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Papa Lima

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  • in reply to: Help please #1423056
    Papa Lima
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    The Anbo company was established at an army factory outside Kaunas in 1927 by Col A Gustaitis, who designed a whole series of aircraft.
    Source: World Encyclopaedia of Aircraft Manufacturers by (who else!) Bill Gunston.

    in reply to: Type 509 Spitfire site is back- #1423061
    Papa Lima
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    All the details are in December Aeroplane Monthly.

    in reply to: Where am I? #577292
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    Don’t miss the bus, then dc10fan – and take your own booze unless you want to have a second mortgage! Also be prepared for the one hour wait if you have checked baggage – they load the return bags first so the aircraft can leave swiftly, before bothering with the arrived passengers – for me that wait in a tiny crowded room is the worst part of the trip!

    in reply to: Where am I? #638432
    Papa Lima
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    Don’t miss the bus, then dc10fan – and take your own booze unless you want to have a second mortgage! Also be prepared for the one hour wait if you have checked baggage – they load the return bags first so the aircraft can leave swiftly, before bothering with the arrived passengers – for me that wait in a tiny crowded room is the worst part of the trip!

    in reply to: Where am I? #577794
    Papa Lima
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    Gothenburg Säve – and it’s only 15 miles from town! Mind you, if you miss the one and only bus and can’t afford the 30 quid taxi fare, it’s a very very long wait for the next bus (which could even be the next day! And there are no hotels closer than town!)

    in reply to: Where am I? #638676
    Papa Lima
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    Gothenburg Säve – and it’s only 15 miles from town! Mind you, if you miss the one and only bus and can’t afford the 30 quid taxi fare, it’s a very very long wait for the next bus (which could even be the next day! And there are no hotels closer than town!)

    in reply to: Where am I? #578759
    Papa Lima
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    Where in the world?

    Try this one . . .

    in reply to: Where am I? #639243
    Papa Lima
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    Where in the world?

    Try this one . . .

    in reply to: A couple of questions…. #1424947
    Papa Lima
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    Tony C
    I bought and have read an excellent biography, I think it was entitled just “Trenchard” but cannot lay hands on it now as my ex-wife has refused to let me collect any of my personal possessions from our former home (in which she now resides alone) for the last 3 years! Therefore I am afraid I cannot give you the publisher’s details, etc.

    in reply to: General Discussion #411890
    Papa Lima
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    What shocks me is that I and other airmen were “invited” to participate under totally false pretences, in what was supposedly a cure for the common cold. Porton was mentioned on the notices. If I remember correctly they said volunteers would spend “a week or two” at Porton and it would merit extra payment of something like half a crown (12.5p) a day.

    in reply to: PZL 11 #1425201
    Papa Lima
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    “The MikeJ Polish and Swedish Translation Agency”!
    Best regards to Ania!

    in reply to: General Discussion #412323
    Papa Lima
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    I well remember these invitations “to take part in experiments to seek a cure for the common cold” being posted on Squadron notice boards in the early 1960s. Thank goodness I was not tempted to participate. At the time we servicemen had no reason to believe that they were anything but genuine!

    in reply to: The 2004 thread – MB-5 replica #1430516
    Papa Lima
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    Martin-Baker M.B.5

    Here is the real thing, lousy photo scanned from Jane’s AWA WW2

    in reply to: The 2004 thread – MB-5 replica #1430524
    Papa Lima
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    Or even a caricature . . .

    in reply to: The Aviator..and another Hughes flick? #1430788
    Papa Lima
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    Star of America

    At Dayton 2003.

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