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  • in reply to: Phantom XV490 #1368032
    Papa Lima
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    Won’t someone please answer my question here?
    http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=43344&highlight=phantom

    in reply to: Corsair turns 65 this Memorial day weekend #1368046
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    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.

    in reply to: Mystery prop on the Isle of Arran #1368637
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    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!

    in reply to: Visiting Flying Legends #1368934
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    This all refers to STANSTED airport, not STANSTEAD, a small village in Suffolk!
    Spelling, please, good folk, especially for our foreign friends!

    in reply to: Visiting Flying Legends #1369647
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    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!

    in reply to: Iraqi Tu-22 Blinders #2639755
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    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!

    in reply to: Iraqi Tu-22 Blinders #2639769
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    The latest two issues of Air Enthusiast contain a 2-part article on Tu-22 Blinders with both b/w and colour pictures/profiles . . .

    in reply to: Solent Exercise #2047024
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    in reply to: A Photoshop question #1369683
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    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!

    in reply to: 65 hp Versus the Atlantic #1369687
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    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.”

    in reply to: Old Pics Part 2 #1369878
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    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.

    in reply to: Old Pics Part 2 #1370032
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    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!

    in reply to: Old Pics Part 2 #1370048
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    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.

    in reply to: Old Pics Part 2 #1370051
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    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.

    in reply to: Clearing up a Varsity mystery #1370423
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    Varsity WL679

    As photographed a couple of years ago at Cosford in the RAE scheme.

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