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April 4, 2007 at 3:36 pm in reply to: Big news out of Newark museum #1254615

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Thanks very much for that announcement, Peter. This is fantastic news and just shows how Newark has gone from strength to strength. I think I’m right is saying that this will be only the second Shackleton under cover (the other being an AEW.2 at Manchester) and the first MR.3.

April 3, 2007 at 6:32 pm in reply to: Team Guinot Press Day #538017

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I think the idea is to have them all looking and performing the same. Here is the fifth aircraft, SE-BOG, which has just been purchased from Sweden.
It will retain this registration, but wear full team colours.

April 2, 2007 at 12:52 pm in reply to: Breaking news! (Time-expired April 1st jape) #1256151

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1st April 2007, 19:35
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Afraid the ‘April Fool’ is on the poster as you can only make April Fools jokes up until mid-day (12:00)!!:diablo:

April 1, 2007 at 5:36 pm in reply to: INFO PLEASE ON G-AVEB #1256624

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Wasn’t this the actual aircraft used in the “Blue Max” in which George Peppard was supposed to have crashed at the end of the film?:confused:

April 1, 2007 at 5:33 pm in reply to: Royal Navy Proctors #1256633

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Thanks very much G-ORDY, I had already spotted that one and think it’s the same scheme as the colour photo. The real challenge would be to find a photo of this RAF Air Commodore’s ‘pale metallic blue’ Proctor, or at least pin-point a serial?

March 31, 2007 at 6:47 pm in reply to: hmm Hastings #1257428

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[QUOTE=John Cooper;1098329]Great stuff Adrian seeing 528 airborne way back when……….

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John, that’s T.5 TG518, not C.1A TG528!!

March 31, 2007 at 3:33 pm in reply to: hmm Hastings #1257469

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I checked as well, not sure why I thought that, except that I did find a photo of a dayglo Hastings flying at a Staverton airshow. Perhaps that’s what put it in my mind.

As soon as you mentioned it, I knew exactly which one you were thinking of, as I was there and took this shot of TG518, a T.5 of the Bomber Command Bombing School that took part in the flying on 31st March 1968!

March 31, 2007 at 11:02 am in reply to: The Royals and the Comet #1257633

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Just out of interest, a couple of weeks ago, I was driving up to see a pal who lives north of Grantham, just off the A1, when, just before the service roundabout north of Grantham, travelling south was a Comet front fuselage mounted on an artic, painted grey and with an RAF roundel painted on the cut off rear, it seemed to be an RAF promotion vehicle/a/c, anyone have any info on it. Sorry to interfere with your excellent Royal Comet thread, I thought it may be the same one though, just a chance, who knows.

It sounds like the Comet fuselage that’s mocked up to look like a Nimrod and used for RAF recruiting. It used to be in ‘hemp’ colour. so maybe they have repainted it to look like the latest Nimrod scheme?

March 31, 2007 at 10:56 am in reply to: Team Guinot Press Day #538256

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I believe it is to do with the CAA regs and the rigs on the wings.

What about this one?

March 30, 2007 at 11:13 pm in reply to: The Royals and the Comet #1257844

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The aircraft in the background of the first photo appears to be a British United Airways DC-6 and the BOAC Comet 4 is G-APDD.

March 30, 2007 at 11:01 pm in reply to: hmm Hastings #1257852

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On the subject of colour schemes, didn’t it have dayglo panels when delivered to Skyfame?

Nope! Here she is at Staverton in’69

March 29, 2007 at 5:54 pm in reply to: Team Guinot Press Day #538297

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Thanks guys! First public debut will be at Rockingham Speedway circuit near Banbury on 22nd April – here:

http://www.rockingham.co.uk/

First air show will be at Shuttleworth’s Spring Air Day on 6th May.

March 29, 2007 at 7:53 am in reply to: hmm Hastings #1259387

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Wonderful to see The Queen of The Skies having a day out, thanks for posting the picture. It certainly looks as if they are dressing her up in Berlin Airlift livery, the TG above 528 on the fin is exactly how they were lettered/numbered in the ‘lift’ something that wasn’t seen too much later, not with the lettering on the fin.

Any updates would be appreciated, thanks:p

Glad you’ve seen this John. As “Mr.Hastings”, I know you were dismayed at her condition last time you saw her, so hope this has rectified matters. I love to see aircraft accurately restored in earlier authentic schemes, as many of us remember them in the schemes they were retired in and its good to record the type’s early history.

March 29, 2007 at 7:38 am in reply to: Royal Navy Proctors #1259505

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This is probably not what Albert is seeking, but it might be of interest. This is G-AHMP in a field close to Exeter Airport, back in 1968.

James, that’s amazing – yes one of the options. Thanks for that. Now does anyone have a photo of this RAF Air Commodore’s ‘pale metallic blue’ Proctor?
I am providing options to the owner of a real Proctor being restored.

March 28, 2007 at 10:57 pm in reply to: Royal Navy Proctors #1259580

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I would suggest that the photo shows the aircraft in a red primer un-painted state. Some of the metal work on the Stbd side has a different finish. In fact I would go as far as saying that probably is the prototype Mk IV.

John

Two others have suggested this and I’m inclined to agree. Thanks John (PS why aren’t you getting on with the Fairey IIIF kit?)
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