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May 24, 2006 at 9:22 am in reply to: EAP – Experimental Aircraft Program – 56K warning #1272395

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Great set of pics – I’ll add my thanks too.

Roger Smith.

May 23, 2006 at 9:46 am in reply to: Westland Wasp on M25 #1273791

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May have been the one that does the “supermarket shuffle” but don’t know it’s serial.

Roger Smith.

May 22, 2006 at 6:53 pm in reply to: Llyn Dulyn Whitley #1274764

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I and friend Les Ryder visited this wreck site on 12th August, 1968 and I took 30 – 40 B&W photos and wrote up a small article for “Control Column” (Vol. 2, No. 9). There was, then, a good deal of wreckage including one almost complete Merlin and a complete but crushed rear turret.

I hope the reported removal went to a good home and not a smelter.

Roger Smith.

May 21, 2006 at 4:54 pm in reply to: BA Collection News 28-04-06 #1276058

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is the vulcan still being hung or no?

As I was told (by the boss) the Vulcan main wheels where to be sitting on the edge of an upper level with the front of the aircraft suspended over a lower level (catering area?) in a sort of simulated take-off.

Roger Smith.

May 18, 2006 at 4:45 pm in reply to: Modern USN Aircraft Carrier Deliberately Sunk #1279873

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According to the report I saw on ABC via BBC 24 hour It was the carrier that was used for filming “The Bridges at Toko-Ri” and a US Senator was interviewed as it was the last carrier he took off from during the Vietnam War – he was shot down and taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese.

Roger Smith.

May 16, 2006 at 1:09 pm in reply to: Last designer/pilot #1283656

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Miles Aircraft immediately spring to my mind.

Grabbing my copy of Don Brown’s book a couple of post war types, intended for mass-production but didn’t make it, were designed and test flown by George Miles:

M.100 Student low-cost trainer that the RAF didn’t buy.
M.218 – a Gemini replacement passed over for production of the Beagle 206 after the firm was acquired by Beagle.

Roger Smith.

May 16, 2006 at 12:41 pm in reply to: What the….???? #1283781

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looks great but I would imagine cooling is a problem without a prop/fan on the front when the bike is stationary.

Roger Smith.

May 14, 2006 at 5:32 pm in reply to: Any news from Cosford…? #1286590

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[QUOTE=Phillip Rhodes] ….BA are not short of a few quid…… [QUOTE]

As I understand it BA had offered funds to museums prepared to take their aircraft on. I’m sure the figure of £20K (total) was mentioned but have no idea of the conditions.
It would be interesting to see a financial breakdown of this whole sorry affair.

Roger Smith.

May 13, 2006 at 11:01 pm in reply to: last of the bi-planes #1287503

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Don’t I rember reading that Po-2s were used by N. Vietnam at night over bases in the south (or was it Korea???)

Roger Smith.

May 13, 2006 at 12:51 pm in reply to: Heads Up – Flight of the Phoenix/Memphis Belle (merged) #1288470

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OK ignore me – I’ll go and sit in the corner and sulk!

Heads Up – Flight of the Pheonix/Memphis Belle

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This Saturday (13th May) pretty good TV if you’re not lucky enough to be off flying or at an airshow.

14.50 – 17.10 (BBC2) “The Flight of the Pheonix” – do not know at this stage if this is the original or the remake. It’s time slot suggests the former.

17.25 – 19.15 (Five) “Memphis Belle” – presumably the remake.

Roger Smith.
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May 9, 2006 at 7:27 pm in reply to: It’s Not Just Aircraft That It Happens To! #1293176

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I agree with Wildcat.
Could not a piece of seabed be identified deep enough to prevent degradation and stable enough to prevent damage where it could be “preserved” for a future recovery and restoration?

Roger Smith.

May 9, 2006 at 1:26 pm in reply to: Seafire SX300 #1293496

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Injured and still resting.

Mark

Nearer to deceased than injured – it was cremated!

Roger Smith.

May 2, 2006 at 9:19 am in reply to: fantastic gannets #1305028

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The late Sir Richard FAIREY must be spinning in his grave in reaction to the way you spell his name!
I would hate to be called a fairy too! (Even though while in the RAF I was closely related to that branch of electronics technicians)

Fairy Nough 😀

Sorry – someone had to say it

Roger Smith. (Gannet fan)

April 29, 2006 at 1:01 pm in reply to: B.A Collection at Cosford #1309009

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The oddity of the inclusion of the Hawker Cygnet in the RAFM is, I believe, repeated by Alex Henshaw’s provision of his papers and a replica Mew Gull.

I do not know what lies behind his decision (although I will shout as loud as anyone of his greatness and desire he is knighted) but the Science Museum – the, so called, National Aeronautical Collection, should have been the home to a Henshaw Collection.

Roger Smith.

April 28, 2006 at 2:33 pm in reply to: Midland Air Museum, Coventry – 9th April 06 #1310174

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Regarding the aircraft name, Putnam’s has “Sea Hawk” (so does the Smithsonian “bible”) and that’s good enough for me!

I have long spelt it as one word but that doesn’t fit in with other Hawker marine types (Sea Fury, Sea Hurricane, etc.) so I did a bit of digging.

Contemporary issues of “AWAffairs” (house magazine of AWA) spell it “Sea Hawk” so I’ll change my ways!

Roger Smith.
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