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December 16, 2013 at 9:17 pm in reply to: Mirage IV to Yorkshire Air Museum #944310

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Great news! I’ve always wanted to see one of these “in the flesh”, and Elvington seems like a very fitting home 🙂

December 16, 2013 at 10:38 am in reply to: Aircraft photo information please :) #945160

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Middle one shows three Supermarine Southampton flying boats at anchor. The scenery is definitely overseas, if forced I’d say Australia? The RAAF operated some Southamptons, but my gut instinct is that these are three of the four aircraft of the RAF’s Far East Flight, which carried out a 27000-mile “flying the flag” expedition to Singapore from the UK in 1927-8.

December 3, 2013 at 9:34 pm in reply to: Brad Pitt Spitfire Owner #953760

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If this it turns out to be true, I hope we can all agree to call it “The Pitt-fire”.

I’ll get me coat…

November 27, 2013 at 10:42 am in reply to: Royal Australian Navy Aviation Museum #959211

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Scion,

Yes, she got quite a lot of HLF funding this year, and should hopefully be restored as a museum in time for the Jutland centenary.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24461229

November 25, 2013 at 1:09 pm in reply to: Royal Australian Navy Aviation Museum #960923

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Agreed, that looks a superb museum-beautifully and pleasingly laid out with modern displays and immaculate aircraft.

Now, I wonder if the Aussies would lend us that 6-inch gun for HMS Caroline? :p

November 16, 2013 at 7:06 pm in reply to: Aircraft for sale at Gatwick Museum. #969983

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Sorry, no offence meant!

November 16, 2013 at 12:04 pm in reply to: Aircraft for sale at Gatwick Museum. #970174

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Quite so, the tenacity of the management to get this hangar project completed successfully really is admirable, well done guys! Especially seeming as some hard decisions have been faced regarding rationalising the collection-with hindsight and a shiny new building I’m sure the museum will look back and be sure they did the right thing 🙂

November 16, 2013 at 12:00 pm in reply to: Lufthansa Starliner Restoration Update Oct 2013 #970175

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Wow, the amount of effort and money going into this project is mind-boggling. Serious kudos to Lufthansa!
I can’t help thinking about the contrast with BA and the debacle of the Cosford airliner collection…

November 14, 2013 at 2:14 pm in reply to: Cold War Jets Tonight #971605

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Small point. ‘Roundel’. Is it ‘row-ndel’, rhymes with ‘cow’ or ‘ron-del’ rhymes with,er ‘con’?

Always pronounced it ‘row-ndel’ me.
John

Wierd, I too noticed that, and have never heard anybody else pronounce it “rondel”. (Maybe in France?!) Interestingly, though, I’m sure I heard one of the veterans say it like that, perhaps the BBC told him to say it like Holland says it?!

On the whole, a very good programme, and I though it had a nicer balance of fact to entertainment than previous similar programmes.

November 13, 2013 at 6:53 pm in reply to: RAFM Cosford MBCC Open Week – Sunday 10th Nov to Sat 17 Nov #972388

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The RAFM didnt break promises over the VC10 or the Comet…
The RAF chose not to deliver 808 by air because of the length of available runway…
And re the Comet, read my post on that thread, with the info taken from the pprune site.
The Comet was past its best back in 2009… the RAFM said so then…

Fair enough…guess I was letting my irritation at these two events get the better of me! Still a shame though.

November 13, 2013 at 5:21 pm in reply to: Lyneham Comet XK699 #972436

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Wasn’t owned by the RAFM when they had a store at Henlow, then trucked to Lyneham when that store closed?
It’s a shame that 30 or 40 years ago, someone couldn’t join up the dots and send XK699 to Cosford (where it most relevantly belonged) and G-APAS to the Science Museum.

November 13, 2013 at 5:18 pm in reply to: RAFM Cosford MBCC Open Week – Sunday 10th Nov to Sat 17 Nov #972440

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The RAFM has had the Canadian built and operated Stranraer since the early 1970’s. That is unique and arguably deserves to be back in Canada.

Sorry, but I definitely disagree. Regardless of its actual origin, the Stranraer is the only complete reminder of the 20-odd years of biplane flying boats which formed the solid basis for the work of Coastal Command during WWII. If anything RAFM should be working harder to tell its story!

Quite agree re. Battle and Snipe though-your overall point is a good one, and I am more than comfortable happy with the Typhoon going on loan to a relevant and deserving country.

Still, with the RAFM making, and then breaking promises over VC-10 and Comet in the last month or two, I really hope they do in fact intend to hang on to the Tiffie-it is such a unique survivor.

November 13, 2013 at 5:11 pm in reply to: Preserved Axis Aircraft website #972499

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That really is a very great shame-I can’t think of any other listings of preserved Axis aircraft online, let alone anything so comprehensive. How will I keep up with Bf109 restorations, or find out how many Ju88s survive now? 🙁

November 13, 2013 at 11:21 am in reply to: RAFM Cosford MBCC Open Week – Sunday 10th Nov to Sat 17 Nov #972698

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I’m just back from a great day at Cosford. Many thanks as usual to the staff and volunteers for their enthusiasm and generosity. Interesting to see the Typhoon exposed, and very encouraged to see the progress on Wellington and Hampden.

Thanlks for the Typhoon photo DCW-did you get any showing progress on the bombers? I’d be particularly keen to hear how the Hampden is doing 🙂

November 10, 2013 at 10:30 am in reply to: Lyneham Comet XK699 #975779

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What a dismal shame-there is now no reminder of the RAF’s first jet transport 🙁
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