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  • September 15, 2004 at 2:53 am in reply to: Canada Aviation Dakota Moved #1552692
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    Two Catalinas at Red Deer

    Found these two from Buffalo Airways in storage at Red Deer in August . . .

    September 15, 2004 at 2:45 am in reply to: RCAF Lancaster #1552696
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    Lancasters in Canada

    Here are two of the Lancasters you have in Canada – at Hamilton and at Nanton.

    September 15, 2004 at 2:34 am in reply to: RCAF Lancaster #1552700
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    Duxford Lancaster

    Another picture of KB889 at Duxford, from my February 2004 archive.

    September 14, 2004 at 6:42 pm in reply to: Boeing in £7m Gatwick investment #641787
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    Cheaper than flying them to Seattle!

    September 13, 2004 at 10:39 pm in reply to: Forum Members, Who Are we? #1554400
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    You’ve all seen my picture 900 times!
    Plus the one with the Hooters girl, but I’m not going to put that one up again! Most of you should know how to find it if you really want to!

    September 13, 2004 at 10:01 pm in reply to: Old Warden season Finale. #1554481
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    Is this better, Robbo?

    September 13, 2004 at 9:30 pm in reply to: soviet-russian engines #2649291
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    nuke1 and over G, why don’t you two do a lot of research together, collaborate and write the book you obviously both want! I don’t think there would be room in the whole Forum for what you are seeking!

    September 13, 2004 at 12:43 pm in reply to: Military Air Demo Teams Question #2649853
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    Thank you, everyone, once again the Forum has come up trumps!

    September 13, 2004 at 11:39 am in reply to: soviet-russian engines #2649873
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    Bill Gunston’s “The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines” has lots of good information on this topic.

    September 13, 2004 at 11:36 am in reply to: Okay guys and gals- have a crack at these… #1555008
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    Strictly speaking, no. 1 is the BAC 221 ogival wing conversion of the Fairey Delta 2, I would say. WG774, first flown in this configuration on May 1, 1964.

    September 13, 2004 at 11:28 am in reply to: Lancaster: The capital ship bomb variant #1555024
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    Capital Ship Bomb

    Here are a couple of pics from the same source:
    1. A 45 inch CSB on an adapted 4 000 lb bomb trolley, one of several versions, including one weighing 6 959 lb and filled with Torpex intended for use against Japanese capital ships.
    2. Cross-section of a 38 inch CSB.

    September 13, 2004 at 10:52 am in reply to: Military Air Demo Teams Question #2649949
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    F-15 at Oshkosh 2004

    Here’s a closer look at the first one, perhaps the markings are clearer . . .

    September 13, 2004 at 10:17 am in reply to: Military Air Demo Teams Question #2649969
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    Great! You’ll make a modern military out of me yet! I can’t usually recognise any aircraft that was built less than 30 years ago, when I was working with the prototype Tornados.

    September 13, 2004 at 10:14 am in reply to: Lancaster: The capital ship bomb variant #1555134
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    There is an Appendix on the Capital Ship Bomb on pp. 404-405 of Putnam’s “The British Bomber since 1914”.
    This has a photo and a diagram, showing that this is not the Grand Slam or its cousins.
    A full scale trial of the CSB was carried out at Boscombe Down on 8 May 1942 using the 3rd production Mk I Lancaster L7529, its bomb bay having been enlarged by bulging the doors. Although the bomb missed its target on this occasion, production examples were produced and delivered before the end of July 1942 to 106 Sqn for operational use. The first such operation was on the docks at Gdynia on the night of 27/28 August 1942 with 3 Lancasters, byt was a total failure due to unexpected cloud over the target. However large flashes indicated that detonation was satisfactory.

    September 13, 2004 at 9:59 am in reply to: Can you identify this ? #1555135
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    I don’t think a radar signature test would be done with the wheels down, most aircraft need to be detected while their wheels are retracted!

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