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Papa Lima

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  • in reply to: Happy Birthday Stieglitz #1349571
    Papa Lima
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    Happy birthday, Jochen, missed you at LFA (you were there, weren’t you?)

    Papa Lima
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    Nx611 “Just Jane” ex G-ASXX

    One of 22 sold to the French Aeronavale Air Force as WU-15 and was delivered in June 1952.
    Flottilles : 10F, 24F, 25F.
    Escadrilles: 9S, 52S, 55S
    Donated to the Historic Aircraft Museum, Sydney, Australia.
    Became G-ASXX and flown back to England
    Became gate guardian at RAF Scampton.
    Fully restored to taxiing condition and on public display at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England.

    Extract from this web site:

    http://www.lancastermuseum.ca/lancs.html

    Papa Lima
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    The registration G-ASXX in the (hidden) photo title would belong to NX611 “Just Jane”. Would she have toured Australia at some time in the past? All the stickers on the nose would seem to indicate that.

    Papa Lima
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    Don’t forget the mighty Swordfish!
    From page 148 of the book, 816 Sqn making a practice rocket attack. They and their fellow squadrons helped to protect the invasion fleet against seaborne attack.

    in reply to: Stansted Spotting #597371
    Papa Lima
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    How about if I asked for “the next bus stop, please” in my best Swedish?
    “Nästa hållplats, tack”

    in reply to: Stansted Spotting #597500
    Papa Lima
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    What a star you are, wannabe_pilot!
    I have already printed the bus timetable and your instructions (although white text on white paper is not too legible (joke! I copied the text into Word and marked it, then changed to “Automatic” for the font colour, which gave me black text)).
    I’m all set for my next Stansted visit now, many many thanks.

    in reply to: FIS / RIS / Lookout. Who do we talk to? #425563
    Papa Lima
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    Moggy, even as a non-pilot, I can see the point of your point 2), if you see what I mean!

    Papa Lima
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    Mosquito RS712

    Here’s one you don’t see very often – RS712 in the EAA museum at Oshkosh (photographed in July 2003).

    in reply to: Stansted Spotting #597822
    Papa Lima
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    Great! All we need now is for you to add the the bus timetable for the number 510 on your web site, for those of us who travel out from Stansted and arrive in good time for the Ryanair check-in (wouldn’t want to miss that)! For example myself, departing Stansted for Gothenburg at 12:00 on 11 July, I will come by train from Cambridge first thing in the morning and will probably have a couple of hours to spare!
    Assuming I have any memory left in my camera after attending Waddington and Legends on behalf of the Historic Forum!

    Papa Lima
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    With reference to posts #73 and #74, here is my photo, which shows a little more, including the bomb bay area . . .

    in reply to: Air Museum photos #1356028
    Papa Lima
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    I can’t resist putting up a few of my own recent pictures from the Newark Air Museum – I don’t get to the UK often enough!

    in reply to: Air Museum photos #1356267
    Papa Lima
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    Lee, do you know that the Museum has a “Virtual Tour” on CD-ROM? A copy of the 2002 issue is in front of me now!
    Also don’t forget to check for more information via the Search facility on this Forum!

    in reply to: Catalina's new clothes #1356606
    Papa Lima
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    This would be the “before” picture then . . .

    in reply to: ANOTHER prop to I.D! #1356748
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    Varsity at Newark

    Would it have been about this big, then?

    in reply to: Air Museum photos #1357337
    Papa Lima
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    Would that be this Canberra?

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