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  • July 20, 2007 at 1:14 am in reply to: Old Airshow Programmes #1329004
    RPSmith
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    No, I wasn’t there, though wish I was! RJC

    If you’d been there then, you probably wouldn’t be here now!!:)

    Roger Smith.

    July 19, 2007 at 5:15 pm in reply to: Dragon For A Heron #1329297
    RPSmith
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    ….. Similarily the MAM already have a Heron……

    NAM 🙂

    Roger Smith

    July 19, 2007 at 12:11 pm in reply to: Bristol 170 c/n 13160 #1329822
    RPSmith
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    Sorry, no answer to your question but I read in Graham Warner’s book about the Blenheim dat the wingstructure of the Bristol Bombay was used in the
    Bristol Freighter but with two spars instead of five.
    Any info on this?
    Can we ressurect a Bombay?

    Cees

    lovely idea 🙂

    Roger Smith

    July 19, 2007 at 12:08 pm in reply to: North East Aircraft Museum…..updates #1329834
    RPSmith
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    Conifers or something similar – YES! I suggested the very same to Chris on sunday! The green grant could be a good avenue though – good thinking.

    Good idea and they grow fairly quickly. However some local authorities now take a suspect view of conifer hedges (perhaps only in domestic situations) and I seem to remember new laws were brought in a few years back about these. Would strongly advise a friendly chat with someone from the local planning office.

    …..which is where the vertical height comes into play -she might not get back through the door!

    Might a raised trolley under the nosewheel lower the rear end enough?

    As for hanging things from the roof – we have a Mignet Flea, a Luton Minor, and a hang glider which would go up there quite happily. Good suggestion.

    See my earlier post – you might need a structural engineer to specify cables/hanging brackets. Oh and talk to your insurance company as it might affect third party liability?

    Roger Smith.

    July 19, 2007 at 11:12 am in reply to: "Daa, da, da, da, da, da, da, da" Dambusters (merged) #1330034
    RPSmith
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    You’d think they’d show it at Borehamwood 🙁

    Will have to drive over to filthy Watford. Thanks Peter. 🙂

    same comment Coventry – Birmingham :diablo: :diablo:

    Roger Smith.

    July 19, 2007 at 10:56 am in reply to: North East Aircraft Museum…..updates #1330058
    RPSmith
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    if you were staying on that site, would it be possible to hang something from the roof in the main hanger??????

    Unlikely to have been designed with such loads in mind so risky unless a structural engineer does calcs and says ok.

    Roger Smith.

    July 18, 2007 at 4:33 pm in reply to: North East Aircraft Museum…..updates #1331113
    RPSmith
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    LL – sorry to hear the F-100 is going outside. Apart from the one in the AAM, Duxford I think NEAM’s is the only other one in the UK under cover.

    Not wishing to “teach granny to suck eggs” but I remember well from my past association with 54-2174 at MAM corrosion/de-lamination appeared fairly quickly along the spar line under the wings. I suspect that standing on grass/pervious ground makes the problem worse.

    Roger Smith.

    July 18, 2007 at 3:53 pm in reply to: Ormond Haydon-Baillie #1331159
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    Maybe it’s getting older but I’m getting more nostalgic :confused: I take comfort in the thought I’m probably not alone.

    Thanks Mart for sharing your memories. OH-B is one of the many people in the preservation/warbird community that I never met but like to read/hear about.

    Couldn’t someone establish a web-site specifically to enable people to record their memories/stories of persons such as OH-B, Neil Williams, etc. that will be there for others to read now and in the future?

    Roger Smith.

    July 18, 2007 at 3:35 pm in reply to: 707 Heads Up #1331165
    RPSmith
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    So is the aircraft a civil 707 or military C-135 (or whatever) ?

    Roger Smith.

