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  • in reply to: Photography petition #539224
    Papa Lima
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    Since I emigrated from the UK 30 years ago, I have watched with amazement and horror the gradual descent of that once wonderful country into a pit of restrictions, regulations, taxes, etc. that I would guess have drained all enthusiasm and energy out of the populace.
    Nothing on earth would now persuade me to return (other than for the briefest of holidays) to the land of my birth, this is just the latest in incredible government foolishness!

    in reply to: climbing in #1295023
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    We have a Viggen here in our Aeroseum you can get into (and wear a bonedome too!), also a Draken with cockpit access.
    I’ve now been appointed the official English-speaking guide to the museum, tours are 2hrs 30 min, and we have a direct Ryanair connection from the UK at the other side of Säve (sorry, Gothenburg City international airport).
    Ask me nicely and you might be allowed to get into our Huey too!

    http://www.aeroseum.se/english/

    in reply to: Air to air over Sweden… #539412
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    Fantastisk, Daniel, lyckans ost!
    See you tomorrow perhaps, “down the hole”.

    in reply to: Insomnia… #1305590
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    I don’t think the GAL 28 was ever built . . .
    See here http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/4082/brit/odd_air.htm

    The British specification 35/35 was for an experimental high-speed aircraft with the option of turning it in to an 8-gun fighter, as in the Hurricane & Spitfire.
    There were four firms who replied to this specification the most un-conventional was the Airspeed A.S.31 which was a tractor monoplane in which the tailplane, on twin metal booms, carried the pilot in an eggshaped nacelle. No rudder or fin surface was indicated on the general arrangement drawing. Split flaps were fitted across the trailing edge of the wing between the booms, with wide-span ailerons outboard of the booms. A widetrack undercarriage was depicted . The aircraft was to be powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin E engine. No details of its potential performance are recorded. Its wing span was 33 ft. and its length 29.5 ft.
    The other contenders were the Bristol 151 single seat monoplane, powered by a Bristol Hercules engine. Its speed, with 100-octane fuel, was estimated to be 440mph. The General Aircraft GAL.28 was a single-seat aircraft , powered by a single Hercules engine, with a wing of variable area. The Hawker design was a Hurricane variant.
    The Specification not proceeded with.

    in reply to: Image Organizing Software Recommendation #457491
    Papa Lima
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    Canon Utilities Zoom Browser Ex meets all my needs (it came free with the EOS 350D) and I have switched to it from Photoshop for browsing and arranging, except when I want to do some image tweaking.

    in reply to: WW1 film?? #1321289
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    This sounds like one episode of the CBS/FOX series, of which I have all 6 VHS tapes with 12 episodes, thanks for the reminder, it’s time I watched this great series again! Some strong American influence, but the quality on the original tapes is superb.
    The episodes are:
    The Pioneers
    The Adventures of Flight
    The Aeroplane goes to Sea
    Victory over the Sea
    Trail Blazers
    The Quest for Speed
    Giants of the Air
    Rivals over the Atlantic
    Lighter than Air
    Vertical Flight
    Bombers
    Fighters.
    Highly recommended if you can get hold of them!

    in reply to: General Discussion #330081
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    This is plain and simple theft of other people’s property, and seeing these scavengers (not “beachcombers”) makes me ashamed to hold a British passport.
    I hope they are prosecuted.

    in reply to: stricken ship loot…. #1937689
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    This is plain and simple theft of other people’s property, and seeing these scavengers (not “beachcombers”) makes me ashamed to hold a British passport.
    I hope they are prosecuted.

    in reply to: Pioneering Brothers in Aviation #1331682
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    Oswald, Horace and Eustace Short

    in reply to: Aer Arran. More New Routes. #590356
    Papa Lima
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    How about correcting the thread title? The Isle of Arran doesn’t have an airline and is in Scotland (Iwas there a couple of weeks ago).

    in reply to: Anniversaries in 2007 #1283308
    Papa Lima
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    First prototype flights 1957 (from my personal database)

    January 10, Hiller XROE-1
    February 19, Bell X-14
    March 7, Antonov An-10
    March 15, Dassault Etendard VI
    March 31, Breguet 1100
    March 31, Hurel-Dubois/Miles HDM.105
    April 2, Short S.C.1
    April 4, EE Lightning P 1B
    May 15, Miles M.100 Student
    May 16, Saunders-Roe SR.53
    May 17, Westland Wessex
    July 9, Aviation Traders Accountant
    July 25, Breguet 1001-01 Taon
    August 31, Avro Vulcan B.2 (conversion of VX777)
    September 4, Lockheed C-140 JetStar
    September ?, Tupolev Tu-114
    September ?, Mil MI-6
    November 6, Fairey Rotodyne
    November 13, McDonnell Model 120 Flying Crane
    December 3, Avions Fairey, Belgium, Tipsy Nipper
    December 6, Lockheed 188 Electra
    December 10, Aermacchi MB.326
    Date unknown, Mil Mi-6
    Date unknown, Tupolev Tu-110
    Date unknown, Kamov Ka-18

    in reply to: The XB-70 #1284566
    Papa Lima
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    Mach 3 maintained for 32 minutes on May 19, 1966 – having seen the massive size of the surviving Valkyrie, I count that as quite an achievement, and at that time the engines were still experimental too.
    Politics were killing the project long before the accident.

    in reply to: Tragedy for Coastguard in Sweden #2516126
    Papa Lima
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    A preliminary report out today states that it is confimed that the port wing detached due to metal fatigue. The other two similar CASA aircraft of the Swedish Coastguard have been grounded since the accident and their wings are being inspected for fatigue.
    The CVR and FDR show that the crew were completely taken by surprise, there was no forewarning.

    in reply to: Viggen could break cover at Newark #1305192
    Papa Lima
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    This list is pretty well up to date (and it includes some of my photos!)
    http://www.museum-explorer.org.uk/show.php?page=museum_content&c=30&m=3&y=4&q=&t=2

    in reply to: George Welch – First thru the Sound Barrier #1308449
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