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  • in reply to: Oshkosh miscellany #1608116
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    Thanks, Mike, I wondered what it was myself . . .

    in reply to: Oshkosh miscellany #1608118
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    Hi Will J, here are a couple I prepared previously (2003 in fact!)

    in reply to: Oshkosh miscellany #1608152
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    Last set from Oshkosh, next up Winnipeg and Moose Jaw after I’ve had my tea, so I”ll put up a new thread then.

    in reply to: Oshkosh miscellany #1608177
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    Thanks, Jochen!
    Here is the next batch (there were an awful lot of Mustangs there!)

    in reply to: knit picking: #1611070
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    The Anson Cheetah engines had “helmets” (bulges on the cowlings), the Oxford’s didn’t.

    in reply to: American B17s #1827634
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    Re the query in post #12, that’s a DF (Direction Finding) loop under the nose.

    in reply to: Missing connections. #726927
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    In a tight situation like that I always explain my predicament to the cabin crew before landing, who usually manage to help, by alerting staff at the destination airport.
    However I did once spend 8 hours at Basle waiting, after a missed connection with a scheduled airline (Swissair) and not even a lunch voucher! When the departure aircraft finally arrived it went tech and it was another hour before its replacement arrived to finally take us home!

    in reply to: A Couple Of EDI Heavies #726940
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    I wonder if the Beluga is on its way to Oshkosh? My pic shows it there last year – and I may see it there again in a few days time!

    in reply to: RAF Harvards #1827802
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    Harvard I N7000

    The first Harvard I for the Allies.
    From page 132 of “Lend-lease Aircraft in WW2”

    in reply to: Historic aviation groups/clubs etc #1828345
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    Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening (Swedish Aviation Historical Society)
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    in reply to: RAF Harvards #1828393
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    Many hundreds of Harvards were shipped over to the UK – full details of numbers, serials and models are contained in “Lend-lease Aircraft in WWII” by Arthur Pearcy, ISBN 1 85310 443 4, pages 131-133. As well as being manufactured by North American, some were built by Noorduyn.

    in reply to: Wartime License Builds Outside UK #1828717
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    The Lincoln built in Canada

    From “Warpaint Series No. 34” page 10:
    “Just the one was built in Canada. Serial FM300, designated a Mk.XV as a Canadian version of the Mk.I, was rolled out on 20 October 1945 and made its maiden flight on the 25th flown by Victory test pilot Ernie Taylor. It was taken on strength on 17th August 1946 but completed a mere handful of flights before being struck off charge on 4 March 1947 and passing to a scrapyard shortly afterwards, apparently with five part-completed aircraft which formed the balance of an initial batch.”

    in reply to: More Farnborough pics! #728302
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    F-W— registrations are temporary, for newly-manufactured aircraft that are on test in France.

    in reply to: some pics from Sunderland airshow (Sat) #1828772
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    Just remember to take your waist-length waders next time (you know, the ones that come up to your armpits), Ken! I’m sure you go fly-fishing in them.

    in reply to: C47 "Fifi Kate" at "new" home #1828776
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    History
    Built as Douglas C-47A-35-DL c/n 9700 42-23838 this aircraft started life as a military transporter during World War II, this aircraft was built for the US Air Force at the Douglas Long Beach plant and delivered on 14th June 1943. Later that year she was assigned to the 11th Air Force, in Alaska where she spent the remainder of her United States Air Force career.

    In June 1946 she was sold to Mount McKinley Airfreight, based at Anchorage, Alaska.

    Proctor and Gamble Ltd., converted her to a DC3 in 1950, fitting her out as an executive transport, based at Cincinatti where she operated for 18 years.

    In June 1973 she was exported to Canada where she served with a number of Air Charter operators, until she was returned to the USA in February 1982 for use by Century Airlines, Pontiac, Michigan, as a freighter.

    ARM operated her out of Spain for three years following her export in 1992. Eventually she was exported to England.

    See http://www.eurofly.co.uk/dakotasale/n47fk1.htm for a lot more info

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