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  • June 17, 2008 at 11:05 pm in reply to: Last Dambuster TV programme #1230113
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    I thought it was good.

    Was it just coincidence that Stephen Fry was narrator???

    Roger Smith.

    June 16, 2008 at 9:39 am in reply to: Go Smithy!! #1232094
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    He certainly did a lot of flying – lot of ‘firsts’ and breaking records.

    Most of us think of “Southern Cross” when Smithy’s name is mentioned but he used quite a variety of different aeroplanes. Is someone going to post a pic of “Southern Cross” preserved at ??Brisbane?? Airport – do any of his other aircraft survive?

    Picked up a copy of the book “Smithy” a while ago but haven’t read it yet. I am just reading “Propellorhead” by Anthony Woodward. Hillarious – and there is a connection. The basis of Woodward’s story is his learning to fly so he could use his aeroplane as a sex aid to attract girls. It seems Kingsford-Smith was a ladies man and used this technique. Woodward suggests it may have been Smithy who coined the phrase “a ride for a ride” 😉

    Roger Smith. (no relation as far as I know)

    June 14, 2008 at 9:33 am in reply to: Midland Air Musem Beaufighter Cockpit… #1233108
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    Following on from Jagx204 the Beaufighter cockpit section was, at the time of receipt by the Midland A.M., ‘owned’ by Coventry Technical College (as it used to be known – it’s now City College or something like that?).
    I think the transfer of loan to MAM was well ahead of the Think Tank development.
    Displayed in the ‘Wings Over Coventry’ gallery it has relevance to Coventry and MAM in that The Standard Motor Co. built a considerable number of Beaufighter fuselages (along with complete Oxfords and Mosquitos) during WW2. Humber, also in Coventry, built large quantities of Hercules engines.
    The cockpit was only one of a number items at Birmingham on loan from Cov. Tech. (now all presumably in store) and these include two (important to Coventry) engines that, in my opinion, should be on display at MAM.
    It’s only a small piece of Beaufighter (a slice about 3ft. long) but it is well displayed and you stand roughly where the pilot sat. Looking through the windscreen are two different scale model Beaufighters (giving a sense of perspective) set against a darkening sky.

    Roger Smith.

    June 13, 2008 at 9:26 am in reply to: Cranfield College Relics(2008 thread) #1233981
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    Not sure whether it’s classed as historic but isn’t the Cranfield ?? still there – (in need of a good home?)

    Roger Smith.

    June 13, 2008 at 9:24 am in reply to: G-ACDC Airborne #1233988
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    Just in time for the Moth Rally??

    Roger Smith.

    June 10, 2008 at 11:59 am in reply to: Cranfield College Relics(2008 thread) #1237042
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    I’m assuming you mean the E.1/44?

    That’s the one – thanks.
    Roger Smith.

    June 10, 2008 at 9:00 am in reply to: Wanted Ideas For Replica Build… #1237381
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    Siskin:)

    There is a crying need for a Siskin III/IIIa replica but they were metal construction. The prototype/early versions were of wooden construction.

    Roger Smith.

    June 9, 2008 at 8:43 pm in reply to: Wanted Ideas For Replica Build… #1237706
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    Airspeed Courier would fill a large gap – admittedly not a small aeroplane and an engine might be a problem but again designed/built in your neck of the woods.

    Roger Smith.

    June 9, 2008 at 8:29 pm in reply to: Cranfield College Relics(2008 thread) #1237750
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    The Flettner Fl282 Kolibri now on display at Midland Air Museum is a helicopter not a gyroplane.
    The outer (part sectioned) wing from EE223 Meteor F.3 is accompanied by an outer wing from the Gloster (brain’s gone blank:confused: – the single engined fighter that didn’t go into production) both from Cranfield and are displayed under the wings of Meteor F.4 EE531 at MAM.

    Roger Smith.

    June 9, 2008 at 8:12 pm in reply to: Wanted Ideas For Replica Build… #1237764
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    What about one of the Armstrong Whitworth FK designs – the FK.10 quadriplane would certainly turn the head 🙂

    Roger Smith.

    ps and they were designed/built in your part of the country.

    June 9, 2008 at 9:08 am in reply to: Some photos from Museum of Aviation Istanbul #1238279
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    Thanks for posting CND – nice selection of pics (and a good reason to visit Istanbul).

    I spot a Viscount and Caravelle plus a ?? Ag??? in the background – what else?

    Roger Smith.

    June 6, 2008 at 5:35 pm in reply to: Help,What Is This Aircraft?? #1239463
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    Culver comes to mind….? but no reference material to hand to check.

    Roger Smith.

    June 4, 2008 at 7:34 pm in reply to: RAF service history #1240244
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    Just wondering, but does’nt RAF Innsworth hold any information – or has it closed now?

    I believe the records are dealt with at Cranwell now.

    Roger Smith.

    June 4, 2008 at 7:32 pm in reply to: HP Hampden #1240246
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    yes, thanks for posting.

    Roger Smith.

    June 4, 2008 at 12:30 pm in reply to: Captions please for Vulcan at Cosford #1240425
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    “I tell you it’d be far easier to deflate it before we got to the car”

    Roger Smith.

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