Won’t someone please answer my question here?
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=43344&highlight=phantom
Yes, the cockpit was moved 3 feet aft, which made room for a 237 gallon fuel tank, eliminating the two small fuel tanks originally installed in the wing.
It is claimed that the prototype, the XF4U-1, was the first US fighter aircraft ever to exceed 400 mph in level flight.
Wildcats
Here are photos of the Wildcat V and VI (from page 38 of “Grumman Guidebook Volume 1”); I think you might be right, Kiteflyer!
This all refers to STANSTED airport, not STANSTEAD, a small village in Suffolk!
Spelling, please, good folk, especially for our foreign friends!
Just the other day I took a train direct from Cambridge to Stansted – you could do the reverse, and then get a local bus from Cambridge to Duxford, I am sure. Or hook up with someone who is travelling from Cambridge in their own car? Trains between Stansted and Cambridge run very frequently. There is also a railway station right next to the Red Lion at Whittlesford, only a pleasant mile or so walk from Duxford!
Personally I would not take the Heathrow option, the tube is hot, crowded and takes forever and then you still have to get up to Cambridge and back down to Duxford. The cost and time apart from the discomfort are, I reckon, excessive!
Libyan/Iraqi Blinder camouflage
Well, here’s a scan from the May/June issue (117) page 55, although I haven’t followed this thread too closely so it may be information you already have – the caption does refer to Iraqi Blinders, and the articles tell a lot more about them!
The latest two issues of Air Enthusiast contain a 2-part article on Tu-22 Blinders with both b/w and colour pictures/profiles . . .
The answer appears to be here:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Duke%20class%20frigate
I always adjust dpi first, then decide the number of pixels width I want it to be. For example, 700 or 1000 pixels wide is fine at 72 dpi for the Forum. However for A4 size printouts I use the “print with preview” option and then “size to fit page” with the appropriate orientation, not forgetting to choose the correct paper type, so I get maximum resolution on the printout. I know 300 dpi is the most you should need for a printout, but it does no harm to go even higher!
Aeronca 65.C
This is the picture from the web site, which appears to have been “borrowed” from the Aerofiles web site, which I have always (so far) found to be utterly reliable.
Here is anextract from that site:
“65C Chief, 65CA Super Chief 1938 (ATC 675) = 2pChwM; 65hp Continental A-65; span: 36’0″ length: 21’0″ load: 480# v: 105/95/37 range: 260. Side-by-side seating. $1,795; POP: 279, of which many were impressed by USAAF as O-58/L-3 in 1942. 65CA with optional 8-gal auxiliary fuel tank, and other deluxe appointments. $1,895; POP: 655.”
Vulcan XA911 was apparently a film star, featuring in the V-force film “Delta 83”. After serving in 83 Sqn and 230 OCU, she was withdrawn from use on 9 February 1967 and sold for scrap on 8 November 1968.
Source: “Avro Vulcan” by Robert Jackson.
After its first flight in November 1957, the 1958 SBAC Show would have been the Rotodyne’s first appearance there. I was just guessing that the two pictures came from the same batch!
I think the Belvedere carrying a Bloodhound missile was probably taken at the SBAC Show at Farnborough in 1960. Note the spats on the rear wheels.
The Fairey Rotodyne picture was probably taken at the same Show.
Avro Lincoln RF533
I think the Lincoln is very probably RF533, which had a special nose, used to test all known air interception radomes. After spending its entire career as a research aircraft it ended its days with the Stansted Fire School.
Source: “Warpaint Series No. 34” by Tony Butler.
Varsity WL679
As photographed a couple of years ago at Cosford in the RAE scheme.