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  • in reply to: Finally – the Danish EH101 arrive! #2595866
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    Cormorant

    Cormorant being serviced at Comox, August 2004

    in reply to: Channel Airways Viscount G-AVJZ Accident #1400273
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    My notes tell me that G-AGPV was withdrawn from use in July 1963, perhaps as a result of that incident? I would appreciate confirmation if anyone can give it, so as to update my notes.

    in reply to: Interesting view of the Stoke Spitfire #1400641
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    Neat!

    in reply to: Some eye candy for Flat 12×2 (B-25s) #1401046
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    Betty’s Dream

    Would that be this Betty’s Dream, as at Oshkosh in 2003?

    in reply to: Airworthy Percivals #1402306
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    Sorry, Albert, there was so much to see at Oshkosh (on my first ever visit) that I was completely overwhelmed and didn’t get any further details!

    in reply to: Airworthy Percivals #1402511
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    Prospector N747JC

    Prospector N747JC at Oshkosh in 2003.

    in reply to: Print Enlargement #463310
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    If it’s a conventional print or negative, scan it at the highest resolution you can – e.g. 600 or 1200 dpi if your computer can handle it.
    If it’s digital, there’s no remedy really.
    I believe Photoshop Elements is not hugely expensive, by the way, and enables a geat deal of correction to be done, although I personally use Photoshop 7 itself, which was expensive! Even that should come down in price as it gets older.

    in reply to: Gannet XA308 – MAM #1405611
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    This’ll be the “before” picture, then (a couple of weeks ago).
    Now I really must go back in the summer!

    in reply to: F16 ejection #2598288
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    It would have saved a lot of argument if FI had updated and corrected their headline instead of putting a tiny correction in the corner that is not very easy to detect!

    in reply to: F16 ejection #2598299
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    If you watch the movie closer you`ll see the bird flying clearly left of the Pitot tube.
    Port means left looking in the direction of motion.

    (motion of the aircraft, not the bird!)

    in reply to: Information needed, please #1405895
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    Can you see all or part of the serial number on the original photo?

    in reply to: Early Farnborough postcard #1405903
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    I just found exactly the same photo marked “Author’s collection” on page 12 of Paul R. Hare’s “Aeroplanes of the Royal Aircraft Factory” published by Crowood. I does however appear to have been retouched in the sky area where your picture shows the aircraft. Mysterious!

    in reply to: Midland Air Museum January 12 #1406297
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    After seeing the various opinions expressed in this thread, I have modified my position – the P.111A is “a star” at MAM, which in all respects a marvellous collection, and I no longer think, for that reason, that it should move to Cosford to be among its contemporaries. However it does deserve to at least go under cover for its own long-term preservation. Thank you all for your interesting comments, which I for one hope will lead to a better future for this wonderful aircraft.

    in reply to: General Discussion #363474
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    Gothenburg harbour

    Here’s the view from my balcony on the 6th floor – we get some pretty big ships going past . . .

    in reply to: BIG nautical news from Gothenburg #1948988
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    Gothenburg harbour

    Here’s the view from my balcony on the 6th floor – we get some pretty big ships going past . . .

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