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  • in reply to: Preserved Valetta #1332504
    Papa Lima
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    Sorry about the mistake! My excuse is that it’s late here, past my bedtime!
    In that case, I don’t think there is a Valetta there at all, is there? OR was there always one hidden away somewhere?

    in reply to: Preserved Valetta #1332628
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    Valetta at Cosford

    This one?

    in reply to: Best Shot of your Favorite Fighter! #2582561
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    Since when was the SR-71 a fighter?

    in reply to: Whirlwind fans, prepare yourselve's… #1332850
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    Of course you all know that the Miles P6.36 Kestrel Trainer c/n 330 with its 745 hp R-R Kestrel engine and built at Woodley had excellent performance. It was first flown on June 3, 1937 and was the precurser of the Miles Master. It was later registered as G-AEOC but flew as U-5. Transferred to the RAF and given serial N3300 in May 1938, it was finally dismantled at Woodley in 1943.
    But everybody knows that, don’t they!

    in reply to: Whirlwind fans, prepare yourselve's… #1332921
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    I did say it “may be” the Hotspur . . .

    in reply to: Whirlwind fans, prepare yourselve's… #1333008
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    There were 2 main reasons for abandoning the Hotspur:
    1. The Boulton Paul Defiant, also designed to meet Spec. F.9/35 had flown by the time the Hotspur, after somewhat slow building, was ready, and
    2. All the factories in the newly-formed Hawker Siddeley Group were fully committed to designs for which production contracts had been issued.
    Note that the turret on the Hotspur was only ever a wooden mock-up and in fact was later removed, the gunner’s position being faired over , before this one and only prototype was used for Henley light bomber development trials at the RAE, where it remained from 1939 to 1942.

    in reply to: Whirlwind fans, prepare yourselve's… #1333234
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    It may be the one and only Hawker Hotspur, K8309, first flown by Philip Lucas on 14 June 1938.

    in reply to: Geodetic design #1333368
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    According to “Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II” the Wellington length is 64 ft 7 in.

    in reply to: Whirlwind fans, prepare yourselve's… #1333905
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    Airacobra AH579

    Would this be close enough, BigVern?
    From page 13 of “The Concise Guide to American Aircraft of World War II” by David Mondey

    in reply to: Steel Wings? #1334121
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    The final answer?

    Found this illustration in “Most Secret War”, which states “Sheet steel wing covering”.

    in reply to: Can anyone identify and give history of this aircraft? #1334137
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    There’s a dartboard in the Public Bar, where I played my most recent game about 15 years ago! It was my son’s first stag night – he’s now up to his second wife, like father, like son.
    Must get that book when I am next in the UK.

    in reply to: Swedish Air Force Museum revisited #1334245
    Papa Lima
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    87% of course!
    Must go and get a photo of a Hunter at Säve now, so the rest of the translation (on the new thread) will come this afternoon/evening.

    in reply to: Can anyone identify and give history of this aircraft? #1334275
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    Yes, around that time when I went with my Dad to London in the car it would take 2 days! Top speed 30 mph (Austin Ruby), 15 mph lorries and hold-ups in every village. Youngsters today with motorways don’t know they’re born!

    in reply to: Swedish Air Force Museum revisited #1334282
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    Here is the new thread, a translation of the Swedish web site mentioned above . . .

    http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=61568

    BigVern, please take note!
    There will be an examination at the end of this week, so make sure you do your homework properly!!!

    in reply to: Can anyone identify and give history of this aircraft? #1334288
    Papa Lima
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    If the first and last photos were taken where the road narrows (or used to narrow) just before the Angel & Royal Hotel, they are heading North (on what used to be the A1).

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