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  • September 13, 2004 at 9:58 am in reply to: Can you identify this ? #1555136
    Papa Lima
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    Perhaps they weren’t long enough! (I have worked in the aircraft industry!)

    September 13, 2004 at 8:48 am in reply to: Military Air Demo Teams Question #2650008
    Papa Lima
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    Sorry! Everything with twin fins is a Hornet to me! Any idea which model the Eagles are in the first picture?
    The one at Abbotsford was a Super Hornet, though, I am sure, in which case I presume it’s an F model!

    September 13, 2004 at 8:05 am in reply to: Military Air Demo Teams Question #2650028
    Papa Lima
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    Super Hornet at Abbotsford 2004

    How about this one? Is it an F model? How do you tell the difference between a standard and a Super Hornet anyway? Sorry to show my ignorance, but I am usually a denizen of Historic, but these Hornets keep popping up at air shows and I can’t resist photographing them!

    September 13, 2004 at 7:57 am in reply to: Military Air Demo Teams Question #2650069
    Papa Lima
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    Hornets at Oshkosh 2004

    Please could someone tell me if these are E models? Any other information about them would be useful for my caption writing!

    September 12, 2004 at 11:06 pm in reply to: Greek AF Commander Dismissed #2650231
    Papa Lima
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    From Sky News – I think it was a Chinook that went down:
    One of the most senior figures in the Greek Orthodox Church has been killed along with 16 others in a helicopter crash in the Aegean Sea. The Patriarch of Alexandria, Peter VII died when the helicopter went down between Athens and Mount Athos in northern Greece.

    September 12, 2004 at 10:56 pm in reply to: RAF fin flashes. Obvious? Easy? #1555382
    Papa Lima
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    I for one don’t wish to revere the French cockade (for very good personal reasons), but I don’t mind reversing it!

    September 12, 2004 at 10:51 pm in reply to: Personalised caption contest #644089
    Papa Lima
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    “I’m gonna pull that beard to see if it’s glued on!”

    September 12, 2004 at 10:49 pm in reply to: Christmas #1555421
    Papa Lima
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    In a way it would be a shame to reveal the true author of the Weaver wind-up, after all he/she does provide a great deal of innocent fun for everyone else! It was (is) a jolly good wheeze and whoever invented him has my sincere admiration!

    September 12, 2004 at 10:30 pm in reply to: New PZL 130 Orlik TC II #2650254
    Papa Lima
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    No pics, but some info:
    It was originally supposed to have the Russian Vedneyev M14 radial piston engine, but thgere were supply problems with this so a Polish Kalisz KS-8A was tried but had insufficient power. Development of the piston-engined Orlik was abandoned in 1980. Work resumed on providing turbo power in 1984 when the PT6 from Pratt & Whitney Canada was considered.

    September 12, 2004 at 10:20 pm in reply to: BBC expose security lapses #644230
    Papa Lima
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    Well said, skypilot62!

    September 12, 2004 at 9:31 pm in reply to: The latest no-frills travel! #1963149
    Papa Lima
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    Maybe that’s why Ryanair are trying to encourage everyone to travel without any checked baggage! They have raised the hand baggage allowance, in preparation for that move.

    September 12, 2004 at 7:04 pm in reply to: Christmas #1555747
    Papa Lima
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    I would like to be there as long as a) it is very close to Christmas, as I cannot stay in the UK for very long, and b) I can get overnight accommodation (don’t forget that I am unemployed so it has to be very very cheap!)

    September 12, 2004 at 6:35 pm in reply to: Oshkosh 2004 – what aircraft 3? #1555788
    Papa Lima
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    In that case it’s the Beech AT-11 Kansan N7337C which won the Preservation Award, owned by Raymond E. Plote, of Elgin, Illinois.

    September 12, 2004 at 6:30 pm in reply to: If I could bring them back, I would. #644572
    Papa Lima
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    I was thinking more of seeing a Stratocruiser stagger in on 3 engines and touch down nose-wheel first in its inimitable way . . . so much different from today’s digitally-controlled precise and smooth landings that appear totally automatic . . . but of course much safer . . . all pilots were heros then!

    September 12, 2004 at 4:55 pm in reply to: Oshkosh 2004 – what aircraft 3? #1555851
    Papa Lima
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    Gulp! The one I photographed has “US Army” under the port wing! Having a top turret, does that make it 51025 then?

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