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  • November 11, 2013 at 8:10 pm in reply to: Percival Q6 G-AFFD #974055
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    Paint it however you like, it will be stunning whatever colour it it, Iv’e been waiting too many moons since seeing it in the hangar at Redhill to be fussy now.
    Although on second thoughts anything involving Red Bull or Mr Blobby might jar a bit.
    I hope the outstanding work proceeds smoothly

    Richard

    November 8, 2013 at 4:01 pm in reply to: Seen on eBay – 2013! #977232
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    [QUOTE=Creaking Door;I’ve never heard of ‘Hutshus Cluudull’…..anybody?

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    Claudel Hobson perhaps.

    Richard

    November 7, 2013 at 7:26 am in reply to: BOAC Wellingtons #979269
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    are there any other BOAC Wimpy shots out there?Thanks

    I assume you know of these on Flickr of B A W 1 and 3.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ww2images/6901935281/

    Richard

    November 4, 2013 at 8:23 pm in reply to: Belly Tank Scooter #981676
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    Can anyone confirm the identity of the location?

    The caption says ‘CBI Jan 1944’ which could refer to ‘China Burma India’. Narrows it down a bit perhaps.

    Richard

    November 1, 2013 at 7:44 am in reply to: Where was this taken? #985203
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    We must have been thinking along similar lines?!

    Managed to get a used copy as in “New Condition” from Amazon, although there was only one left in stock!

    Hopefully will be delivered at some point next week, so will give it a read and post the main points of interest regarding HMS Fledgling!

    Drove through Millmeece (Mill Meece) many times on the way to Stafford from Newport (Shropshire) and never realised the significance of the place!

    Cheers
    Tim

    Tim

    Just a nudge. Did the booklet arrive from Amazon and did it have any useful information?
    A list of aircraft used at Mill Meece and their eventual fates would be nice.

    Richard

    October 28, 2013 at 7:22 am in reply to: Hawker Hurricane MkI P3717 – rebuild update #989478
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    I’d love to see all the UK/European Hurricanes recreate this photo – followed by a mass scramble 😎

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    As long as the political situation isnt recreated at the same time!

    Richard

    October 27, 2013 at 6:54 pm in reply to: What is wrong with this forum, or what is wrong with this forum? #990000
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    Its a choice we all have. Most often a thread is started with a genuine and interesting discussion subject but then it turns at a tangent and blunders off into a wrangle about something inane, time to leave that thread alone. I do not think rules or the efforts of the mods will stop it happening, or should even try to intervene, but the vast majority of what is written here is informative and genuine. Long may it continue.
    Just realised I have posted on a thread I would normally ignore doh.

    Richard

    October 25, 2013 at 3:29 pm in reply to: Film of Spitfires Being Used As Targets #992665
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    Not quite, watching the film shows them to be TE189 & PK369

    Your right Dave, TE189 with 4 blade prop, is easily identified and is shown heavily damaged. Then a later mark with 5 blade prop, PK369 visible, is hit and the canopy falls off before that one is also heavily damaged. Last is a sequence, again of a 5 bladed aircraft tipped on its nose and heavily shot up, but this must be a third airframe as its canopy is still in place.

    Richard

    October 24, 2013 at 4:10 pm in reply to: Early Monoplane Identification #993644
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    andrewd
    Its a Train.
    http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft28556.htm

    Richard

    October 18, 2013 at 4:59 pm in reply to: Murphy's War #998044
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    I love the enthusiastic flying in this film, you dont see vortices from biplane wing tips very often. And the amount of water the engine gets doused in yet still seems to run happily is amazing.
    Its all in this clip of the best bits of the film(the flying that is).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aED7xvYbMfw
    And what is portrayed as someone who does not know how to fly is in fact a demonstration of someone who is very skilled.
    Richard

    October 16, 2013 at 9:03 pm in reply to: Pre-1915 (?) seaplane identification…..please! #999776
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    Its the Sopwith Circuit of Britain entrant, summer 1913.

    Richard

    October 16, 2013 at 4:51 pm in reply to: Photos: Tern Hill 1965 #1000114
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    That Twin Pin XT610 was with the ETPS/A&AEE Boscombe Down at the time this picture was taken, it is now the one owned by Classic flight and was airworthy until recently.

    Richard

    October 14, 2013 at 8:34 am in reply to: Some Interesting Pictures From Boscombe Down taken early 1950's #1002997
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    Its not the rear door the crew were jumping from, if you look you can see the forward hatch below the cockpit open. The trial would see dummies and then live volunteers jumping from the hatch and hopefully clearing the ventral bulge when they were hit by the airflow provided by the Blower tunnel before they landed in the net below the fuselage. Cameras at the side would record the jumps and staff at Boscombe would analyise the film to pronounce the method safe or suggest modifications to make it so.

    Thanks, I didnt realise the Varsity had an escape door there. I wonder if the fuselage ever got reunited with its missing bits.
    The pic of the FD2 blower test posted by Aeronut is interesting.

    Richard

    October 13, 2013 at 10:51 pm in reply to: Some Interesting Pictures From Boscombe Down taken early 1950's #1003108
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    Blimey, that was an extravagant measure, mounting a whole Varsity fuselage in a rig just to test the rear door escape.
    And the Sapphire Hastings apparantly cruised happily on the power of one jet alone, with a bit of trim no doubt.

    Richard

    October 13, 2013 at 10:28 pm in reply to: Biggin A26 – And spectators who watch but don't contribute #1003130
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    The CAA rules designed to protect those attending an airshow must also be in place to protect those in the surrounding area, I have lived within close proximity to two major airshow venues where the aircraft taking part have crossed the airspace above my house, I didnt at the time consider myself to be a freeloader by watching the show, should I have averted my gaze?

    Richard

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