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October 7, 2015 at 6:59 pm in reply to: Beautiful Arran (inc some aviation) #1805995

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Took a trip out to Ailsa Craig on a Rib (rigid inflatable). Very exciting! Lamlash Bay has a few relics lying about from its naval past. Anchor was one of 3 used by RN ships in WW2 and the framework is of a towed target for submarines.

Ailsa Craig came as a bit of a surprise where its industrial past was concerned. The remains of an old railway and tramway are still there and the points on the railway still work! The Gas Works building was obviously quite an attractive piece of architecture in its time. The Fog Horns are massive – must’ve been deafening when they went off.

We did go to see the birdlife – the Craig is home to many seabirds. My wee camera struggled to cope though with the movement of the boat and the fast moving targets. It was fascinating to watch the gannets in particular – fast, agile, amazing dive and aerobatic performance!! Not at all ungainly lol.

Last couple of photos of the stunning sunset on our last night on Arran –

October 6, 2015 at 8:15 am in reply to: Horespower, thrust, clydesdales and making babies. #859845

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It would suggest that if the aircraft were stationary the engine would produce no power.

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September 17, 2015 at 8:11 am in reply to: General Discussion #247318

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Thanks Mike 🙂 Wales is a beautiful country and the little trains are a great way of seeing it!

September 17, 2015 at 8:11 am in reply to: Trip on The Brecon Mountain Railway #1809410

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Thanks Mike 🙂 Wales is a beautiful country and the little trains are a great way of seeing it!

September 16, 2015 at 10:34 pm in reply to: Air Pictorial late 1981 or 1982 #877453

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RadarArchive and Anon,

Don’t know if there is anything of use for either of you in the following pdf article? It’s a detailed report on a survey carried out by Flight One’s G-AZHJ (although not for OS) –

http://cedadocs.badc.rl.ac.uk/920/1/210_214_Dec_82.pdf

September 16, 2015 at 1:44 pm in reply to: General Discussion #247545

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Thanks Charlie – totally agree 🙂

September 16, 2015 at 1:44 pm in reply to: Trip on The Brecon Mountain Railway #1809568

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Thanks Charlie – totally agree 🙂

September 15, 2015 at 8:34 am in reply to: Rimowa to build new airworthy Junkers F 13 #880649

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This `Bestmann´ is a Yak-11 project.

Lol, thank you harvardfreund 🙂 Yes, the restoration facility does indeed look interesting!

September 15, 2015 at 8:12 am in reply to: Rimowa to build new airworthy Junkers F 13 #880657

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Have done a little story regarding this project (including some pics like this of the aircraft´s construction in Southern Germany)

Excellent story and photographs of a very worthy project – great to see the various stages of the construction. Thanks for posting this 🙂
Can I ask what other aircraft were there when you took the photo first left, middle row of the block of 15 photos? They look historic too – possibly a Bestmann in the middle?

The link to http://www.pozefilm.de is also well worth following!

September 10, 2015 at 11:20 pm in reply to: 1940 Hangar identification #885468

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Yes quite a distance between the locations then. I hadn’t zoomed in enough to be able to see that Manhasset is actually just surrounded by water!

September 10, 2015 at 8:22 am in reply to: 1940 Hangar identification #887122

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I think part of the problem is that there seems to have been quite a few airports in very close proximity! I thought North Beach/Port Washington might actually be the same place – possibly an expanding PW taking over North Beach – but seems there’s about 10 – 12 miles in between? Also found a reference to a Sands Point seaplane base around there too. It was a very crowded area. Had also assumed that Manhasset Isle was an island but it appears it isn’t ( suppose may have been at one time)!

September 9, 2015 at 10:01 pm in reply to: 1940 Hangar identification #887316

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Still intrigued by the logo on the building so did a bit more digging. Seems it is the American Aeronautical Corporation.There’s a few great shots on the following website particularly on pages 3, 4 and the British page – a lovely photo of a Short C Class 🙂 It gives the location as Port Washington – if I understand it correctly it is the same place as Eric found above but a different name! – http://theoregonchristensens.com/oldplanes/page3.html (Linked direct to page 3)

Still haven’t found out what the logo represents though!

September 9, 2015 at 8:54 am in reply to: Heinkel He111 video #887999

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Thanks guys 🙂 Finally managed to find the history behind this one including some good still pics –

http://coastkid.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-north-berwick-heinkel.html

September 9, 2015 at 8:36 am in reply to: 1940 Hangar identification #888031

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Can’t help with hangar but a bit of background on the aircraft –

Manufactured April 1940 as a seaplane and sold on 23rd of that month to Tropical Oil Co of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ( a subsidiary of International Petroleum)
Test flown and export licence applied for 8th May and issued very next day!
Became C-113 based at Cartagena.
When Colombia changed registration sequence in 1942, the Barkley was not re-registered and is assumed to have been scrapped.

Lovely looking aircraft – I believe a few still survive in museums in Canada.

Any idea what the symbol is on the hangar?

September 6, 2015 at 9:51 pm in reply to: XH558 in trouble at Prestwick… #890819

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Was at Ayr yesterday – Very nice display by the Vulcan and thank God it got down safely. I thought the nose wheel problem on the dirty pass seemed more like the commentator not being quite in sync with the display!

As reported in one of the Scottish ‘red tops’ and showing part of the display –

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/historic-vulcan-bomber-forced-emergency-6391268
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