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  • May 11, 2012 at 2:28 pm in reply to: Hanger 11 Hurricane back flying? #1025043
    johnnyboy
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    I can now confirm that the G HHII / BE505 Mk11B is now back flying, It just landed back at North Weald (I had my binoculars ready this time)

    May 7, 2012 at 5:07 pm in reply to: Spitfire display over Waltham Abbey #1041030
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    The Hangar 11 Collection Spitfire PRXI was displaying over the Gunpowder Mills at 3pm, flying out of North Weald.

    Thanks for that I did wonder if it may have been Peter Teichman but I did not hear him on North Weald radio either leaving or on the return flight, I did hear a light aircraft out of Elstree say early on (11AM) he was surveying the site for the display

    April 16, 2012 at 8:14 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #1071482
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    It was PL965 from Hangar 11 at North Weald. I was at Santa Pod and saw it too…

    I was at North Weald on Saturday and the Hanger 11 Spitfire left about 10.15 and returned a few hours later, I heard the pilot say that he just returned via White Waltham

    October 9, 2010 at 10:06 pm in reply to: Duxford Buchon #1113431
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    Here’s some detail shots I took for you yesterday. It’ll be a challenge to do these in 1/72… 😮

    I am hoping that these will be close enough in 1/72
    http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MR72010

    October 5, 2010 at 1:36 pm in reply to: Duxford Buchon #1118818
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    The guns were borrowed from G-AWHE and slaved in for the initial ground based photo shoot that I took and released, as the originals were not with the aircraft when it came from Breighton. As they had not been fitted in that rebuild, they were not part of the original technical certification and so new items were manufactured and a modification approval had to gained before fitment for flight. This took a while and so initial flying was undertaken without the guns fitted, hence the blanking plates at that stage. They were subsequently fitted and have been on ever since. From memory they were put on just before Legends this year. I think it looks best with the guns fitted, myself. 😎

    Thank you I will finish the model with guns fitted then;)

    July 1, 2010 at 11:08 am in reply to: Meteors 'found' in Syria #1096215
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    I counted sixteen.

    N36 11.22 E037 34.31

    Mk 8’s?

    I make it 17 as one appears to have been put on a fire dump

    April 12, 2010 at 3:19 pm in reply to: Sea Hurricanes #1116918
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    Well, finished at last!! And wouldn’t you know I’ve now got 2 days of dark, rainy weather to delay taking any decent photo’s of the completed article.

    When I can get to that I’ll put together a new thread, but for now here’s one very substandard pic. Colors are badly skewed by the combination of ambient and tungsten light. I really should invest in a photo booth. :rolleyes:

    http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/no4mkit/IMG_4203-r-sm.jpg

    A outstanding build Todd a real labour of love your can rightful be proud of your self

    July 4, 2009 at 11:13 am in reply to: The XH558 Discussion Thread (merged) #1192812
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    Vulcan will not be flying, as the CAA C of A expired on 2nd July:eek:

    December 11, 2008 at 4:48 pm in reply to: Shadow R1 Breaks cover… #2469775
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    A nice picture of one in camouflage can be found here
    http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/scene/syerston/081203/g-jenc.htm

    July 15, 2008 at 9:02 pm in reply to: Guy Gibson's Beaufighter #1196671
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    Thanks guys

    June 23, 2008 at 12:07 pm in reply to: Just another memorable day at Hardwick… #1224050
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    Could someone please tell me what the story is in regards to the Wooden blade antenna? as I know both his other P51 and T6 also have these

    June 22, 2008 at 10:21 am in reply to: Unlikeliest shootdowns? #2487126
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    How about the US Army C7 that was shot down by a artillery fire at Ha Thanh Vietnam, the shot took the tail of while on short final’s

    June 3, 2008 at 5:14 pm in reply to: What is this? #1787202
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    Thanks for all your replays but this is the answer I got from another forum

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    I took the liberty of sending the photo to Dave Menard, who is by all accounts the world’s leading expert on (and former crew chief of) F-100s. Here’s what he said:

    ” This was an elaborate joke pulled by the GIs of the 20th TFW for an open house at RAF Wethersfield in the early sixties. Please notice the pylon is from a
    450 gallon tank and it is not in full contact with the load. Don’t sweat it. cheers, dave”

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    May 27, 2008 at 11:51 pm in reply to: 109/Buchon Black 2 #1172932
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    Video clip of the crash
    http://www.n-tv.de/970510.html

    May 4, 2008 at 9:56 pm in reply to: The XH558 Discussion Thread (merged) #1192652
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    ETA 1PM Tuesday at CBY is what I have heard

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