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January 29, 2013 at 4:25 pm in reply to: General Discussion #262908

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Where it is happening isn’t necessarily the source of your problem. As DC Page states the problem lies on your computer and is affecting your browser.
Personally I would try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware if your current anti-virus/spyware isn’t picking anything up. It can sometimes find problems that others programs can’t.

January 29, 2013 at 4:25 pm in reply to: Forum Hijacked? #1861284

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Where it is happening isn’t necessarily the source of your problem. As DC Page states the problem lies on your computer and is affecting your browser.
Personally I would try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware if your current anti-virus/spyware isn’t picking anything up. It can sometimes find problems that others programs can’t.

January 25, 2013 at 7:40 pm in reply to: RAF Battle of Britain song film – cringe worthy? #946121

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Actually I thought it sounded like a decent candidate for our next Eurovision song. At least we should get some points awarded from the Czech Republic and Poland. Wouldn’t worry about losing German points – I’m sure they haven’t given us any in a very long time!

January 22, 2013 at 9:55 pm in reply to: Playground airframes #950415

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I often wonder what happened to ours, at RAF Odiham in about 77 we had a Sycamore on display outside the hangar, it was complete and the engine was inhibited, as all things they got military and the light grey RAF scheme was replaced by Camo, one of our older pilots used to fly it… Yuk. We also had a dragonfly in the shed.

Could that be XG502? See here –

http://www.abpic.co.uk/search.php?q=XG502&u=reg

January 22, 2013 at 6:47 pm in reply to: Playground airframes #950874

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Fairly sure Sycamore WA576 was used this way at Strathallan in the 1970s hence it was never listed as an ‘exhibit’ in the guide books.

January 20, 2013 at 4:08 pm in reply to: Sqn Ldr Alexander Hugh MacKenzie #954969

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Sorry I can’t help further. If I was to take a guess maybe 1960 = something to do with Malaya as the RAF operation ended that year and 1973 being Yom Kippur year possibly he was based at Akrotiri. As I say totally guessing and may lead to a wild goose chase.
Good luck in your quest.

January 19, 2013 at 8:18 pm in reply to: Sqn Ldr Alexander Hugh MacKenzie #955734

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Sorry – not much help I’m afraid but I wondered had you seen this page
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%200824.html

The gentleman is mentioned top right.

January 16, 2013 at 10:04 pm in reply to: Tiger Moth at Hornet Aviation Sherburn c'82 #960394

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Been scouring through some photos but with no success. However I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a photo on the internet taken in the 80s at Sherburn of a Tiger Moth beside an Mg (?) sportscar. An advertising shot for something or other. The Tiger involved was DF155 / G-ANFV. I don’t know if Hornet had a hand in restoring the aircraft after it left Strathallan and before it ended up at Shempston in Morayshire. If it is that Tiger then sadly it was badly wrecked last August.

DF155 wore an RAF all-yellow scheme if that’s any help.

January 6, 2013 at 9:26 pm in reply to: Spitfire at Car Saleroom Stourbidge 1970s #976911

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TB863 bought by Bill Francis at the end of the Battle of Britain film and kept in his garden in Southend for a while. He subsequently moved her to the museum building at Southend where we got every ounce of publicity possible out of having a Spitfire in the building.
As a teenager looking at the holes in the wing skins and the other battered parts I found it very hard to believe Bill’s assurances that she would fly again one day but ultimately she did fly again in New Zealand with Sir Tim Wallis.

Found this photo of TB863 in Southend on rnzaf.proboards.com. There may have been more but most seem to have now been removed.

January 6, 2013 at 8:24 pm in reply to: What plane at Strathallan? #977057

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Can you imagine that lot flying! The Shackleton T.4 made its last flight to Strathallan as well, shame that one was broken up.
What caused the end of the collection and the sale of the airframes?

I remember the day Zebedee the Shackleton arrived. I had received a phone call that it was on its way – I think it was about 4.15pm – but my Dad didn’t finish work till 4.30pm so I sat by my radio avidly listening in. Well, did it not have radio failure resulting in communication being telephoned to RAF Leuchars and forwarded to the pilot and there was nothing to hear on the radio. Meanwhile my Dad was able to see her fly over on approach and arrived home shortly afterwards to tell me about the new arrival!

I believe the collection ended because of financial difficulties caused in part by high death duties on the estate of Lady Roberts and also its isolated location keeping visitor numbers low.

January 6, 2013 at 7:50 pm in reply to: What plane at Strathallan? #977106

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Amazing how many Strathallan airframes appeared to be flyers, or made their last flight there.
Was it kept as a live museum?

Very much so. In fact I think they tended to use the term Collection rather than museum for that reason. I think the plan was for most of the aircraft to fly eventually and that would have included the Battle, Bolingbroke, Lancaster, Short Scion and other gems. Of the ones that made their last (or close to last) flights there, the Desford, GAL Cygnet and Miles M.18 immediately spring to mind.

January 6, 2013 at 7:34 pm in reply to: What plane at Strathallan? #977252

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Nope. The whole scheme was just ‘plane wrong’.

Mark

Maybe the scheme is totally wrong but that’s a very nice photo nevertheless. Much better than anything I managed as a youngster weilding a Boots 110 Instamatic.
Remember MJ772 passing low over the top of my dad’s car on the way to Strathallan one day – the shadow was the first we knew of its presence. Thrilling!

January 6, 2013 at 4:45 pm in reply to: What plane at Strathallan? #977478

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a IX in green brown? Desert camo?

I gather the personnel of 341 previously served in the Western Desert. Maybe they used this scheme temporarily? Or more likely hoped to be heading to warmer climes than RAF Turnhouse!

January 6, 2013 at 4:31 pm in reply to: What plane at Strathallan? #977498

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I seem to remember the Mosquito went for £110,000!

Yes, heartbreaking. Just one win on the thunderball could have got you almost all of this. A clipping from the Flypast of the time.

January 6, 2013 at 4:23 pm in reply to: What plane at Strathallan? #977517

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I try not to nitpick but is the scheme on that Spit authentic?

To quote the Collection’s guide book of the time – “although no two-seat Spitfires were used by the RAF, it is painted in its original colours with its original serial no. MJ772 when it flew as a single-seater with 341 sqdn of the Free French Air Force.”

Of course allowances have to be made for the almost Technicolor finish of the postcard!
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