73? #1142386
    paulmcmillan
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    Slightly slightly off topic….but a connection to the Duke of Windsor and meteorology, Resmoroh!

    At the time of his death I ran a Climatological Observing Station in Eastbourne, and our sunshine recorder (sun ball) was – and probably still is – on the roof of the Grand Hotel. Come the day, the union flag was at half mast and entangled itself in the sunshine recorder ripping out the card. The result was that we ‘lost’ over eight hours of sunshine that day and were in what was then called the “Sunshine League” – vied for jealously by all seaside resorts on the coast who wanted to officially be “Suntrap of the South”. Result; we lost that year by a about six hours!

    Anyway…a slight digression.

    Ahh but did you abdicate responsibility?

    January 26, 2011 at 9:27 am in reply to: Trevor McDonald and a Beaufort ? #1144194
    paulmcmillan
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    The most interesting thing about the programme (he ain’t no Alan Whicker!!) was the walk through what had been Nicosia Airport – abandoned and left in 1974 when, at the cessation of fighting, it became part of the UN buffer zone. 1970’s adverts on the walls, period furniture and the check-in desks – a real time warp.

    Was Andy Gray there?

    January 25, 2011 at 12:11 pm in reply to: FHC´s (Paul Allen´s) Fw 190 A 5 maiden flight #1145090
    paulmcmillan
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    Nobody Expects the Roundel Police! …Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: colour codes, unit emblems, ruthless critism, an almost fanatical devotion to the RLM paint numbers…

    January 20, 2011 at 6:16 pm in reply to: Royal Flying Corps Monthly Safety Report #1149956
    paulmcmillan
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    “Captain * * * of the Hussars, a balloon observer, unfortunately allowed
    the spike of his full-dress helmet to impinge against the envelope of his
    balloon. “

    Gas Bag Fuelled Butchers Lorry and Dads Army comes to mind…

    Don’t Panic!

    January 19, 2011 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Fourth Stalag Luft 111 Tunnel to be excavated #1150762
    paulmcmillan
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    if historians/archaeologists were digging up Colditz would they find the receipt from the Stork Hotel?

    January 19, 2011 at 6:58 pm in reply to: Fourth Stalag Luft 111 Tunnel to be excavated #1150934
    paulmcmillan
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    What about the lessor known 5th, 6th and 7th Tunnels. Wayne, Darren and Kyle?

    January 12, 2011 at 10:05 am in reply to: Aircraft in a Yorkshire lake? #1089050
    paulmcmillan
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    Looks like the tail is still there

    http://www.yorkshire-divers.com/forums/uk-dive-sites-accommodation-liveaboards/1692-haweswater-2.html

    January 11, 2011 at 11:21 pm in reply to: Aviation Archaeology Japan??? #1089332
    paulmcmillan
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    Have to ask is..

    Aviation Archaeology…

    Big in Japan???

    (or even Dig in Japan ??)

    January 11, 2011 at 4:58 pm in reply to: How dead is dead? #1089793
    paulmcmillan
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    We will need to consult ‘The Book’ when it is available

    “G-Ordy said unto forum, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live (Mark12 Page 127. Paragraph 4).”

    January 11, 2011 at 12:44 pm in reply to: How dead is dead? #1089940
    paulmcmillan
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    When it is a Spitfire owned by MOD and reduced to components?

    January 10, 2011 at 10:39 am in reply to: Fairey Seaplane Data Plate #1090797
    paulmcmillan
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    If someone has the revelant Air Britain Naval Aircraft book, you may find a bit more history on this aircraft

    Royal Navy Aircraft Serials and Units 1911 – 1919 (ISBN 0 85130 191 6) by Ray Sturtivant I.S.O. and Gordon Page

    January 10, 2011 at 10:36 am in reply to: Fairey Seaplane Data Plate #1090804
    paulmcmillan
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    Bruce Robertson Military Serials 1911 to 1979

    N1320 to N1339 Quantity 20. Fairey Hamble Baby. Fairey Aviation Construction numbers F.129 to F.148. 110 H.p. Clerget engines, for first 10, remainder 130 h.p. Clergets

    So your is N1331 F.140…

    You have a project with provenance! All you need now is the cash!

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