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  • in reply to: How Low Can You Go?? #1386296
    Papa Lima
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    It’s a pleasure, James!

    in reply to: General Discussion #358461
    Papa Lima
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    Too many people regard it as a documentary/historical film, which it most definitely isn’t!
    Unfortunately anyone who has not studied history will believe it’s a true depiction.
    Look at it as an action movie instead.

    in reply to: Help Settle an Arguement #1946265
    Papa Lima
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    Too many people regard it as a documentary/historical film, which it most definitely isn’t!
    Unfortunately anyone who has not studied history will believe it’s a true depiction.
    Look at it as an action movie instead.

    in reply to: How Low Can You Go?? #1386388
    Papa Lima
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    Gloster Gnatsnapper

    Charles Sims was the Aeroplane photographer – here is one of his photos scanned from his excellent (but too slim!) volume “Camera in the Sky”

    in reply to: Aeronavale Vampires #1386425
    Papa Lima
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    in reply to: R/T or W/T trivia question. #1386586
    Papa Lima
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    Continuous wave is transmission of a radio signal on a fixed frequency. This of course can be interrupted, for example into short (dots) and long (dashes) to send Morse code. There are other uses such as IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) which is a coded series of pulses.
    When a radio wave is modulated, for example by an audio signal, it can be used for speech transmissions. Even Morse code can use a modulated signal, with long and short bursts of modulation at a fixed audio frequency.
    This all takes me back to my days as an Aircraft Apprentice at RAF Locking 1959-1962 (93rd Entry).

    in reply to: Dispatches/Ryanair (Merged) #537825
    Papa Lima
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    True, the turnround is so quick here in Säve (Ryanair’s “Gothenburg International”) that the seats are still warm! However that’s good in the winter after trudging across 100 yards of ramp in a howling blizzard from the terminal building (shack)!

    in reply to: Dispatches/Ryanair (Merged) #537854
    Papa Lima
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    I haven’t seen the programme here in Sweden, but I have 4 Ryanair flights booked for next month and have no qualms – there are aspects of the company I dislike intensely as a passenger, but have flown them many times before and accept that a low-cost airline may have foreign/grumpy cabin crew, rugby scrum boarding, etc., but I put my faith in the flight crew who have in no way given me cause for concern yet.
    I have been frightened on Alitalia a few times though (many years ago), especially landing at Reggio Calabria!

    in reply to: MIG 9 canopy #1386800
    Papa Lima
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    If you have a copy of “”MiG Aircraft since 1937” the photo of the first production MiG-9 on page 50 seems to show a canopy on sliding rails. Also the description of the I-300 on page 48 says “The canopy was a single ‘teardrop’, sliding to the rear on tracks.”
    That was the direct predecessor of the I-301. You pay your money and take your choice!

    in reply to: Where ould you like to see XH558 display first? #1386810
    Papa Lima
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    And quite a few of the enthusiasts will be standing outside the fence with zoom lenses, no doubt, given the wide turning circle of a gently displayed Vulcan!

    in reply to: Help #1386813
    Papa Lima
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    Do you mean “Aeroplane Monthly”? If so, I probably have it – which article do you need? PM me with your address if you want to get a photocopy.

    in reply to: MIG 9 canopy #1386823
    Papa Lima
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    MiG-9 canopy

    Looks more like a side hinge from the few pictures that I have.
    Scans from The Complete Book of Fighters” page 390.

    in reply to: Viggen for Newark Air Museum #1386831
    Papa Lima
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    Great news! One of my favourite aircraft will soon be parked just a couple of miles from my UK base, the home of my eldest son at Balderton! In the summer I bike to the Winthorpe Museum!

    in reply to: XL391 Support #1387218
    Papa Lima
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    Personally I would write off XL391 and turn my attention to XM607 at RAF Waddington before the scrappers get hold of it! The RAF, on whose property it currently stands, presumably has no money or manpower to preserve the airframe, but may be willing to accept outside help – after all, this aircraft has an illustrious past! At least it (for the time being) stands on rent-free ground and is externally more or less complete.

    in reply to: History of RAF Sydenham #1387696
    Papa Lima
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    traynorm, may I respectfully suggest that instead of resurrecting a 6 year old thread to ask a question, you avail yourself of the Personal Messages facility on this Forum?
    I see you are a newcomer, and would like to draw your attention to the rules of Forum conduct.
    Please note that I am not a moderator, but a regular contributor who would like to see the rules observed.

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