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  • August 10, 2005 at 5:38 pm in reply to: Help with Museum Pics #1349341
    RPSmith
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    Sorry I can’t help with photos but, according to Michael Blaugher’s “Guide to over 900 Aircraft Museums USA & Canada” The Soplata Collection at Newbury, Ohio is “closing”. I tried to telephone to arrange a visit in November, 2002 but couldn’t get through.

    From the same book the Breese Penguin is with The Cradle of Aviation Museum, Gallaway Airport, Long Island, New York – a bit of Googling may bring up a picture.

    Roger Smith.

    August 10, 2005 at 3:08 pm in reply to: What a Gem I taped off the T.V., R.A.F.1935. #1349522
    RPSmith
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    Various comments made about Vickers Virginia’s serving in the RAF until 1941.
    Other types served long periods too eg Avro 504.

    However compare that “long life” (20 – 25 years) with some of today’s front-line types B-52, C-130, Jaguar, Nimrod, etc.

    Roger Smith.

    August 10, 2005 at 2:58 pm in reply to: British W.W.II Bomber Books #1349529
    RPSmith
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    The two volumes “RAF Bomber Command and it’s aircraft” (Goulding & Moyes) I find good – going into details of specifications, etc. as well as looking at individual types.

    Regrettably I only have Vol. 2 !*?!*!

    Roger Smith.

    August 8, 2005 at 7:18 pm in reply to: British W.W.II Bomber Books #1352523
    RPSmith
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    Recently acquired a 2nd hand paperback copy of Stirling Wings by Jonathon Falconer (by same author – Stirling at War) first pub 10 years ago and in paperback sold for £10.99.
    Not looked at it in depth yet but seems good.

    Roger Smith.

    August 8, 2005 at 7:00 pm in reply to: K serials and others #1352529
    RPSmith
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    Nice Whitley shot (no. 6).
    K7184 was actually the second production Whitley built.

    Roger Smith

    August 7, 2005 at 1:34 pm in reply to: Bae. Systems North West Heritage Group #1355220
    RPSmith
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    Don’t have a contact for them but you could try contacting the British Aviation preservation Council (BAPC) as they might be a member. I think BAPC have a website – try http://www.jparkin.net/bapc or e-mail [email]secretaryBAPC@btconnect.com[/email].

    If you do make contact perhaps you might ask them if was their proposal I read about in a mag about 3 – 4 years ago to build a flyable replica of the Gloster E28/39 (different from the two static replicas) and is it still active?

    Roger Smith.

    August 7, 2005 at 1:27 pm in reply to: What was it? #1355229
    RPSmith
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    Harold Hill, (Romford, close to Broxhill Secondary School) East London/Essex area.

    Jay

    so THAT’S where the UK’s Area 51 is!!!

    Roger Smith.

    August 7, 2005 at 12:20 am in reply to: Bad Airplane Drawings #1355778
    RPSmith
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    My doodles were rather premonitious (is that a proper word?)

    When a kid I used to draw Dan Dare’s space ship with the fold back wings and, a few years later we got the F-111, Tornado, etc.

    Then, when a student, I was obsessed with aircraft with swept forward wings and the Germans built a non-too-successful biz-jet with swept forward wings.

    Thankfully I don’t think any of these works of art survived.

    Roger Smith.

    August 6, 2005 at 1:39 pm in reply to: Aircraft production and factories in Liverpool #1356701
    RPSmith
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    Do not know the history of the Speke factories I am afraid although I am sure there was no connection between Rootes (who built it as a shadow factory?) and Standard Triumph. Their presence there would, I think, be after their absorbtion into British Leyland.

    Rootes (according to Theo Boiten’s Bristol Blenheim book) built 292 Blenheims – although a glance at the production serial runs in Chaz Bowyer’s book suggests more than that. I don’t know how many Halifaxes they built there but if they built “1 in 7” of bombers produced in UK during WW2 it must have been a lot.

    Rootes two Coventry factories (the original Humber Road plant having built large quantities of aeroplanes during WW1) built, mainly, Bristol aero engines.

    Roger Smith

    August 4, 2005 at 12:44 am in reply to: Lancaster jet testbed #1360468
    RPSmith
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    http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/6373/mystery02702xe.jpg

    Perhaps not adding to the debate much but, for anyone who might be interested, this shot of LL735 was taken over the northern part of Coventry showing Foleshill, Holbrooks and Radford.
    Under the starboard wingtip is what is now Dunlop (where I did my apprenticeship eons ago) which was, when the picture was taken, an S.S. Cars (Jaguar) factory building, amongst other things, major parts of Whitleys and Meteors. Under the port wing is the sports ground of what was Cortaulds,
    On the full picture can be seen (in front of the port wing) most of the site of what was Radford Aerodrome (by this time fully built over) where many thousands of aircraft (RE8s, Sopwith Pups, Avro 504s, etc) had their maiden flights during WW1.

    Roger Smith.

    August 4, 2005 at 12:29 am in reply to: General Discussion #372173
    RPSmith
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    I’ve looked all through Wi****an and cant see it anywhere

    Roger Smith.

    August 4, 2005 at 12:29 am in reply to: In the "other" mag #1942593
    RPSmith
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    I’ve looked all through Wi****an and cant see it anywhere

    Roger Smith.

    August 4, 2005 at 12:26 am in reply to: Black6 at Wattisham #1360503
    RPSmith
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    Behind the Asda in Speke/Hunts Cross, LiverpoolThe Asda was on the site of the old Triumph factory where I believe something aviation related might have been made during the war.
    Rob/Kansan

    Wasn’t the Speke factory run by Rootes (building Blenheims and Halifaxes?) during the war?
    Triumph were part of Standard Motors (building Oxfords and Mosquitos) who were absorbed into BLMC/MG Rover whereas Rootes (Hillman/Humber/Singer) sold out to Chrysler and are now part of Peugot.

    Roger Smith.

    July 27, 2005 at 11:45 pm in reply to: SYWELL AIRSHOW 2005 YOUR HELP PLEASE #1369328
    RPSmith
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    How about the Vodka Red Bull Air Race

    I was going to suggest an air race – but not a serious one, nor a long one. Something entertaining to the GBP with a wide mix of types in it and a good handicapper to give an exiciting finish.

    Fly bys can be boring and are much improved by quantity ie one C.150 is common to see flying by – but three or four together makes it better. Seeing three or four fairly common (or better vintage) types tailchasing can increase the interest too?

    Roger Smith.

    July 23, 2005 at 3:30 pm in reply to: Your best ever aeronautical 'find' #1376962
    RPSmith
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    My best recent find was a collection of eight 8mm B&W “home-movie” films taken by, I suspect, a Sgt. Pilot with No.s 33 and 80 Squadrons in N.Africa c.1938-40.

    Just under an hour of film more of social activities and local sights than of aircraft but there are aircraft. These are mainly Gladiators with a smattering of civil airliners and the Wellesleys of the RAF Long Range Flight.

    I bought these when I spotted the film canisters in a box of bric-a-brac at a local auction house about five years ago.

    One strange fact is that I subsequently discovered they came from the deceased estate of someone I had worked with for a short time about 30 yeras earlier.

    Roger Smith.

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