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April 21, 2006 at 7:39 pm in reply to: Floatplane Austers #1318653

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Yes James, I saw that and thought what a wonderful effort, only to fall at the last hurdle and be lured by the incorrect Airfix instructions which show it as YELLOW, when it should be ORANGE, the same as WE600 at Cosford!

April 19, 2006 at 10:29 pm in reply to: Liberator EV902 #1322021

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Shaharom – today I received a picture from Robert Quirk which clearly shows the registration on the wreck of KL654. I have a few reservations as to whether the RAF will accept this as proof, but we are still trying. As yet I do not know the source of the photo.
Joe Anderson

Bob Quirk is their resident expert and very helpful! He has answered several of my queries on RAF Liberators, as my father flew with 215 Sqn. in Burma during the war.

April 19, 2006 at 10:26 pm in reply to: Westland Wessex – XS523 #1322032

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Thanks for the last Dave, do you know the date and what ship she was attached to?

XS523 joined 707 Sqn on 27/4/82 in the blue/dayglo SAR scheme. It was repainted 5/5/82 in the low-viz scheme and coded ‘XJ’ prior to being transferred to 847 Sqn on 6/5/82. It was allotted to ‘A’ Flight and was flown aboard HMS Engadine at Devonport on 9/5/82 from Yeovilton before sailing for the South Atlantic on 10/5/82. It was transferred to 845 Sqn. and became part of the Falkland Islands Detachment on 27/9/82. It returned aboard ‘Astronomer’ on 14/11/82, arriviing back at Yeovilton on 5/12/82.
Any more required? Names of pilots that flew it perhaps :rolleyes:

April 19, 2006 at 10:05 pm in reply to: eBay Alert – RAF Tangmere Sign #1322057

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An interesting aside to this story, through another forum, we appear to have discovered that this very sign was painted (in 1962ish) by one of our forum members.

This gent (a very senior multi-engined pilot) did signwriting as a hobby, the CO of Tangmere (then winding down) found out about his hobby and got him to make the sign, as the existing one was rather shabby!
I wonder if he signed it, it would be worth more!!!! :dev2:

If it was only painted around 1962, then surely it can’t be worth the amount listed on e.bay? It hasn’t exactly reverbarated to the sound of Merlins, has it?
I note the listing has only 2 days left and no bids! 😮

April 17, 2006 at 5:14 pm in reply to: RAF Collection #1325328

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What about the Andover and civil Jetsteam?

April 14, 2006 at 12:35 pm in reply to: Filming the Few for the Many #1328662

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Do the Mossies flying up the fjord – my favourite sequence! 😉

Would that be a ‘fjord focus’? 😀

April 14, 2006 at 11:56 am in reply to: Point of contact for Super Catalina Restoration #1328689

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Guys,

I have been trying to get in touch ith the owners/operators of Super Catalina Restoration at Lee-on-Solent. I have tried emails from various web pages that now appear to be defunkt and even tried to get a good phone number from the security guard at the gate while on business in the UK. He was a tough cookie, he gave me a cell phone # that i can’t tell if a message got through, but wouldn’t let me travel over to the hangar which was only 500 yards away.

I will be traveling to the UK next week again for 2 weeks, and I would again like to try to make contact with the guys so I can request a visit to take a look at their Cats and learn more about the ongoing issues with keeping the Cats airworthy.

Thanks in advance!

Larry

Good luck Larry!

Getting into Lee-on-Solent is akin to Fort Knox! ‘Mr Jobsworth’ on the gate will see to that. The lack of information and photos on this forum tells it all!

Regret unable to help with contacts.

April 14, 2006 at 11:53 am in reply to: Filming the Few for the Many #1328694

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well thanks guys for all the kind words did’nt expect so much interest as it was purely a personal interest project and such an unusual subject
For all those who have asked for prints I will get some done and put a post in this thread when I have some.

Albert
I was actually thinking of the Dambusters filming next but 633 Squadron would be a good one as I have a bit of a soft spot for the Mossie

Once again thanks for the kind words

PaulC

Paul,

Yes I thought of the “Dambusters” but not sure if anything was used for air-to-air filming, as I think they only used studio sets for the flying sequences.
In “633 squadron” didn’t they film from the B-25 Mitchell seen in the film?

April 14, 2006 at 11:44 am in reply to: Abingdon Fayre Air & Country Show 2006-PRESS RELEASE #1328702

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I’m trying to get the Auster Group from Devon to bring some of their machines. 😉

April 13, 2006 at 2:24 pm in reply to: Avro Cadet #1329972

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MMMMMMiles!

Saw that particular one a few years ago – stored at Wetaskiwin,Alberta with the Reynolds Museum and painted in RAF camouflage…shame, shame! Should be sold back to UK and kept airworthy!

April 13, 2006 at 2:17 pm in reply to: Filming the Few for the Many #1329991

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Excellent stuff.

looks very good to me. Apart from two very sensible minor, minor ‘cheats’ I think you’ve got a very original work. (The cheats would be that a) the weather was awful, for most of the filming

Could this be portrayed over Spain, where a lot of the filming was done in pefect conditions?

Excellent stuff! Great to see a portrayal of a film being made- probably unique? How about doing the same with “633 Squadron”?

April 9, 2006 at 8:54 pm in reply to: The Cosford / BA Collection thread #1333246

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Thanks very much for that Valiant shot Mark. Perhaps when the 707 has gone, there may be a chance from the other side. Does the museum ever think that so many people would like to get a decent shot of the Valiant and to reposition it, or stop cars parking near it? 🙁 There is a photo of it in the current issue of Flypast with cars parked all round it. They wouldn’t even get them moved for Flypast, so what chance do we stand?
Also with such a heavy aircraft, does it REALLY have to have all those concrete blocks tied to it?

April 9, 2006 at 7:41 pm in reply to: The Cosford / BA Collection thread #1333336

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Both the Comet & Britannia are staying at Cosford, with the Comet being put inside

Yes we all know that, but in what colours, as they would not ‘fit in’ with the museums’s theme in their present colours!

April 9, 2006 at 7:22 pm in reply to: John Jordan #1333360

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Very sad! I met him several times, usually at Old Warden with G-AROY. A lovely friendly chap with plenty of interesting stories, who will be sadly missed!

April 9, 2006 at 7:07 pm in reply to: The Cosford / BA Collection thread #1333366

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As all the airliners didn’t ‘fit in’ with the Cold War Museum’s theme and were no longer supported by BA, I wonder what will happen to the two remaining airliners – the Comet 1 and Britannia, as neither are painted in correct markings and will look very odd if they remain in their pseudo-BOAC colours? Will they be repainted in RAF colours, the Comet reverting to XM823 and the Britannia being repainted in RAF Transport Command markings with a bogus serial? Has anyone asked the museum about these two?
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