    July 18, 2007 at 9:23 am in reply to: Fokker D.VII crash #1331399
    RPSmith
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    🙂

    Got a reference, Roger? The NTSB are the air-accident investigators in the US. I can’t see anything relating to the D.7 on their website though.

    Have lifted this off the Yahoo “Vintage-and-warbirds” forum posted by William T. Larkin

    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: CGWWI Make/Model: EXP Description: EXP- FOKKER D VII
    Date: 07/13/2007 Time: 2246

    Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
    Damage: Substantial

    LOCATION
    City: GENESEO State: NY Country: US

    DESCRIPTION
    CANADIAN REGISTERED AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND CRASHED IN A FIELD WEST OF THE
    AIRPORT, GENESEO, NY

    INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
    # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
    # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
    # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

    WEATHER: DSV 2254Z 3406 10S BKN070 23/11 A2992

    OTHER DATA
    Activity: Unknown Phase: Take-off Operation: OTHER

    FAA FSDO: ROCHESTER, NY (EA23) Entry date: 07/16/2007

    Roger Smith

    July 17, 2007 at 4:39 pm in reply to: Pics of 43sqdn Hunters required please #1242493
    RPSmith
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    Barry Jones’ book (Crowood)
    p.39 line up of 11 new F.1s with “WT630 in foreground going to 43 Sqdn” (but lacking sqdn marks)
    p.44 top pic already posted by Lidys Lad. caption says “WN645/S nearest the camera, having been built at Blackpool, was the final Mk. 1” This is incorrect it’s actually WW645/S (see below)
    p.44 bottom 3 x 43 Sqdn F.1s inverted
    p.50 line up (on ground) of Hunters at Wattisham with 4 x 43 Sqdn F.1s in foreground including WT613/R and WT581/S
    p.52 nice plan view air-to-air shot of “WT594, before going to join No. 43 Squadron at Leuchars”
    Aircam’s Hunter F.1/T.66 (Richard Ward/Francis Mason)
    p.7 3 x 43 Sqdn poor quality
    M.J.Hardy’s Super Profile
    p.19 another shot of the 4 a/c in pic posted by Lindys Lad but with the furthermost banking to turn away – gives serials as WW645/S, WT618/O, WT622/G and WT582/D

    Roger Smith.

    July 17, 2007 at 2:08 pm in reply to: Currys Idea Centre #1242616
    RPSmith
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    TURIN:rolleyes:

    John

    Thanks – I knew it ended in “n” 😀 😀

    Oh, and “Italian beauties” refers to the aeroplanes of course :diablo:

    Roger Smith.

    July 17, 2007 at 1:43 pm in reply to: Currys Idea Centre #1242670
    RPSmith
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    …..There’s a concrete arch roof building in the original Italian Job.

    Which, by weird coincidence, used to house an air museum. I remember visiting it (in Milan??) on the Italian leg of one of Bob Ogden’s famous school trips about 1974. Apart from various Italian beauties it was the first time I had got up close to a P-47.

    Roger Smith.

    July 17, 2007 at 11:32 am in reply to: Currys Idea Centre #1242749
    RPSmith
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    just looking through an old copy of “Loop” (Jan, ’07) and a ‘news’ item about seaplanes operating from the Clyde with photo. In the background, behind a Clyde paddle steamer, is a building very similar in shape to the AAM – although it looks to be of steel construction and, perhaps, not quite as large. It looks as though there might be a second one behind it too. Will take a closer look at the Currys ad if I see it again.

    Roger Smith.

    July 17, 2007 at 9:39 am in reply to: Duxford's Heinkel #1242809
    RPSmith
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    ….. Additionally we did an exchange loan which saw I think (sorry Im not an engine man) a Junkers Jumo engine arrive on site at MAM on loan. That’s a Me 262 engine to me and you.

    Martin that’s great to hear MAM has a early German turbo jet to accompany the Whittle W2/700 and other early British/US jets.

    You said “exchange loan” – did something go the other way?

    Roger Smith.

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